Julie Clark
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Slow Cooker Pasta Fagioli
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Slow Cooker Pasta Fagioli soup is full of veggies, beans, beef and pasta. A better-than-Olive Garden hearty Italian soup.
This crockpot soup is going to take minimal prep in the morning. Brown the ground beef, drain the fat, then add the beef and the rest of the ingredients to the crock pot. Leave it to simmer all day long in the slow cooker and end up with a hearty soup for your family dinner! Serve with our Hawaiian roll garlic bread, sourdough focaccia or Parmesan breadsticks.
And try our slow cooker taco soup which is made similarly!
Skip going out and make this classic Italian soup at home.
One of our favorite restaurants to visit during the cooler month is Olive Garden. It’s not super special, but it is nostalgic and cozy. It’s really hard to resist some fettuccini alfredo or salad and a bowl of Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli soup!
This soup recipe is similar to a minestrone soup but is heartier and richer in flavor.
I love how this soup is full of fiber and protein. It makes a great soup for meal prep because it would be such a simple lunch.
You may also love our slow cooker taco pasta, chicken parmesan soup, slow cooker ham and beans and slow cooker beef tips and gravy.
Enjoy! -Julie
Ingredients
For even more vegetables, add in 2 cups of fresh spinach or fresh kale at the end of cooking.
Use a spaghetti sauce that you love the flavor of. I like Rao’s marinara.
This soup is low heat, but the tabasco sauce gives it a little kick!
See the recipe card below for full ingredients and amounts.
Slow Cooker Pasta e Fagioli
This hearty soup is full of veggies, beans, beef and pasta. It can be made in the slow cooker, which means you come home to a hot, comforting meal.
Servings 12 servings
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef or Italian sausage
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 3 carrots chopped
- 4 stalks of celery chopped
- 2 cans petite diced tomatoes (14.5 ounces each) undrained
- 1 can red kidney beans drained and rinsed (15.5 ounces)
- 1 can great northern beans drained and rinsed (15.5 ounces)
- 32 ounces beef stock or beef broth
- 3 teaspoons oregano
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- 3 teaspoons parsley
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce optional
- 24 ounces spaghetti sauce
- 2 cups uncooked small shell pasta or ditalini pasta
Instructions
- In a large skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain off the fat and put it in a slow cooker. 2 pounds lean ground beef
- Add all of the ingredients except for the pasta. 1 medium onion, 3 carrots, 4 stalks of celery, 2 cans petite diced tomatoes, 1 can red kidney beans, 1 can great northern beans, 32 ounces beef stock, 3 teaspoons oregano, 2 teaspoons pepper, 3 teaspoons parsley, 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce, 24 ounces spaghetti sauce
- Cook the soup on low for 7-8 hours, or on high for 4 hours.
- With one hour left, stir in the uncooked pasta. Cover again and cook until pasta is tender. 2 cups uncooked small shell pasta
- Season with salt to taste, and serve.
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Notes
You can use black beans in place of the kidney beans if you’d like.
Store leftover pasta e fagioli in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat leftovers in the microwave or in a pot on the stove.
Refer to the article above for more tips and tricks.
The calories shown are based on the recipe serving 12, with 1 serving being 1/12 of the soup. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information. **
Nutrition
Serving: 421g | Calories: 250kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 581mg | Potassium: 969mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2960IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 5mg
How to Make Slow Cooker Pasta Fagioli: Step by Step
In a large skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain off the fat and put it in a slow cooker.
Add all of the ingredients except for the pasta.
Cook the soup on low for 7-8 hours, or on high for 4 hours.
With one hour left, stir in the uncooked pasta. Cover again and cook until pasta is tender.
Very Good indeed! Although I had used the only can of beans I had available at the time ( which were kidney beans & navy beans) it still came out pretty decent! Loved it! Very hearty for the men in your life! It’s a definite win- win… I’ll be cooking this again! Haha 😂
Made this for dinner yesterday. It was fantastic. Thank you for the recipe.
What size cooker was used. I have a 8 qt. Just need to know if i have to adjust the ingredients. Thanks
What was the size of the slow cooker that you used?
Are the oregano and parsley fresh or dried herbs?
Sounds great.
Can’t wait to try your Beef Stew and Pasta Fagioli. Great recipes. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Delicious! I have also made this with ground turkey and chicken broth (veg stock can be used too. I tried that when I was out of chicken broth) and left out the tobacco for the turkey version. Made it for a card and supper night and everyone at the table gave it high praise. All took home the recipe!
This was very good. I added more of the veggies and added potatoes and tomato paste. Fabulous!
Hi love your version very easy and uses my favourite cooking tool the crock pot following from moonlight and mason jars I’m lorraine at http://lorrainesresources.blogspot.com
What a delicious recipe and perfect for a cold night! Thank you for sharing at Moonlight and Mason Jars! Pinning 🙂