5 from 14 votes
Pasta Fazool (Pasta e Fagioli)
Pasta Fazool is a hearty Italian soup featuring ground beef or sausage, diced vegetables, tomatoes, beans, and ditalini pasta simmered together in a flavorful broth. The dish offers a comforting, thick texture with tender vegetables, beans, and pasta, flavored with Italian seasoning and finished with fresh parsley.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Servings:
6
Calories:
480 kcal
Course:
Main Course, Soup
Cuisine:
Italian, American
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1 pound ground beef or Italian sausage, casings removed
- 1 onion diced
- 2 carrot diced
- 2 celery diced, stalks
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 3 cups tomato sauce
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 15 ounces fire roasted tomatoes do not drain
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 cup pasta I use ditalini, dry
- 15 ounces red kidney beans drained and rinsed
- 15 ounces cannelini beans drained and rinsed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoons black pepper
- ¼ cup parsley chopped finely, fresh
Instructions
- Heat 1 Tbs olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef or sausage, stirring occasionally until cooked through. Remove meat from the pot, and drain the fat off.
- Heat remaining 2 Tbs olive oil in the dutch oven. Add onions, carrots, and celery, and cook until veggies are softened.
- Add garlic and cook, stirring for 30 seconds.
- Add chicken stock, tomato sauce, fire-roasted tomatoes, Italian seasoning, meat, and ditalini.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and cover with lid.
- Simmer, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes, or until vegetables are tender and the pasta is cooked.
- Add kidney beans and cannellini beans, and cook a few minutes to allow the beans to heat through.
- Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle the parsley over the top.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
480kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
60g
(20%)
Protein
36g
(72%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
52mg
(17%)
Sodium
1012mg
(42%)
Potassium
1580mg
(34%)
Fiber
13g
(52%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
5893IU
(118%)
Vitamin C
14mg
(16%)
Calcium
153mg
(15%)
Iron
8mg
(44%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 480
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 480kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 60g | 20% |
| Protein | 36g | 72% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 52mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 1012mg | 42% |
| Potassium | 1580mg | 34% |
| Fiber | 13g | 52% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 5893IU | 118% |
| Vitamin C | 14mg | 16% |
| Calcium | 153mg | 15% |
| Iron | 8mg | 44% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.