This Pasta e Fagioli Soup Olive Garden Copy Cat Recipe is delicious. Can be on your dinner table in less than an hour. Perfect for a busy weeknight dinner.
SOUP
Soup is ALWAYS a great dinner option. They are usually pretty simple to make and most can be thrown together in less than an hour. This Copy Cat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup is delicious. It got the thumbs up from *most* of the family. I have two children who have a dislike for chunks of tomatoes so this was not their favorite! I thought it tasted pretty close to the Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli and I will be making it again!
PASTA E FAGIOLI SOUP
This soup is pretty easy to make and took less than an hour from start to being ready to serve…with a busy household and kids with after school games, practices and homework…I have to have recipes that fit into our hectic schedule! My goal as a mom this year was to provide healthier home cooked meals as much as possible and this one will be going in our family recipe book!
HOW TO STORE SOUP
Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator or in the freezer. Certain starches tend to soak up all the liquid when frozen and become soggy when reheated. If you are planning on freezing this soup, I would leave out the pasta and add it in when ready to defrost and serve.
Pasta e Fagioli Soup
This Pasta e Fagioli Soup Olive Garden Copy Cat Recipe is delicious. Can be on your dinner table in less than an hour. Perfect for a busy weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 large carrot sliced
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 28 oz. can tomato crushed
- 2 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
- 1 15 oz. can beef broth
- 1 15 oz. can red kidney beans with liquid
- 1 15 oz. can white kidney beans with liquid
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 8 oz ditalini pasta pre-cooked weight
Instructions
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In a large pot, over Medium heat, cook the ground beef.
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Drain the liquid from the cooked beef (if any). If you use ground beef with a lower fat ratio then you will have little to no liquid to drain.
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Stir in the chopped onions, carrots, celery, and minced garlic. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, beef broth, red and white kidney beans (with the liquid).
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Season with the salt, pepper, oregano, basil, and thyme and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
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When the soup has 10 minutes left to simmer, cook the ditalini pasta in boiling water for 7 minutes or until a bit firmer than al dente. Do not over cook the pasta.
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Drain the pasta and stir it into the soup. Simmer for 10 more minutes.
Serve with a crisp green salad and some bread for an easy and delicious dinner idea! The leftovers store well and are just as good the next day. I actually took this picture the day after serving it for dinner so I could have some natural light for the photos!
SALAD RECIPES
These are just a few of our favorite salad recipes that we like to serve with soup or really with any dinner.
- Apple Pecan Salad
- Citrus Berry Salad with Orange Vinaigrette Dressing
- Berry Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
- Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
- Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
- Cafe Rio Cilantro Ranch Dressing Recipe
Dinner Rolls
SOUP RECIPES
Looking for some of our other soup recipes we have shared? Check these out!
- Tomato Tortellini Soup
- Tomato Basil Spinach Tortellini Soup
- Cheesy Broccoli Soup
- Pasta e Fagioli Soup
- Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
- Crock Pot Chicken and Black Bean Soup
COOKING SUPPLIES
- Slow Cooker
- Instant Pot
- Sauce Pan
- Stainless Steel Stockpot
- Soup Ladle
- Stainless steel skillet
- Pasta Strainer
- Clip-On Pot Strainer
- Wooden Utensils
Are you a soup person?
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I’m a soup person, Amy, and I could eat it every single day – in the summer, too!
This is a great healthy and quick recipe. I had that problem with picky eaters with the tomatoes and I pureed the tomatoes before adding them and I didn’t hear a peep. Thanks for a dish that I’ll be adding often to the menu! Sharing.
Have a great day!
I love ordering this at Olive Garden! Happy to make it at home. It has great flavor & it’s so hearty!
Natalie- This is my favorite from Olive Garden. So GOOD!
Mmm….lots of comforting flavors & so nice & filling! It’s definitely a go-to of ours all winter!
I love this at Olive Garden. I couldn’t wait to try this, so improvised with what I had on hand and it still was great! I didn’t have garlic cloves so sprinkled a little garlic salt in the pot, only sauteed 1 stalk of celery chopped and 1 carrot chopped. 1 med can of diced tomatoes and 1 med of sauce and 1 carton of chicken broth. Next time I will try it with beef broth. And also tear up some spinich leaves to add. And I also added the ditalini right to the crockpot about 10 min before serving and it thickened it, made it closer to a stew/goulash. It was delicious!
Terrie- So many great tips! Thanks for sharing!