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    Home | Thanksgiving Recipes

    Easy Cranberry Sauce (3 Ingredients)

    Dated: November 17, 2013 Last Modified: December 15, 2022 by Sarah Mock 2 Comments. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post contains affiliate links.

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    This easy cranberry sauce can be made in 5 minutes with 3 ingredients.
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    This easy cranberry sauce can be made in 5 minutes with 3 ingredients. A delicious side dish to any Thanksgiving meal.

    3 Ingredient Homemade Cranberry Sauce Made in 5 Minutes The easiest cranberry sauce can be made in 5 minutes with 3 ingredients. A delicious side dish to any Thanksgiving meal.

    Cranberry sauce ingredients:

    3 ingredient cranberry sauce
    • Cranberries, fresh
    • Sugar
    • Orange or tangerine

    Fresh or frozen Cranberries?

    I feel fresh cranberries are best but frozen can be used if fresh is not available.

    How to make fresh cranberry sauce:

    1. Empty the fresh cranberries into a sauce pot.
    2. Zest 2 mandarin oranges or 1 large orange. Add the zest to the cranberries.
    3. Slice the oranges or separate the segments. Add them to the cranberries and the zest.
    4. Add ½ cup of sugar to the other ingredients.
    5. Over medium to medium high heat, cook the sauce. It should take less than 5 minutes. Stir from time to time to make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom of the pot.
    6. Allow to cool completely before serving.

    How does this sauce thicken?

    First the juice from the oranges will start to steam, then the cranberries will start to steam, then the sugar will start to melt, the sauce will start to come together.  There is no thickener or gelatin added because the cranberries have natural pectin in them that makes the sauce jell naturally.

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    👩‍🍳 Chef Tip

    • I recommend using an organic orange because you are going to be using the zest of the orange. Once again I am putting to work my favorite Microplane Zester. I love that tool!
    • Be sure to zest just the outer, dark orange part of the orange.
    • This sauce will be slightly chunky in texture. If you feel it should be smoother, puree it with an emersion blender or in a food processor.

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    Easy Cranberry Sauce

    Sarah Mock
    This easy cranberry sauce can be made in 5 minutes with 3 ingredients.
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    Prep Time 1 min
    Cook Time 5 mins
    Total Time 6 mins
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    Course Side Dishes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 ¼ cup servings
    Calories 155 kcal

    EQUIPMENT

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    Ingredients
      

    • 1 12 ounce bag of fresh cranberries
    • 1 large orange
    • ½ cup of sugardomino sugar.

    Instructions
     

    • Empty 1 12 ounce bag of fresh cranberries into a sauce pot.
    • Zest 2 mandarin oranges or 1 large orange. Add the zest to the cranberries.
    • Slice the oranges or separate the segments. Add them to the cranberries and the zest.
    • Add ½ cup of sugar to the other ingredients.
    • Over medium to medium high heat, cook the sauce. It should take less than 5 minutes. Stir from time to time to make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom of the pot.
    • Allow to cool completely before serving.

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    Notes

    Tips:

    1. I recommend using an organic orange because you are going to be using the zest of the orange. Once again I am putting to work my favorite Microplane Zester. I love that tool!
    2. Be sure to zest just the outer, dark orange part of the orange.
    3. This sauce will be slightly chunky in texture. If you feel it should be smoother, puree it with an emersion blender or in a food processor.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0.25cupCalories: 155kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 138mgFiber: 5gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 129IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg

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    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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    published November 17, 2013

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    Sarah Mock is a classically trained Chef and graduate of Johnson & Wales University. A culinary blogger for 13 years Sarah helps the home cook prepare her recipes with professional results.

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    1. Sarah Mock

      November 21, 2013 at 4:43 pm

      Ooooh!! Cinnamon would be nice. Great suggestions.

    2. Melanie Clifford Webb

      November 21, 2013 at 3:13 pm

      This is very similar to my family's cranberry sauce recipe. only addition we have is cinnamon and a little bit of orange juice fresh squeezed

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