Quick Pasta E Fagioli - Olive Garden

Charmie777's Note:

I pared this recipe down from another one on here to suit a faster preparation. This is still wonderful!!! And of course, even better the next day! Any small shape pasta will work - I like the small shells.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 lb ground beef
• ½ onion , chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes , undrained
• 1 (15 ounce) can white kidney beans , drained (or any bean)
• 2 cups beef stock (or more as needed)
• 1 ½ teaspoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 teaspoons parsley
• 1 dash Tabasco sauce (optional)
• 1 (26 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce (or larger)
• 4 ounces small shape pasta , cooked and drained

Directions:

1. Brown ground beef in large pot.
2. Drain any grease.
3. Add remaining ingredients except pasta and bring to a boil.
4. Turn heat down to low and simmer for 20 minutes (or more as desired).
5. Adjust amount of liquid by adding additional beef broth if needed.
6. Add salt and pepper to taste.
7. Add cooked pasta and heat through.
8. Serve with parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[Teresa in Charleston]

This was really great! Just what I had in mind when I decided I wanted Pasta E Fagioli for dinner. I added 3 stalks of chopped celery and the whole onion and cooked them along with the ground beef I was browning. I also omitted the Tobasco because I used spicy spaghetti sauce. Thanks Charmie!

[Shari2]

This is another quick and easy recipe to make. I omitted the tabascco sauce as the only diced tomatoes I had were Rotel's with jalapeno's in them. It tasted so good expecially in this cold weather. I made this for my breakfast and will eat it all week long for lunches or snacks. Thanks Charmie for posting.

[Stir crazy]

I omitted the Tabasco sauce (the version I had at Olive Garden was a bit too 'hot' and I really didn't enjoy the taste at all). I threw in some leftover spaghetti sauce made with ground beef, added some dried basil and celery flakes. Had a refill every time I've heated up a bowl for a quick meal. Will definitely make again.