Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Soup in a Crock Pot (Copycat)

By sandycon

This tastes exactly like the pasta e fagioli soup at the Olive Garden. Wonderful! Husband loves it!

Ingredients

• 2 pounds ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 4 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 cans (28 ounce) diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 can (16 ounce) red kidney beans, drained
• 1 can (16 ounce) white kidney beans, drained
• 3 cans (10 ounce) beef stock
• 3 teaspoons oregano
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 5 teaspoons parsley
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)
• 1 jar (20 ounce) spaghetti sauce
• 8 ounces pasta

Preparation

Step 1

Brown beef in a skillet.

Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.

Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours.

During last 30 min on high or 1 hour on low, add pasta.