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Pasta Fagioli Soup is so filling and delicious. This copycat pasta fagioli soup comes together quickly and makes an easy meal any night of the week. It’s a great way to stretch your meat budget too!
I love soup weather and finding new ways to enjoy my favorite recipes at home. This copy cat Olive Garden soup is super quick and easy and is made in a delicious savory broth.
We even have a slow cooker version if you want to try our Crock pot pasta fagioli soup version. This soup is so hearty and just really amazing. Check out this Crockpot Lasagna Soup for another family favorite.
If you love ordering this soup at Olive Garden, try it at home to save time and money. Another delicious copy cat Olive Garden recipe to try is this tasty Crock pot olive garden chicken gnocchi recipe.
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Why We Love This Recipe
This Pasta E Fagioli Soup is the perfect soup for cooler weather but light enough to enjoy any time of the year. A bowl of soup always hits the spot. This is one of our favorite Italian Soup Recipes like this Crockpot Minestrone Soup Recipe.
The flavors are simple and the ingredients and spices can easily be changed to what you prefer. The rich flavor and simple steps makes this soup a family favorite. I have even made this soup with less pasta for a low-carb option.
Ingredients
- Lean Ground Beef – You can also use ground turkey, chicken sausage, or Italian Sausage
- Olive Oil – Use oil of your choice
- Onion, Carrots, and Celery – Diced fresh vegetables in about the same size pieces. Feel free to add in kale
- Minced Garlic – Learn How to Mince Garlic Cloves
- Tomato Sauce – You can also use canned tomato soup, marinara
- Diced Tomatoes – Substitute with Rotel
- Italian Seasonings – Learn How to Make Italian Seasoning Recipe
- Dark Red Kidney Beans – Add in dark or light red kidney beans
- Great Northern Beans – We usually choose the white kidney beans
- Dry Ditalini Pasta – Any small pasta can be used such as elbow macaroni
- Chicken Broth – Check out these Chicken broth substitutes if you are out
- Shredded Parmesan Cheese – Feel free to use mozzarella or parmigiano-reggiano
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How to Make Pasta Fagioli Soup
Step 1 – Brown the ground beef in a large pot over medium high heat and drain any excess grease.
Step 2 – Add the olive oil, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, salt and pepper. Sauce over medium-high heat uncovered until the vegetables are tender (approximately 5-7 minutes).
Step 3 – Then add in the chicken broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, canned beans, Italian seasoning and thyme.
Step 4 – Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover with a lid and allow to simmer until all the veggies are soft (approximately 10-12 minutes). Stir in uncooked pasta and cook uncovered for 9-12 minutes.
Recipe Tips
- Prepare Vegetables – We keep diced onion and bell pepper in the freezer so it is easy to add to any recipe we like. Another time saving tip is to use a small food chopper or food processor to quickly and easily chop the onions. Learn and how to freeze onions and also how to freeze peppers to save so much time in the kitchen!
- Pouring in Pasta – Make sure your soup mixture is at a boil so the pasta cooks al dente.
- Ground Meat – Before mixing the ground meat into the soup mixture, brown in a skillet completely. Drain any excess grease.
Serving Suggestions
This soup is delicious with a simple side salad. We also love to serve it with some type of bread to dip into all of that delicious broth. These Olive Garden Breadsticks Recipe are a family favorite.
If you have a few extra minutes, this Easy Homemade Dinner Rolls Recipe is great with the soup. You can also pick up some breadsticks or French bread at the bakery if you don’t have time to bake any.
We have even served this soup topped with Homemade Croutons for even more flavors.
Frequently Asked Questions
They are both Italian Soups and contain pasta and beans. Pasta Fagioli usually has a thicker consistency.
In this recipe, we cooked the pasta in the soups broth. But I have also cooked the pasta separately and served it separately. If planning on storing the leftovers, we like to store it separately. It is whatever you prefer.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The leftovers store great for up to 3-4 days.
We usually reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop depending on how much we have leftover.
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Easy Slow Cooker
Crockpot Black Bean Soup with Cilantro
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Pasta Fagioli Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 Onion Diced
- 2 Medium Carrots Diced
- 3 Celery Stalks Diced
- 1 Tbsp Minced Garlic
- 3 cans Tomato Sauce 8 oz.
- 1 can Diced Tomatoes 15 oz.
- 3 tsp Italian Seasonings
- 1/2 tsp Dried Thyme
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1 can Dark Red Kidney Beans 15 oz., drained and rinsed
- 1 can Great Northern Beans 15 oz., drained and rinsed
- 1 cup Dry Ditallini Pasta
- 6 cups Chicken Broth
- 1/2 cup Shredded Parmesan Cheese
- 3 Tbsp Fresh Parsley chopped
Instructions
- Brown the ground in a large pot over medium high heat and drain any excess grease.
- Add the olive oil, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, salt and pepper. Sauce over medium-high heat uncovered until the vegetables are tender (approximately 5-7 minutes).
- Then add in the chicken broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, canned beans, Italian seasoning and thyme.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover with a lid and allow to simmer until all the veggies are soft (approximately 10-12 minutes).
- Then stir in the uncooked pasta and cook uncovered for 9-12 minutes until the pasta is cooked to the tenderness that you desire.
- Stir in the fresh parsley and serve warm topped with the parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
Taste just like Olive Garden’s.
This is my favorite soup! So good!
Made this one night and immediately had to tell my friends about it. They ended up making it the next week and loved it as well!
This is my favorite soup! Quick and easy to make with great flavor! Great for a crowd! Thank you for all your great recipes!
This soup is amazing, hearty and delicious. My daughter even said it was the best soup I ever made. Great copy cat recipe.
This is my favorite soup ever! So good and entire family loved it!
This pasta recipe is my very favorite recipe of over 60 crock pot recipes I have! It is hearty since it includes meat, beans & pasta! ( I use Italian sausage instead of ground beef which gives more flavor.) Served with a baby greens salad with cranberries, toasted almonds, & mandarin oranges, it is the perfect main dish for guests or just for your own family. Guests have given me many compliments & asked for the recipe. The flavor is unique. Ladle in some soup in each bowl, then mozzarella cheese, & then some more soup. Since the soup is hot, the mozzarella cheese will melt making it gooey & delicious. Completing the meal with the salad & cornbread, this meal will not be forgotten!