Easy Pasta Fagioli

  4.5 – 166 reviews  • Italian

This simple pasta fagioli recipe is a traditional Italian winter dish. Salad, crusty bread, and grated Parmesan cheese should be served in bowls.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  1. 1 tablespoon olive oil
  2. 1 carrot, diced
  3. 1 stalk celery, diced
  4. 1 thin slice onion, diced
  5. ½ teaspoon chopped garlic
  6. 4 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
  7. 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
  8. 1 tablespoon dried parsley
  9. ½ tablespoon dried basil leaves
  10. freshly ground black pepper to taste
  11. 1 ½ cups ditalini pasta
  12. 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add carrot, celery, and onion; cook and stir until soft. Add garlic and sauté briefly. Stir in tomato sauce, chicken broth, parsley, basil, and pepper; simmer for 20 minutes.
  2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ditalini pasta and cook for 8 minutes or until al dente; drain.
  3. Add beans and cooked pasta to soup; simmer until heated through, 1 or 2 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 338 kcal
Carbohydrate 61 g
Cholesterol 2 mg
Dietary Fiber 9 g
Protein 13 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Sodium 1882 mg
Sugars 11 g
Fat 5 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Maurice Brown
I like it
Collin Abbott
mmm
Billy Briggs
I did make 1 change, I used low sodium beef broth because that was in the pantry. Loved it.
Victoria Wolfe
it was just ok, I’ve made Pasta Fagioli for years using 2 cans of beans cannellini and kidney. also before adding pasta i scoop out about 1/2 – 1 cup of the soup and put it through a sieve or blitz’s it in a blender if in a hurry. this adds a creaminess to it. also used crushed or chopped caned tomatoes and a nice amount of Italian seasoning. YUM!
Susan Cross
Very addictive! Exchanged 32 oz vegetable broth and 14 oz diced tomatoes and tomato sauce.
Leslie Kim
Easy, vegetarian, hearty soup! What could be better?
Danielle Garcia DDS
I made on 9/9/2020 I used 1whole box of Small Shells, 2 cans Canellii Beans,I can Crushed Tomatoes. For veggies I used Colored Peppers, Red Onion,Fresh Garlic, Sliced up Brussels Sprouts, powder chick bouillon dissolved in hot water, cooked chicken , came out more like a stew than Soup, I wanted it thick, not soupy
Jessica Miller
used beef broth, used less tomato sauce and more broth, and used macaroni noodles instead so i could use up stuff i had on hand
Marie Casey
Absolutely wonderful
Jacqueline Hoffman
Very good. I would definitely recommend using low sodium /no salt tomato sauce and chicken broth.
Matthew Thompson
Followed the recipe as is with the only exception is adding a pound of sweet italian sausage
Dana Alvarez
Very good. I added sliced Italian sausage.
Ryan Mitchell
Simply yummy! Thank you!
Kara Bradford
This was easy and delicious. I read the reviews and took others advice to swap the amounts of tomato sauce and chicken broth. I added a little more garlic and a pinch of crushed red pepper. I will definitely make this again.
Susan Waller
Great, simple recipe. I used one can of diced tomatoes and one can of tomato sauce because I like some chunks of tomato in it. Also, cut the pasta back as suggested. I also added some sliced zucchini to use it up. Very good flavor.
Jerry Sanchez MD
I only used 16 oz of tomato sauce and 10 oz of No Chicken broth to keep it vegetarian. Added 1/2 teaspoon of celtic sea salt and 1/2 teaspoon of italian seasoning. Also added fresh basil! I used an immersion blender to smooth out the chunks of vegetables. It was delicious with parmesan cheese on top! I give it 5 stars with the changes!
Karen Gonzalez
Even if you reverse the amount of tomatoes and broth it’s still too tomatoey, most like tomato soup with various ingredients. Also, I add some beef I had in the fridge and that really made it stand out.
Gregory Wilson
Easy and delicious… I, too, reversed the chicken broth/tomato sauce proportions, added diced Italian sausage, parmesan cheese, a bit of Italian red pepper, extra garlic and waited to just before serving to add the ditalini. Simple cooking is the best cooking, it seems. And this recipe is a great example of that! I highly recommend it.
Bob Lee
I looked this up only because we had it at Olive Garden. Was very close however the restaurant version we had definitely had spaghettti squash in it. It was a nice addition.
Samuel Diaz
Made by M. many times. Always good!
Greg Manning
I got my family to eat vegetables with this recipe! I added artichoke hearts and capers as well. So good!

 

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