This whole month, I’ve been participating in “Frugal February”. It’s too easy to feel exhausted after work and go out for dinner or drop $100 at Target because I’m bored – so I decided that at least for a month of February, I would make changes to the way I spend money and what I spend money on. For a simple example, on days when I might have ordered a pizza I’ve been making a pizza from scratch. There aren’t any amazing pizza places where I live, so this hasn’t been much of a sacrifice. The pizza I make at home is way better than any pizza I could have delivered.
Hand shredding mozzarella is easy enough. For pizza dough, I’ve actually been using the same dough as for my apple pie cinnamon rolls. That sounds pretty strange, I know! But it’s whole wheat, comes together so quickly, and tastes amazing. A good pizza sauce was harder to come by. Sure, I could buy it in a jar but it tastes more or less the same as spaghetti sauce to me – not appealing. I like my sauce a little chunky, almost like a Chicago style (even if I don’t like my crust very thick). This sauce is full of tomatoes and a variety of seasonings, the way I think sauce should be. This recipe makes enough sauce for a thick layer on a large pizza (or a medium amount of sauce on 2 smaller pizzas).
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[…] be even better with a homemade crust. If you’re feeling a chunky sauce, try out this Chicago Style Sauce. Except for the crust, I’ve left out a lot of the amounts for all of the ingredients so […]
How delicious this looks. I have a similar recipe posted. I guess great minds think alike! I want to make your recipe dough. It looks simple and tasty and then I don’t have to use store bought.
I like how you made yours in a skillet (and got more of a deep-dish crust, I went for Chicago style sauce but then flattened my crust out for convenience). The dough I linked to in the post comes together super easy and I think would work really for a homemade whole wheat option in a skillet– comes together just as quickly as it takes to rise the store bought stuff, so why not!
that sauce looks amazing…just like perfect Chicago sauce!
This sauce looks delightful, Kelly! And I’m totally with you on having a chunky and spice-filled pizza sauce to go on any kind of pie. We make pizzas here pretty often because it’s easy and oh-so-delicious, so I cannot wait to give your specific sauce a go!
let me know if you give it a try!
I’m sort of embarrased to admit that Ive never had Chicago style pizza! I love chunky sauce too! Looks delicious.
What a good looking pizza!
I generally feel too guilty to order in much but i am bad about spending unnecessary money while shopping! Your pizza at home sounds great!
I love Chicago style pizza! There is a place here in the Bay Area called Zachary’s pizza and theirs is really good!
i LOVE chunky tomato sauce so much! And I always have thought chicago style pizza was tastier than NY. I love a TON of sauce on my pizza too. I need to make this!
Oh my gahh!!!! That pizza looks amazing. I absolutely love Chicago pizza and I totally appreciate the idea of making your own sauce. Anytime you can make something from whole ingredients is a major plus!
Other than the fact that this pizza looks absolutely delicious, I want to make it so that I get a free excuse to say “CHI Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaago” all night long! Love this thick crust deliciousness!
I love the chunky tomato sauce. Well, that’s cause I’m a Chicago girl!! LOOKS delish Kelly!
Hahahaa the bf and I are in a constant debate about chicago vs ny style pizza. If I made him these he would be soooo happy, bc I usually subject him to my beloved thin crust ny pizza 😛
I like both kinds, but they just feel so entirely different. I generally prefer the chunkier, tomato-ier Chicago sauce, but like a thinner crust (which is why the actual pizza I made is somewhere in the middle of the two haha)
that makes sense! 😛
This would have been great on my cauliflower crust pizza I just made! I’ll have to try it soon!