Easy and Flavorful Slow Cooker Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli Recipe
When I cooked Olive Garden Slow Cooker Pasta Fagioli, everyone loved it!
10 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 c. chopped onion
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef browned and drained
- 1 c. chopped carrots
- ½ c. chopped celery
- 1 can 14 to 15 oz. kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can 14 to 15 oz. diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 can 14 to 15 oz. white beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 jar 24 to 26 oz. tomato-basil marinara or pasta sauce
- 1-½ tsp oregano
- 4 c. beef broth
- 1-¼ c. dry pasta for this recipe, I used fusilli, but you can use shells or ditalini, too. Make sure to cook the pasta separately following the package directions.
- ¾ tsp hot pepper sauce such as Tabasco
- Grated Parmesan optional, for serving
- ¼ c. chopped fresh parsley optional, for serving
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Six- to seven-quart slow cookers are recommended to make this pasta dish.
- Cooked and drained ground beef, onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, beans, broth, pasta sauce, oregano, hot pepper sauce, salt, and pepper should all be combined in a slow cooker.
- Cook, covered, on LOW for 5–7 hours, or until veggies are at the desired tenderness.
- Pasta should be added to the soup right before it is served. Adjust the seasonings and flavor of the soup to your liking.
- Garnish with freshly minced parsley and grated parmesan before serving.
Notes
I found that one can of chopped tomatoes was unnecessary. In addition, I reduced the amount of spicy pepper sauce to mere three-quarters of a teaspoon.
In addition, I prepared the spaghetti separately and mixed it in right before serving. When you add uncooked dry pasta to soups, it expands and absorbs a lot of liquid.
How To Make it Gluten free
Use beef broth that is explicitly labeled as gluten-free such as Swanson Beef Broth, and always check the ingredients.
Use gluten-free pasta like Fusilli Gluten Free from Barilla.