Pasta e Fagioli (Olive Garden Copycat)
Pasta e Fagioli (Olive Garden Copycat)

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pasta e fagioli (olive garden copycat). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli can make this classic soup at home with our recipe. Filled with ground meat, pasta, beans, carrots, and so much more, Olive When you go to the Olive Garden you have a first important choice to make, are you a soup or salad kind of person. Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup Copycat Recipe - This Pasta e Fagioli Soup is one of my favorite soups!

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pasta e fagioli (olive garden copycat) using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta e Fagioli (Olive Garden Copycat):
  1. Take 1/2 lb ground beef
  2. Get 1/2 lb Italian sausage, i use sweet
  3. Make ready 1 cup chopped onion
  4. Get 1 cup chopped celery
  5. Make ready 2 clove garlic, minced
  6. Prepare 2 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, i use basil, garlic and onion flavor
  7. Take 1 15 oz can red kidney beans with liquid
  8. Take 1 15 oz can cannellini beans, with liquid
  9. Take 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
  10. Get 24 oz can V8 juice
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp white vinegar
  12. Take 1 tbsp sugar
  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  14. Get 1 tsp oregano
  15. Take 1 tsp basil
  16. Make ready 1/2 tsp pepper
  17. Take 1/2 tsp thyme. you can also use 1 tsp Italian seasoning if you dont have thyme
  18. Make ready 1/2 lb ditali pasta

It's my top choice at Olive Garden every time we go there to eat, so I decided to find a way to make it at home. This copycat recipe tastes exactly like the popular restaurant dish, but makes enough to serve a crowd and can be made right Pasta E Fagioli is very similar to another hearty favorite, minestrone. Yes, this is the complete copycat of Olive Garden's heartwarming Pasta e Fagioli, which is a pasta and bean soup. And it's seriously so easy to make.

Steps to make Pasta e Fagioli (Olive Garden Copycat):
  1. in large sauce pan, brown meat, drain most of the fat
  2. add onions, garlic, and celery and saute about 5-7 minutes, being careful not to burn
  3. add remaining ingredients except pasta and cannellini beans. simmer covered for 30 minutes, then add beans, cover, and simmer another 30 minutes. (this prevents beans from breaking apart and getting too mushy).do not boil
  4. about 10 minutes before soup is done simmering, make pasta according to package directions for al dente. drain and rinse
  5. i keep pasta separated until ready to serve, and then add desired amount to each bowl to prevent it from soaking up too much of the soups' liquid. if you have leftover soup, just toss the pasta with a teeny bit of olive oil and store in a ziploc baggie, and add to soup as needed
  6. top with freshly shaved parmesan cheese if desired. we love this with another copycat, Red Lobsters Cheddar Bay biscuits (haven't gotten around to posting that one yet!) or of course, breadsticks or fresh italian bread.
    • if you prefer a thinner soup , you can add more V8 (about 12 more oz or to your liking), or about a cup of beef broth. this also freezes well
  8. enjoy!

This tastes exactly like the pasta e fagioli soup at the Olive Garden. Pasta e fagioli—literally meaning pasta and beans—is a thrifty way to feed your family on a budget with a couple cans of beans, broth, and pasta. Even though this is a copycat version of Olive Garden's pasta e fagioli, you can still put your own spin on it! How can you even pick a favorite Olive Garden soup? While heading back to the restaurant to try them all time and time again could really drain the old wallet, the It's more economical and you get tons of leftovers to enjoy.

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