Thursday, January 29, 2009

Love at First Bite


Last night we had a homemade version of the Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli soup. I was pretty excited to find this copycat recipe online and had been meaning to try it for a while. It turned out pretty good, so I thought I'd share with other soup fans out there:

Ingredients:

Salt
Pepper
1 teaspoon of Oil
1 pound of ground beef
1 cup of onion, finely chopped
1 cup of carrots, slivered (I bought a bag of shredded carrots)
2 14.5 oz. cans of diced tomatoes with juice
1 15.5 oz. can of Red Kidney Bean
1 15.5 oz. can of White Kidney Bean
32 oz. of Beef Broth
1 1/2 teaspoon of Oregano
1 teaspoon of Parsley, freshly chopped
1 teaspoon of Tabasco sauce
26 oz of Spaghetti Sauce
1 or 2 cups of salad pasta (small tube pasta)

You'll need a big pot.

Directions:

Saute onions in oil until they start becoming translucent in color. Add beef to pot and salt and pepper to taste. Add carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans and add to the pot. Add beef broth, oregano, Tabasco sauce, spaghetti sauce and parsley. Simmer in low/med heat for about 30 minutes. Add noodles and simmer for another 15 minutes or until noodles are tender. It makes about 5-6 qts. of soup.

Serve with Garlic Bread and sprinkle some parmesan on top!

The recipe asks for fresh parsley which I used, but since it asks for only a teaspoon of it, I'll use dried parsley instead next time. Also, next time I'll add some fresh minced garlic - I think garlic would go great with that recipe.

Enjoy!

6 comments:

Cecilia said...

Sounds and looks amazing! Thanks for the recipe!

Daniele said...

It sounds yummy! Did you get that copykat.com? I will definitely have to try this one out. I love Olive Garden!

sotelo4@blogspot.com said...

Que delicia! Vou tentar! Qualquer coisa pra ficar quentinho nesse inverno gelado! :) Beijos, Mylene

Juliana said...

Obrigada pela receita! hum hum hummmmmm!
Beijinhos

Semiramis said...

Dani - Eu peguei essa receita aqui: www.cdkitchen.com - Dai eu dividi a porção em dois já que a receita original era muito pra minha familia. Eu vou ter que dá uma olhadinha nesse copykat.com site ... bjs :)

Marilene and Dustin said...

Oi mulher quanto tempo hein! Fico feliz de te encontrar, vamos manter contato saudades! Mari