Can someone tell me what soup I had. This was at Olive Garden?!
Answers: It had chili beans and meat or vegetables in it. It was served as a Side choice to get instead of salad. I would like to know the name and recipe if you have access to the recipe.
Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Recipe
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
Sauté 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 6 quarts.
It was probably their pasta e fagioli. Here's a recipe specific for Olive Garden's version of this classic dish:
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/52...
Pasta Fagioli.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,ol...
Pasta e Fagioli?
You could look in this link list of copycat Olive Garden recipes..
copycat Olive Garden
http://www.astray.com/recipes/?search=%2... (71 copycat recipes)
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/ccoOLI/o6.... (Olive garden copycat Fettuccini Alfredo)
http://www.familycorner.com/forums/showt... (olive garden Portobello di ravioli with white sauce recipe…full recipe)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycat... (vegetable lasagna …olive garden copycat?)
http://groups.msn.com/SecretRestaurantRe... (olive garden Florentine lasagna copycat)
http://groups.msn.com/SecretRestaurantRe... (copycat olive garden Ravioletti with mushroom walnut sauce)
http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/eatin... (Olive garden copycat Pasta with broccoli)
http://groups.msn.com/SecretRestaurantRe... (Olive garden Chocolate lasagna copycat)
http://southernfood.about.com/od/copycat... (Olive Garden Spaghetti Carbonara copycat)
http://www.floras-hideout.com/recipes/re... (Olive Garden Chicken Spiedies copycat)
http://www.floras-hideout.com/recipes/og... of olive garden copycat recipes)
http://www.recipesource.com/misc/copycat... (olive garden copycat recipes, page 1)
http://www.recipesource.com/misc/copycat... (olive garden copycat recipes, page 2)
http://www.recipesource.com/misc/copycat... (olive garden copycat recipes, page 3)
http://groups.msn.com/SecretRestaurantRe... (link list of about.com copycat recipes…lots olive garden, etc.)
http://www.recipezaar.com/213275 (seafood portofino)
http://www.recipezaar.com/213275 (chicken vino blanco)
http://www.recipezaar.com/213275 (Garden parmesan crusted chicken)
http://www.recipezaar.com/127689 (penne romana)
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/m... (lasagna chicken rollatini)
http://www.grouprecipes.com/30247/chicke... (lasagna chicken rollatini)
http://www.grouprecipes.com/32335/chicke... (lasagna chicken rollatini florentine)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/... (lasagna rollatini prosciutto)
Gracie M. Gave you the correct answer. Pasta Fagioli
probably Minstrone