Pasta E Fagioli

Submitted by MissGolightly

"Easy to make 'italian chili' using store-bought or leftover homemade spaghetti sauce."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb ground chuck
• 2⁄3 cup celery, sliced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2⁄3 cup carrot, cut to bite size
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt (add 1t then add more to taste)
• 1 quart spaghetti sauce
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes (water packed)
• 1 (16 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans
• 3⁄4 cup ditalini, uncooked
• 1⁄2 teaspoon rosemary (or to taste)
• crushed red pepper flakes

directions

1. Brown and breakup ground beef.
2. Add onion, celery and carrot cook until onion is clear.
3. Add garlic cook 1 minute.
4. Add salt, spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, kidney beans, rosemary, red pepper and Italian seasoning.
5. Adjust seasonings to desired level.
6. Add ditalini and cook 10 minutes longer.
7. To make a thinner soup (more juice to dip) add more chicken broth.