Easy Pasta Fagioli Soup.
A delicious and hearty soup that eats like a meal! Flavorful, similar to Olive Garden's Pasta-e-Fagioli. This is a scratch recipe, and the hardest most time-consuming part is chopping some of the vegetables! This recipe was also known as Hamburger soup by my kids!
Servings: 12 or more!
Calories: 251Kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
- 1 ½ lbs lean ground beef
- 3 large carrots - diced
- 5 celery stalks - diced
- ½ large sweet onion diced
- 1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes the large can
- 1 30 oz beef broth or chicken broth
- 2 leaves Bay optional but I love the flavor
- 1 ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoon basil
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried garlic
- 1 15 oz can cannelloni beans drain then rinse
- 1 15 oz can red kidney beans rained then rinse
- 1 cup ditalini pasta - uncooked
- optional veggies to add - green beans, bell peppers, russet potatoes or red potatoes, fresh or canned diced tomatoes, frozen corn, zucchini
- Adding salt and ground pepper is optional. I find when using canned beans no extra salt is needed.
Instructions
- Add oil to heavy pot or dutch oven and brown ground beef.
- Add all ingredients except beans and pasta.
- Bring to an easy boil then turn down to simmer (usually medium heat) and cook for approx. ½ hour stir occasionally.
- Add beans and pasta. Cook until pasta is al dante. Approx. 10 minutes.
- Remove bay leaves before serving or freezing.
- Serve in a bowl and garnish with freshly grated parmesan cheese and ground pepper if desired. If handy, add some fresh parsley as a garnish for color.
- Serve with fresh crusty rolls.
Notes
If you don't have crushed tomatoes handy, I have used tomato sauce. Elbow macaroni also works if you don't have ditalina pasta.
(Adding salt and ground pepper is optional. I find when using canned beans no extra salt is needed.) Other delicious and hearty soups on my website. Homemade Italian Wedding Soup Chicken Tortilla Soup Taco Soup
(Adding salt and ground pepper is optional. I find when using canned beans no extra salt is needed.) Other delicious and hearty soups on my website. Homemade Italian Wedding Soup Chicken Tortilla Soup Taco Soup
Nutrition (I am not a nutritionist. These are estimates only)
Serving: 1bowl | Calories: 251Kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 619mg | Potassium: 770mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 2787IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 4mg