MEME'S PASTA FAGIOLI

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White cannellini beans, ditalini pasta with vegetables, lean hamburger, and herbs are simmered in vegetable juice and chicken broth. It is like an Italian chili like Olive Garden®'s Pasta Fagioli and even better the second day.

Provided by Karyn Osborne

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Noodle Soup Recipes

Time 1h5m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 carrot, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
1 thin slice onion, diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 (32 ounce) bottle tomato-vegetable juice cocktail (such as V8®)
1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 ½ cups ditalini pasta
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

Steps:

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; saute carrot, celery, and onion until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir vegetable juice cocktail, chicken broth, parsley, basil, oregano, and black pepper into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup for 20 minutes.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook ditalini pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain.
Stir cannellini beans and ground beef into soup; cook and stir until soup is heated through, about 10 minutes.
Spoon about 1/3 cup pasta into each serving bowl; ladle soup over pasta.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 298.8 calories, Carbohydrate 33.2 g, Cholesterol 35.5 mg, Fat 10.1 g, Fiber 4.7 g, Protein 17.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 566 mg, Sugar 4.7 g