Crock Pot Pasta Fagoli Soup Olive Garden Copycat Food

OLIVE GARDEN PASTA FAGIOLI {CROCK POT COPYCAT}

Steps:

• Brown sausage and drain.
• Add remaining ingredients except pasta, cover and cook on low for 6 hours
• Place a serving of pasta in each bowl and pour soup over top.
• Sprinkle mozzarella over soup and pasta.

CROCK POT PASTA FAGIOLI SOUP

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef and drain the excess grease. We browned the beef in a multi-cooker slow cooker on the sauté setting but you can brown on the stovetop in a large skillet as well.
• Place the beef, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beans, Italian Seasoning, thyme, salt, pepper and chicken broth in the crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• Stir in the uncooked pasta for the last 30 minutes of the cook time on low.
• Stir in the fresh parsley and serve warm topped with the parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

CROCK-POT PASTA FAGOLI SOUP (OLIVE GARDEN COPYCAT RECIPE)

Steps:

• Add the hamburger and chopped onions to a medium skillet on the stove-top. Brown and crumble the meat and cook until cooked through and the onions are translucent. Drain excess grease off the hamburger and add meat mixture to the bottom of a 6 quart or larger slow cooker.
• Add the carrots, celery, tomatoes, tomato paste, beans, garlic, basil, oregano, pepper, bay leaf, cabbage and beef stock into the slow cooker and stir everything together.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours or until the carrots are nice and tender.
• During the last 1/2 hour of the cooking time on the soup cook the 2 cups of pasta on the stove top according to the directions on the pasta package.
• Add the pasta to the soup right before serving.
• Taste soup and add salt and pepper to suit your tastes.
• Serve hot bowls of soup with shredded Parmesan cheese over top and a side and some nice bread and salad for a complete meal!

HEALTHIER OLIVE GARDEN PASTA E FAGIOLI SOUP

Steps:

• Brown the ground turkey in a large saucepan or pot over medium heat. Strain the fat.
• Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic and sauté for 10 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients, except pasta, and simmer for 1 hour.
• About 50 minutes into simmer time, cook the pasta in 1 1/2 to 2 quarts of boiling water over high heat. Cook for 10 minutes or just until pasta is al dente, or slightly tough. Drain.
• Add the pasta to the large pot of soup.
• Simmer for 5-10 minutes and serve.
• ***I sometimes cook the noodles and leave out of the soup-this way, the guests can add as many as they would like and it freezes better without the noodles in it!

PASTA FAGIOLI SOUP IN A CROCK POT

Steps:

• Brown beef in a skillet
• Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with
• everything except pasta.
• Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours.
• During last 30 minutes on high or 1 hour on low add pasta.