This Crock Pot Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli soup is the best recipe! Full of ground beef, pasta, veggies all in a flavorful Italian soup!
CROCK POT OLIVE GARDEN PASTA E FAGIOLI SOUP
I will be the first to admit that the first time I ever heard of or tasted this soup was at Olive Garden. I know it existed in Italy long before Olive Garden was ever around but it was Olive Garden that introduced me to this seriously yummy and hearty soup.
CAN I MAKE THIS WITHOUT A SLOW COOKER?
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
onion
carrots
celery
diced tomatoes
dark red kidney beans
cannellini beans
spaghetti sauce
dried oregano
dried parsley
black pepper
ditalini pasta
salt
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OLIVE GARDEN PASTA E FAGIOLI SOUP
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion, finely diced
- 2 carrots, finely diced
- 2 stalks celery, finely diced
- 1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (15 oz) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15 oz) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (26 oz) container beef stock (or 3 cups)
- 1 (25 oz) jar jar spaghetti sauce
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- ½ tbsp salt
- 1 cup ditalini pasta (or your favorite pasta shape)
Instructions
- Brown and crumble ground beef.
- Drain excess grease.
- Add all the other ingredients to the slow cooker (except for pasta) and stir.
- Set slow cooker on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours
- During the last 30 minutes or so of cooking, add in the pasta and stir.
Notes
Nutrition
Originally published: November 2011
Updated & republished: June 2019
My family loves Olive Garden and I love slow cooker recipe! This one looks so good!
Do you cook the pasta before adding?
It says right in the directions... ADD COOKED PASTA ...
Please be nice in life ❤️
Actually it says to use uncooked pasta...I've made this many times and have never cooked it before adding.
Anonymous - no, don't cook it beforehand. You want to put it in uncooked. It will take about 30 minutes for it to cook in crock pot if you use the smaller ditalini pasta.
This makes for a perfect meal to warm you up and fill you up during the cold months. I have never made it before and it looks like I've been missing out!
What a great slow cooker recipe. I love Pasta E Fagioli!
Sounds so yummy! Can't wait to try it!!
I'm anxious to try this soup recipe...thanks so much for sharing it. I'm always looking for new things to make in my slow cooker.
Jennifer
At Olive Garden this has a little spicy favor? What can we do to get that from this recipe?
Use italian sausage in place of the hamburger. Works wonderful!
Exactly what I have been doing , Italian Sausage. I have been making this most my life (adult life that is 60 yrs. old). Also I don't add pasta because it continues to absorb liquid when stored together. I put cooked pasta in bowls and soup on top.
Add 1/4 teaspoon (or ever so slightly more ) red pepper flakes. This will give a subtle bit of heat without being overwhelming.
About how many servings would you say this recipe makes? Sounds delicious! I can't wait to make it!
Full yummy comfort! Look so good, Brandy that I wish to have one bowl right now on this rainy and cold day!:)
Anonymous, if you'd like you could always add a few dashes of hot sauce or maybe a touch of cayenne pepper to up the spiciness. We keep things low on the spice-facto here because of the kiddos.
Liz, I would say this serves at least 6 (maybe more, depending on how large your serving bowls are).
This looks really good! I need to try making it one day soon. Enjoy!
The soup sounds delicious! I will try it this month since I'm making soup once each week through winter. See if you can copy-cat Mamma's chicken soup from Carraba's.
Oh how I love slow cooker meals!
This looks awesome! and slow cooker? sounds like a keeper 🙂
Looks like a perfect slow cooker meal. I could eat a large bowl of this. Yum!
I have made this soup for my husband, it truly is his favorite. I love your recipe for the slow cooker.
I love this slow cooker recipe for the soup. It is hearty and will be warming in this cold weather, plus, it is easy to make:)
LOVE This!! Am always on the look out for some good crockpot recipes & this is PERFECT!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Until Olive Garden, I thought Pasta Fagiole was a pasta dish. My mother used pasta, lima beans and spaghetti sauce....nothing else. I was well into adulthood before I learned that it was actually a soup. But, some places make theirs more like Navy bean soup than like this. This is my favorite!
Soup weather has definitely arrived! This looks great, Brandie!
Do you have a favorite Prego sauce?
Hi Anonymous, I think my favorite Prego Sauce is the Tomato, Onion and Garlic one. It's part of the "Garden Chunky" line. Hope that helps 🙂
This looks fabulous! I would love to have you link this to my blog this week!
http://cookingwithkaryn.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-makes-you-say-mmmmm-4-and-bread.html
YUM YUM YUM! That looks, and sounds so good! 🙂