Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli

Name: Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli
Prep time: 42 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 1 h 24 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef; 1 small onion, diced (1 cup); 1 large carrot, julienned (1 cup); 3 stalks celery, chopped (1 cup); 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 14.5-ounce cans diced tomatoes; 1 15-ounce can red kidney beans (with liquid); 1 15-ounce can great northern beans (with liquid); 1 15-ounce can tomato sauce; 1 12-ounce can V-8 juice; 1 tablespoon white vinegar; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme; 1/2 pound (1/2 pkg.) ditalini pasta

Instructions

Prep:42minCook:42min

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.

Updated at: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 17:26:01 GMT