So I just made this for the third time tonight, I remembered the recipe by heart already but just wanted to come back to the video to comment this: the ingredients you use make a HUGE difference. The first two times I made this it was with regular store brand canned tomatoes and mediocre pasta and it did come out really good both times. Today, however, I made it with real canned San Marzano tomatoes and an artisan pasta and holy crap, it was maybe the best sauce I've had in my life. I mean the depth of flavor you get with the real deal tomatoes and the texture of a legit hand made pasta is insanely good. The simplicity of the sauce really lets high quality ingredients shine through, worth the extra money every single day of the week. Great recipe!

I’ve made this, it’s literally the best pasta, I’ve ever made, never using one of those sauces in the jar ever again

Love your clear, no-nonsense style. Just cooking good food the right way. Happy I found your channel!

You've come so far - still love this video all these years later. I've made more of your recipes than any other creator on YT/IG/TT. Keep doing what you're doing man!

My kids are enjoying caccio e peppe and limone a loooot. they are tiny but already appreciate well made pasta dishes

This channel oozes swag. The edits, clean framing, and candid approach. I love that it has the same outro with the knife wipe and the photo finish, it's like your signature. So well done man. Keep the content coming, it's blowing up.

Wow😳, found an old one that missed lol. Weekdays I start onions and garlic in olive oil, add a tsp tomato paste, about 1/2 tsp anchovy paste and cook out, gives all day taste, I do foodmill San marzano tomatoes and add a tsp sugar, when shut off after 15-20 min add fresh parsley and basil . Done. 35-45 min is goal. Reserve half sauce and toss pasta like you did, after in bowl add rest of sauce on top, sometimes have meatballs already fried, or do sausage and/or a pork chop that wasn't quite ready for the big show🤣😂

Out of all the youtube videos of sauces. This guy has the best...

This guy is way too under appreciated

OMG! I never realized that I could be more delicate in the beginning with the basil. I always added it at the end because I new it was delicate and I didn’t want to turn the color or bring out the bitterness. I never thought about infusing the oil with a cold start! This is a lovely way for novice cooks not to over cook the garlic too. Thanks for this lovely basil 🌿 infusion!

Help fund this wonderful man so he can afford plates for his pasta.

Just ate this and wish I’d doubled up so I could eat it again tomorrow. The cold oil and adding the pasta not quite done to the sauce I think is what makes the huge difference. Best sauce I’ve made by far thanks man

This is the best, weekday sauce I've ever had. My Italian grandmother and mother would often make a "quick marinara" growing up when there wasn't a lot of time and they weren't as good as this! I hope all of your non Italian viewers who grew up with jarred sauce learn this and never by jarred sauce again!

Tried your penne alla vodka recipt and a day later I tried this one with the rest of my garlic and basil and both of this pasta recipts turned out great. I will make this dishes more often in the future. Thx.

I have been making my Granny's recipe for spaghetti sauce for years. I came across this video in a mindless KZfaq binge. I am a restaraunt manager/cook for a living so I'm always watching cooking videos. This is THE best recipe I have made for a simple tomatoe sauce. Thanks for my new staple weeknight sauce!

Honestly the best cooking channel on KZfaq.

Made this for dinner last night, was absolutely unreal non chunky pasta sauce has changed my life

I found your Chanel not too long ago... wow wow finally someone that knows how to make simple authentic Italian recipes! This quarantine is not that bad now 😉

Saw this video a year or so ago. This has been a staple in my household since then. I make this about three times a month. My kids, wife, and myself absolutely love it. So simple, fresh, and amazing.

You know what you're doing. And I appreciate you making these videos. I know they're a lot of work, but you have something to offer and I want to say thanks for sharing your passion for cooking with me.

I came back to this video because I'm doing a pizza night with friends and I'm making the sauce, and it still holds up. I miss the cutting board plating and the shoes on the counter photography, but it's great to see how far Stephen has gone. You're killing it, man. Hope you keep growing!

Just made this sauce for my wife and kids and we ate like royalty. Great sauce bro and coming from a picky Italian eater, that says a lot. Salute 🍷

My wife and I were doing our annual, fall tomato harvest from our home garden. We can fresh, whole tomatoes and the less-perfect tomatoes are used for tomato sauce. For making the tomato sauce, I thought of this recipe. We can a lot of whole tomatoes and for the less-than-pefect tomatoes we use a machine that remove the skin and seeds and produces "sauce" which we reduce then can in pint jars. It occurred to me that the process you use for "milling" the canned tomatoes is the same we use for "milling" our home-grown Italian plum tomatoes in our machine. I have no idea how good those commercial, canned tomatoes do in this recipe, but I expect our "pre-milled" and canned sauce will be at least as good.

Spaghetti looks amazing! The tip about the presentation/plating was a pro tip!

I like your videos. You’re not annoying. Just subscribed

2AM and I'm salivating like a madman... Will definitely do this "tomorrow" :)

That guy feels so genuine when he talks. Love the show

Eating this right now... Wow. Forgot to pick up fresh basil, so had to settle for dried, but, the flavor in this sauce really pops. I've tried 3 of your recipes the last couple of days and they've all turned out amazing. I'm dying for summer so I can get some peak 🌽 and try those elotes! They look so good. Keep up the great work, man!

Just wanna say I LOVE how your production quality has been consistently so good even from the beginning

Just made this for my family. Kids are 4 and 7, they absolutely loved it!!! I also thought it was delicious! Definitely keeping this recipe and putting it in the meal rotation. Can’t wait to try the scampi. Thanks for making these videos keep it up!!!

I like adding some red pepper flakes and fresh cracked black pepper for some heat. I also tried adding some very thinly sliced,fresh basil and it turned out amazing. This has been my go to pasta recipe for almost 2 years and it never fails to impress people.

Steve, I have been watching you for 3 or 4 yrs now. I watch some of your videos over and over. So real, down to earth, no-nonsense and just an all around cool guy. It's like a cooking class for free. Please don't stop doing what you're doing. I just love all your videos. I'm gonna buy one of your sweatshirts, hope they're soft. Hey do you ever do a touring or anywhere we could watch you cook in person? (not in NY though, I'm in California). I always come back to this video and cacio de peppe. So delish!

This sauce looked amazing, and those canned tomatoes where top-notch, great tutorial

I tried soaking the spaghetti in the sauce and it soaked up so much it turned almost orange and tasted a lot better! Looking forward to making key lime pie with egg yolks and using the whites for northern Italian fried chicken! (Love how you mentioned how the recipes ingredients go together) thanks for all your videos and keep up the great work!

I have used this recipe 4 times in the last 2 months; I can never go back to store bought jars. So good, so easy! Thanks Stephen!!!

I add a salted anchovy to my oil with the garlic and basil. You would never know its there, but its like natural msg. Just enhances the flavor

"1,2,3,4,5 ingredients. ... And some spaghetti. ... And some salt" Well god I'm not MADE of money!

I just made it and ate it. THE BEST PASTA DISH EVER! It is surprisingly delicious, quick and easy (if you remember not to burn garlic and to start boiling spaghetti in the right time). My new fav dish. Thank you very much for this recipe!

Love this. I come from an Italian/American family and we call this “quick sauce” it really is an amazing week night dinner. Delicious! I can smell it now!

My husband and I are stranded at home on Xmas eve because of a snow storm (we live in Canada). Thanks to you and your wonderful channel, we whipped your week night tomato sauce spaghetti and, though quite unusual for Xmas eve dinner, it still felt celebratory! Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones !

I didn't realize this channel just started last year. It's my favorite cooking video channel. This guy just cooks food I want to eat. It doesn't hurt that my favorite food is Italian. That sauce looks delicious!!!

finally tried this tonight, think ive found my favorite tomato sauce recipe wow simplicity is truly key

This has revolutionized how I cook spaghetti! I will ALWAYS use this method from now on. Thanks Steve! Your channel is five stars bro.

Love the show and just your overall swag with cooking! Much to relate to! As an Italian living in Missouri now, I gotta say the ingredients, especially the tomatoes you use, make ALL the difference. Where I live I have to buy whole/peeled tomatoes and then puree them, buy it's sooo worth it! Make it your own with the amount of garlic and salt and even adjust what's in your sofrito if you want, but less is more and great job to you expressing that, my friend! 🤌

I JUST finished making this about 30 minutes ago. I taste tested it & it’s amazing! It was super simple to make too. Can’t wait for pasta night.

I made this recipe at least 3 times. OMG! This is the BEST tomatoes sauce! Thank you so much!!!

5 years later I still find myself coming back to this video.

West Coast Italian here. I grew up in my grand mother's kitchen. Buon alimento, buon bevando, buon amici!

I'm Italian and i swear this is the only channel that knows how to cook Bravo ciccio ;)

This sauce and your channel completely changed my culinary life. Thank you for helping me discover this passion, keep it up dude

dude, thank you so much for this. youtube algorithm gods have blessed me with this channel and i've binged like no other. i've got absolutely 0 skills when it comes to cooking however i have the burning desire to learn how to cook. i decided to try making this sauce and it has completely changed my life. while my rendition is nowhere near perfect, i was able to make the best spaghetti i've ever made in my life. my family could not believe I was the one that made it. this channel has completely changed my views on pasta and I have a couple more dishes im dying to try out. the way your videos are laid out are just perfect for a beginner like me. everything is explained without over explaining. it's simple and to the point. the editing style is top notch as well. all in all, i can't be happier i've stumbled across this channel.

I know this video is old, but I just found it today. Perfect quick sauce.

The first meal I cooked when I moved out of home. So happy with the outcome! Thanks chef for teaching me how to cook :)

I've been cooking Italian food with a passion for the last 10 years, and your channel is still teaching me so much finesse and technique. Keep up the amazing content, the no BS approach with love and respect for the ingredients is something every other food channel could learn from!

Amazing "old" video, Steven. Big fan for several years. Today I entered the time machine to see your early days. Same vibe. Same entusiasm. You rock.

I made this tonight, halved the garlic amount for my two and half year olds mini wheels pastas she loves so much. She was dipping garlic toast in the sauce and going nuts for it! The toast ran out and she started scooping hand fulls of the sauce into her gob, it was hilarious. Thanks man, she loves it!

"I don't like chunky tomato sauce" My man!! *instant subscribe*

Y’all I literally just made this! There was zero left over!!! Thank you! 🙏🏼 👩🏽‍🍳🍝

Love your channel, I am an enthusiast cook and I like trying new things. Your channel has been a great resource and I enjoy the informal style

Spot on ... it’s Friday morning ,I’m at work however I’ll be having this later ....thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion. I do not catch all your vids but those that I do are really entertaining. Learned about your channel from a comment you made on reddit, and I hope you continue to grow your audience. Absolutely a great show man!

Excellent!!!!! I do this sauce at least once a week. Just watched your meatballs and sauce......my mom's recipe 100% spot on!

i learned a lot from your shows ... and done a few recipe ...your very good .... simple and clear instructions and the reasoning behind ...all logic... and very entertaining ...good luck ...

Thank You, no onion in! My mom never used onion in her sauce. Great show!

Bro!!!! This is quality stuff.. I love the attention to detail!! Starting the garlic and basil off in cold oil is something Iv never heard of before but makes total sense 👌🏼

thank you for respecting the traditions of my country, often i see people doing "italian" dishes than have not anything to do with italy

I've made this recipe several times since seeing this video, but today marks the first time I'll be using basil from my garden instead of dried and imported Italian tomatoes instead of Wal-Mart brand! I'm so stoked. My house smells amazing. Best. Sauce. Ever.

Even though I had a lot of frozen, packaged servings of my "special pasta sauce", your recipe intrigued me. I decided to give it a try last night. Delicious! It mystifies me how the simplest, most basic recipes can be the most tasty! Thanks.

5:16. Thank you for that description of Al Dente. Screen shot that!

5:35 The sound of good “pasta”.

me and my wife are old school Catholic, so meatless fridays. your pasta is basically life changing lol. made it for my in laws tonight, they were completely blown away. thanks dog!

Seems like a cool dude! Some good recipes - no doubt. I cook for enjoyment and for my family. I get a kick out of making something they like. It also calms me as well. I'm a Italian from NY, living in Kentucky now (yep, long story but all is good) - so good Italian food?? Hard to find. So I rely on making my own meals, Italian or other. I rely a lot on people like this gentleman to help me. Again, I have enjoyed listening to him and learning from him. He seems real, creates meals that are tasty and simple and most importantly, meals that would appeal to many people no matter what culture they may derive from. Thank you for sharing.

You sir, just got a new subscriber. Really like your no nonsense approach. Quick, easy and delicious! Keep up the good work!

dude, youre awesome beyond... watched some of your vidz and then subscribed... love the way you enter act with the camera and explain in detail with such a nice thought... LOVE YOUR VIDZ... keep it up

I made this today for the 1st time and am already looking forward to next time. This is so simple and delicious! Many thanks for covering the basics of the sauce, how to cook it, and also how to finish the pasta in the sauce. I followed the steps as best as I could. This turned out so good. I also appreciate your video production too, with what seems to be a short sum up of the steps in the recipe near the beginning.

As a greek, we also grew up with this type of pasts, my mom would make it on really fast nights during the week. When I make this, i enjoy using tomatoes from greece.

I stumbled on this channel the other day and watched like 20 of your videos in one night. I am a bit of a cook myself and I have made my own sauce for years. Definitely going to try this recipe as I love the simplicity of it. A sauce with no onions? Hey, I'll try it! (Although I can't NOT add oregano...it's my favorite herb so that would be the only thing I'll do differently). haha. Great content!

Nice video, I love spagetti. I will have to try this. Keep up the good work.

I've seen so many pasta videos but this one has got to be the simplest and the best! Keep making more videos!

This has been on my list for a year since I first discovered your channel. Tonight was the night, and it is perfect. I will probably always have this in my fridge or freezer, along with eggs, milk, butter, peas, ..

Used bucatini noodles for this recipe. 10/10 through an extra clove of garlic in and I couldn't believe how good the sauce was. The parm cuts the canned taste out of the tomatoes. so damn good

I am now subscribed, THANK YOU for your perfect simplicity!.

Love this guy’s stuff. Simple…to the point and zero fluff. Thanks man..you have another fan. The fantastic thing about this recipe is that it will cost you about 8 bucks to make at home…try and get that in some overpriced restaurants.

Omg, I made this tonight and it feels like I had never made real spaghetti before. Thank you so much for sharing.

"Never enough Parmesan" I agree!

Love the videos. The editing, the music, content, your demeanor. Subscribed!

FINALLY! A real sauce recipe. Thank you!!! None of this 14 ingredients stuff. This is the real deal unless You’re going for a specific type Of pasta. For everyday pasta. THIS IS THE ONE FOLKS

Unbelievable how far you have come from this video. Pasta,can sauce. You have made me a better cook /chef thank you Brother!!

Stephen, Thank you for this video I learned how to do ah great base from this video. I never thought of any one of these techniques. Great again Lenwood!

i have never seen you before but i am in love with you and your pasta

You show all the little details that make a big difference

Made this today and it was very, very good. Best quick sauce recipe I've tried. Tasting it while I was cooking it, I was a bit skeptical, but it really came together once I put the pasta in and it cooled a little. So as a tip to my fellow viewers: keep the faith, even as you're thinking "uh-oh... not a lot of flavour happening here." It needs to be on the pasta to really bring out the tomato, basil, garlic and the umami of the parm. Possibly I started out with a little too much oil (can sizes are smaller here, but so was my pan), because a little kept separating out even though I boiled it vigorously enough to create quite a clean up job (fridge is next to the hob). I also ended up using a half teaspoon of sugar (locally, I can only buy an Italian tomato variant, grown and canned here, which I assume is tarter than actual San Marzano tomatoes). And I found out the foodmill my mum bought at Aldi 8 or 9 years ago is an awkward piece of crap, but that's not the recipe's fault. :P

Great video Steve! I'm going to look for those certified tomatoes. That looked so good and a great base for spaghetti, and a very great tip on cooking the pasta to al dente and letting it finish in the sauce. Took me years to learn that and it makes all the difference! Now I want to see how you make the meat balls for that spaghetti :D I love Italian food, but unfortunately have cooked very little of it.

just made this - amazing. Tomato quality is definitely hugely important

Tried this today.. substituted a good purée and used pecorino romano with spot of wine .Delicious!! Thank you

Forgot to take meat out of my freezer to cook for dinner.Made this recipe tonight instead of just getting take out. It was absolutely delicious! My family loved it and it was on the table in 30 minutes. Can’t wait to make it again!

You had a big three months man! Keep it up. Spaghetti in the Reed household will NEVER be the same!

Whoa. That sauce was so good it blew my mind. I don’t even remember my name.

Love your teaching style, and how it’s not an overwrought production to make a simple and satisfying meal.

Tried this for the first time tonight. added some onion and red chili flakes to the oil. turned out amazing! thank you for the recipe and confidence to try it.