PASTA FAGIOLI SOUP RECIPES RECIPES

My husband enjoys my version of this dish so much that he doesn’t order it at restaurants anymore. With fresh spinach, pasta and seasoned sausage, this fast-to-fix soup is a meal on its own. —Brenda Thomas, Springfield, Missouri

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner    Lunch

Total Time 30 minutes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Yield 5 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 228 calories, FatContent 7g fat (1g saturated fat), CholesterolContent 29mg cholesterol, SodiumContent 841mg sodium, CarbohydrateContent 27g carbohydrate (4g sugars, FiberContent 6g fiber), ProteinContent 16g protein. Diabetic Exchanges 1-1/2 starch

Menu Description: "White and red beans, ground beef, tomatoes and pasta in a savory broth." It's amazing how many lousy clone recipes for this delicious chili-like soup are floating around. Cooking message boards, and questionable sites that claim to have "actual restaurant recipes" have for years passed off numerous versions that disappoint home chefs. Other formulas leave out major ingredients that you can clearly see in the real thing, like the carrots, or ground beef, or two kinds of beans. Others don't even get the pasta right—it's clearly ditalini pasta, which are short little tubes. If you want the taste of Olive Garden's famous Pasta e Fagioli at home, this may be the only recipe that will live up to a side-by-side taste test. Beware of imitation imitations! Find more of my Olive Garden copycat recipes here.  Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 by Todd Wilbur.

Provided by Todd Wilbur

Total Time 1 hours 25 minutes0S

Prep Time 42 minutes30S

Cook Time 42 minutes30S

Number Of Ingredients 17

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 400 calories