Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli

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Category: O - Copy Cat Restaurant Recipes
Serves/Makes: 6 | Difficulty Level: 3 | Ready In: 30-60 minutes

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons Oil
1 1/3 pound Ground beef
8 ounces Onion; chopped
9 1/3 ounces Carrots; slivered
9 1/3 ounces Celery; diced
32 ounces Tomatoes; canned, diced
1 1/3 cup cooked Red Kidney beans
1 1/3 cup cooked White kidney beans
58 2/3 ounces Beef stock
2 teaspoons Oregano
1 2/3 teaspoon Pepper
3 1/3 teaspoons Parsley; (fresh chopped)
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
32 ounces Spaghetti sauce
5 1/3 ounces dry pasta Shell macaroni; or other pasta




Directions:
Preparation: Saute beef in oil in large 10-qt. pot until beef starts to brown. Add onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans and add to the pot. Also add beef stock, oregano, pepper, Tabasco, spaghetti sauce, and noodles. Add chopped parsley. Simmer until celery and carrots are tender, about 45 minutes. Makes 9 qts. of soup! **Just cut the recipe in 1/2 for smaller family needs!