Copycat Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Soup

A really good hardy soup that is a copycat of Olive Gardens Pasta E Fagioli. Now you can make this gem at home.

My son was home for the holidays and discussion turned to recipes, and this is one of his favorites. I was in a soup mood and need of leftovers. In spite of this not being very “cooking for two” friendly, we finished every last drop without freezing.

So the inspired by goes to a Food.com recipe. Only a few minor changes.

Rating

An excellent soup as expected. This would be a great company recipe to cook ahead.

Notes: The original recipe calls for the beans to be put in with their packing liquid. This does increase the sodium some (and I had caught heat on this before) so I did rinse the beans and then added a can of beef broth to replace the liquids.
This is a thick soup as written. I liked it better with another can of broth.

Getting your act together.

Start with browning 1 pound of ground beef in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. I used the Dutch oven. Drain excess fat.

While the meat in browning, dice one medium onion, and chop three stalks celery. Juline one large or 2 medium carrots. Mince 2 cloves garlic.

Add the prepared veggies to the browned meat. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes.

Add 2 – 14 1/2 oz cans diced tomatoes, 15 oz can tomato sauce, 12oz of V8 vegetable juice, 1 t vinegar, 1 1/2 t salt, 1 t oregano, 1 t basil, 1/2 t pepper and 1/2 t thyme. Add 1 can each red kidney and great northern beans. I rinsed the beans and added a can of beef broth. Add the second can of broth of you want a little more of a soup texture (which is what I remember the original like).

Simmer for 1 hour then add 1/2 pound of pasta cooked al dente.

Simmer ten more minutes and serve.

Copycat Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Soup

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A really good hardy soup that is a copycat of Olive Gardens Pasta E Fagioli. Now you can make this gem at home.

• CourseSoup
• CuisineItalian

Servings	Prep Time
8 servings	20 minutes

Cook Time

70 minutes

Servings Prep Time 8 servings 20 minutes

Cook Time 70 minutes

Copycat Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Soup Votes: 1 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe A really good hardy soup that is a copycat of Olive Gardens Pasta E Fagioli. Now you can make this gem at home. CourseSoup CuisineItalian Servings Prep Time 8 servings 20 minutes Cook Time 70 minutes Servings Prep Time 8 servings 20 minutes Cook Time 70 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lbs ground beef
• 1 onion medium diced
• 3 stalks celery chopped
• 1 carrot large or 2 medium julinied
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 28 oz diced tomatoes
• 15 oz tomato sauce
• 12 oz V8 vegetable juice
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 14 red kidney beans drained
• 14 Great Northern beans drained
• 14-28 oz beef broth
• 1/2 pound pasta al dente

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Instructions

1. Start with browning 1 pound of ground beef in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. I used the Dutch oven. Drain excess fat.
2. While the meat in browning, dice one medium onion, and chop three stalks celery. Juline one large or 2 medium carrots. Mince 2 cloves garlic.
3. Add the prepared veggies to the browned meat. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
4. Add 2 – 14 1/2 oz cans diced tomatoes, 15 oz can tomato sauce, 12oz of V8 vegetable juice, 1 t vinegar, 1 1/2 t salt, 1 t oregano, 1 t basil, 1/2 t pepper and 1/2 t thyme.
5. Add 1 can each red kidney and great northern beans. I rinsed the beans and added a can of beef broth. Add the second can of broth of you want a little more of a soup texture (which is what I remember the original like).
6. Simmer for 1 hour then add 1/2 pound of pasta cooked al dente. Simmer ten more minutes and serve.

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Last Updated
July 3, 2016