Recipe: Delicious Pasta E Fagioli - Slow Cooker

Pasta E Fagioli - Slow Cooker. This slow cooker pasta e fagioli starts with a pound of dried pinto beans (great northern beans work well too) and a flavorful broth. The dish can be made with or without meat, and you'll often see American adaptations made with ground beef. We prefer pancetta — the salty, dry cured Italian ham.

This slow cooker pasta e fagioli comes together pretty easily. There is a little bit of prep and chopping time involved. It's not hard at all though. You can cook Pasta E Fagioli - Slow Cooker using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pasta E Fagioli - Slow Cooker

1. Prepare 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
2. You need 1 lb. of ground Italian sausage.
3. Prepare 1/2 of yellow onion, finely diced.
4. You need 2 of large carrots, peeled and diced.
5. It's 2 stalks of celery, diced.
6. You need 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
7. You need 1 can (28 oz.) of unsalted crushed tomatoes.
8. Prepare 3 cups of unsalted beef broth.
9. Prepare 1 can (15 oz.) of unsalted cannellini beans, drained & rinsed.
10. Prepare 1 can (15 oz.) of unsalted light red kidney beans, drained & rinsed.
11. You need 1 1/2 tsp. of dried basil.
12. Prepare 3/4 tsp. of salt.
13. It's 1/2 tsp. of each dried oregano, pepper.
14. Prepare 1 cup of ditalini pasta.
15. You need 1/2 cup of freshly grated parmesan cheese + more for topping.

Slow Cooker Pasta E Fagioli is a lightened up and hearty stick-to-your-ribs soup. A healthy copycat recipe for Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli. Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup Copycat Recipe - This Pasta e Fagioli Soup is one of my favorite soups! It's on heavy rotation at my house because we all love it so much!

Pasta E Fagioli - Slow Cooker instructions

1. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Once it's hot, add the sausage and cook until its browned throughout, breaking it up as you go. Once its browned, place it on a towel lined plate to drain off some of the grease and set it aside..
2. Grease your slow cooker, then add the sausage, onion, celery, carrot, garlic, rinsed beans, crushed tomatoes, broth and seasonings. Give it all a good stir, then pop the lid on and set the heat to low for 5-6 hours..
3. Once the soup is ready to eat, heat a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the ditalini pasta according to package directions, then drain and stir it along with the 1/2 cup grated parmesan into the soup. Then taste the soup and add any additional seasonings you think it needs. That's it!.

This slow cooker version is just like what you'd get at your favorite Italian restaurant (not to mention cheaper). Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup is so delicious and you can use any large slow cooker to make this delicious tummy-warming soup! Pasta e Fagioli means simply "pasta and beans" and there are many variations of this traditional Italian soup. If you have an Italian grandmother, this is the soup she. A really simple, hearty meal that is perfect for your crock pot!