Copy Cat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli

It’s cold outside and I love having a nice hot bowl of soup to warm me up.  What is better than the delicious Pasta e Fagioli soup from Olive Garden. We don’t go out often but I love the Soup, Salad, & breadsticks from Olive Garden! YUM!

The most time consuming part of this soup is chopping and sautéing the vegetables. I decided to let me food processor do most of the work when it comes to the chopping.  Then I just sautéed the veggies, added in the other ingredients and the browned sausage, and let simmer.

Serve this yummy soup with some 30 minute Dinner Rolls and you have a super supper!

Copy Cat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli

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Cook Time:35 minutes mins

Total Time:35 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 1 lbs. Italian Sausage
• 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil
• 2 Celery Stalks cleaned and ¼ inch dice
• 2 Carrots peeled and ¼ inch dice
• 1 Medium Yellow Onion diced
• 4 Cloves Garlic minced
• 28 oz Chicken Broth
• 2 Cups Water
• 8 oz Tomato Sauce
• 14 oz Can Diced Tomatoes
• 1 tsp Parsley
• 1 tsp Oregano
• 1 tsp Basil
• 1 tsp Thyme
• 1 tsp Black Pepper
• ½ tsp Red Pepper Flake
• ½ tsp salt
• 8 oz. Ditalini pasta Uncooked
• 14 oz Cannellini Beans White Kidney Beans, drained not rinsed
• 14 oz Red Kidney Beans drained not rinsed

Instructions

• In a Dutch oven over medium heat brown the sausage, breaking it up into as small of pieces as you can. Drain and set aside.
• Return the Dutch oven to the heat add the Olive oil, Celery, Carrots and Onion. Cook until the onion starts to turn translucent, 4-5 minutes.
• Add the Garlic and cook another minute.
• Add 1 can Chicken Broth, Water, Tomato Sauce, Diced Tomatoes, Parsley, Oregano, Basil, Thyme, Black Pepper, Red Pepper Flake and salt bring to boil and reduce to a simmer.
• Add in the Pasta and cook until Al dente, 10-15 minutes.
• Add additional chicken broth as necessary to maintain desired liquid level.
• Add the Cannellini and Kidney beans and simmer until heated through, about 3 minutes.
• Serve hot.

Author: Amanda@AFewShortCuts.com