Pasta e fa*gioli Soup (2024)

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09/16/2021 · 6 Comments

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This Pasta e fa*gioli 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 fa*gioli 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 fa*gioli and I will be making it again!

PASTA E fa*gIOLI 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.

5 from 1 vote

Pasta e fa*gioli Soup

This Pasta e fa*gioli 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.

CourseSoup

Keywordpasta e fa*gioli, pasta soup

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1smallonionchopped
1 largecarrotsliced
3stalkscelerychopped
2clovesgarlicminced
128 oz. cantomato crushed
28 oz. canstomato sauce
115 oz. canbeef broth
115 oz. can red kidney beanswith liquid
115 oz. canwhite kidney beanswith liquid
1tspsalt
1/2tspblack pepper
1tspdried oregano
1tspdried basil
1/2tsp dried thyme
8ozditalini pastapre-cooked weight

Instructions

In a large pot, over Medium heat, cook the ground beef.
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.
Stir in the chopped onions, carrots, celery, and minced garlic. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, beef broth, red and white kidney beans (with the liquid).
Season with the salt, pepper, oregano, basil, and thyme and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
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.
Drain the pasta and stir it into the soup. Simmer for 10 more minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Pasta e fa*gioli Soup

Amount Per Serving

Calories 261Calories from Fat 108

% Daily Value*

Fat 12g18%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 40mg13%

Sodium 351mg15%

Potassium 297mg8%

Carbohydrates 24g8%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 14g28%

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

Copycat Rhodes Rolls
Cheddar Bay Biscuits

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 fa*gioli Soup
Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
Crock Pot Chicken and Black Bean Soup

COOKING SUPPLIES

Are you a soup person?

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Comments

Robyn @ Simply Fresh Dinners says
02/13/2015 at 9:27 am
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!
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Natalie says
11/10/2020 at 9:11 am

I love ordering this at Olive Garden! Happy to make it at home. It has great flavor & it’s so hearty!
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- The Idea Room Assistant says
  11/10/2020 at 10:46 am
  Natalie- This is my favorite from Olive Garden. So GOOD!
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Kristyn says
11/10/2020 at 4:31 pm

Mmm….lots of comforting flavors & so nice & filling! It’s definitely a go-to of ours all winter!
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Terrie Aul says
01/07/2021 at 4:21 pm
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!
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- The Idea Room Assistant says
  01/07/2021 at 10:29 pm
  Terrie- So many great tips! Thanks for sharing!
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