Slow Cooker Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli
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Everyone’s FAVORITE Olive Garden soup made so easily in the crockpot! Just set it and forget it!
Guys, it’s snowing. No joke. It has been snowing two days straight in the midwest. And yes, Cartman has his winter beanie ready to go.
That being said, you can find me by the fireplace, chunky sweaters and all, with this Olive Garden favorite.
A quick and easy copycat recipe, you can throw this all in the crockpot. Extra bonus points if you have one of those saute features in your slow cooker, making this a one pot meal from start to finish.
Serve with the crustiest bread and extra shaved Parmesan on top that melts right into the warm, cozy goodness.
Slow Cooker Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound Italian sausage, casing removed
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 16-ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 15-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 15-ounce can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced
- 2 celery ribs, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ¾ teaspoon dried thyme
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ¾ cup ditalini pasta
- ½ cup shaved Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add sausage and onion, and cook, stirring frequently, until sausage is browned, about 5-7 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat.
- Place sausage mixture into a 6-qt slow cooker. Stir in chicken stock, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beans, carrots, celery, garlic, basil, oregano and thyme; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high heat for 5-6 hours. Uncover and stir in pasta; cover and cook on high heat for an additional 30 minutes, or until tender.
- Serve immediately with Parmesan, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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This recipe is simple and foolproof. I appreciate how quickly it comes together and that everyone in my family enjoys it. One batch makes enough for two dinners for our family of four, so I often freeze half to save for a busy day.
Thanks for sharing this winner with us, Chungah! It’s on regular rotation in our home once the cold weather arrives.
We had this tonight! It was absolutely delicious!
My absolute favorite ! Have made it many times ! My go to for An Olive Garden Fix. Better than Olive Garden !
Made just as the recipe states. This is a delicious, very well balanced, hearty recipe.
I made this yesterday and it was DELICIOUS! The house smelled amazing while it was cooking. It was a perfect meal on such a bitter cold, snowy day! Thanks for sharing the recipe, it will def be a keeper in our house! YUM!
Question: is the pasta dry from the box when you add it in the last 30 minutes – OR- do you pre-cook per directions on the box before adding it in? Thank you for your reply 🙂
I made this with ground beef. I also didn’t have the diced tomatoes as I thought I did, so I used a can of Rotel instead. It was delicious. I almost don’t even think I need the pasta in it. I’ll be making this again.
The directions have no mention of the ditalini…….(on the preparation or adding to soup). Do we add it to the crock pot??????
@kathy … the directions say pasta. You could the soup 7 or 8 on low then had thecoarta in the end for 30 minutes its the last step
Made this tonight and will be making again. I used 90% ground beef and added zucchini to the recipe and cooked in a Dutch pot, I will try in the crock pot next time, loved the flavors so delicious.
This was absolutely fabulous! I made it with turkey sausage. My husband wants it again next week
Excellent! I can’t compare it to Olive Garden because I haven’t been in years, but this soup is great! The whole family loved it. I served it with garlic bread and a salad. I wouldn’t mind a copy cat of those 2 things myself!
We just got finished eating this! It was delicious, whole family enjoyed. Super easy to put together and I love that it makes enough for leftovers. Perfect for this snowy day today.
My family really enjoyed this soup! Followed recipe exactly and it turned out great! Served with salad and pepperoni/cheese bread. Made a great dinner before heading out to see Christmas lights!
Smelling delicious – silly question…should the pasta be cooked when you put it in at the end or not?
Kalsey, the pasta shouldn’t be cooked. I think you’ll find it’ll go very quickly that last half hour because the rest of it has been cooking for so long. Hope this helps.
Made on the stove. Total cook time about 1 hr, including saute veggies. Used ground turkey instead of sausage. Wow! Incredibly delicious. Thank you for another fantastic recipe!
My family really enjoyed this soup! Followed recipe exactly and it turned out great! Served with salad and pepperoni/cheese bread. Made a great dinner before heading out to see Christmas lights!
I’m making this today, but I’m perplexed by the sausage. Olive Garden describes their fagioli as having ground beef in it, not sausage. So is this really Olive Garden?
This was my first recipe after seeing a recommendation for the site on a local moms’ Facebook group. I am not disappointed. The soup turned out really delicious, and now, I’m buying three cookbooks for my family and friends for Christmas. We busy ladies need this wisdom and the really well-thought-out details/photos. I especially appreciate some of the Asian American and Chicagoan references too as I identify with both.
I do have a question for anyone who’s game to respond–I made this in my slow cooker on high (5 hrs, then added pasta, cooking another 30 mins). Of course I taste-tested it midway through because it was just too tempting. Is there really an advantage of cooking it beyond 3-4 hours? Will flavor improve? Was thinking if it doesn’t make a difference, I’d try to preserve some nutrients and take out a third of the cooking time. Thoughts?
This was FANTASTIC! I bought a pound of ground sausage (instead of removing links from the casing), otherwise I followed the recipe exactly (well, I did it on the stovetop and allowed it to simmer awhile before adding the pasta to cook for 30 minutes). This is so full of flavor and makes a huge pot! I brought some to my neighbors, and they have asked that I share the recipe with them. Yet another WINNER from Ms. Chungah – thank you! 🙂
Easy and excellent! My husband loves the Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli – this is the only one that I have made that he really enjoyed. The only thing I did slightly differently was that I cooked the soup, let it cool, put it in the fridge over night then removed the fat from the top of the soup. Delicious!
Excellent soup recipe! I love all of your recipes! Is there any way to get the nutritional information? I’ve started a food plan where I need to count macros.