5 minute Cranberry Sauce

I really like cranberries. My favorite is a big piece of turkey on Thanksgiving with a glob of cranberry sauce on top! Turkey and cranberry are best friends and should always be consumed together!

As a kid we always had cranberry sauce on the table for Thanksgiving. Dad liked it but mom didn’t. It came out of a can and stayed in that same shape!! I remember slicing off disks from the pink shaped can on the plate. I loved that stuff until I started making it myself.
I like mine chunky but I have added a non chunky version to the bottom of the recipe. The best part is its 5 minute cranberry sauce!
Another use for this sauce is to use it on a turkey or chicken sandwich. Just spread it on instead of mayonnaise, its delicious!!

5 Minute Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

12 ounces of cranberries washed
1 cup sugar (you can reduce it to ¾ cup if you want less sugar)
1/3 cup water
1 tsp orange zest
1 tablespoon juice from the orange you zested

Directions:

In a medium sized saucepan, add all the ingredients and stir to combine.

Cook on medium-high to a boil and the berries start to pop. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. You can also mash some of the berries at this point. I  did for the finished pictures. Refrigerate for the sauce to set up.

This will make a chunky sauce. For a sauce without chunks, run the sauce through your blender and then drain through a sieve to catch all the chunky sauce.