Pasta fagioli with sausage recipe - Main course
This is a traditional Italian pasta Fagioli recipe with vegetables, pasta, beans, and Italian herbs. A hearty soup filled with spicy Italian sausage, beans, pasta, and veggies.
- Authentic Pasta Fagioli with sausage
- Sausage Pasta Fagioli with Spinach
- Pasta Fagioli
- Easy Pasta Fagioli with Turkey Sausage
- How to make Italian pasta fagioli?
- How do you cook Italian sausage with pasta?
- Can I substitute ground beef for sausage in pasta fagioli?
- How do you make the perfect pasta sauce?
Authentic Pasta Fagioli with sausage

Make authentic pasta Fagioli with sausage and ground beef with this Italian pasta Fagioli recipe. This is a traditional Italian pasta Fagioli recipe with vegetables, pasta, beans, and Italian herbs.
Provided by: Evelyn
Total time: 60 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Number of ingredients: 16
Provided by: Evelyn
Total time: 60 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Number of ingredients: 16
Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 lb ground Italian sausage (about 2 links)
- 2 large carrots (peeled and cubed (about 1 1/2 cups))
- 2 stalks celery (diced)
- 1 medium onion (diced)
- 3 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 15oz can tomato sauce
- 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 32 oz carton chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 cup rigatoni pasta
- 1 15oz can white great northern beans (drained)
- 1 150z can red kidney beans ((I used Ranch Style beans))
- Parmesan Cheese (grated, optional)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 384 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 13 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Fat: 27 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 82 mg
- Sodium: 358 mg
- Fiber: 2 g
- Sugar: 2 g
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the ground beef and the ground Italian sausage and cook until browned, crumbling the beef and sausage as it cooks. A Mix and Chop is our go-to utensil for breaking up and cooking ground meat.
- Remove the cooked meat mixture and drain; set aside
- Heat about 1 tablespoon oil in the Dutch oven, add onion, carrots, and celery. Cook until tender, stirring occasionally. When vegetables are tender, add garlic and cook for about 1 minute
- Add dry basil, oregano, and thyme and give it a quick stir
- Pour in chicken broth, tomato sauce, add diced tomatoes with juice
- Return the cooked ground beef and Italian sausage to the dutch oven, season with salt and pepper, to taste
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered for about 20 minutes to thicken. Then add the pasta and cook for 12 minutes until the pasta is al dente. Stir in both cans of beans and cook until heated through.
- Serve topped with grated parmesan cheese (optional)
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Sausage Pasta Fagioli with Spinach

This chunky, almost stewlike soup is a twist on a classic. To make ahead, prepare beans through step 2.
Total time: 120 minutes
Cook time: 90 minutes
Yields: 16 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Number of ingredients: 11
Total time: 120 minutes
Cook time: 90 minutes
Yields: 16 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Number of ingredients: 11
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 c. dry Great Northern beans (see note)
- 1 lb. sweet italian-sausage links
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 medium onions
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 can plum tomatoes in juice
- 2 can chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 6 oz. ditalini or tubetti pasta
- 1/2 bag spinach
- Grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 400 calories
- Rinse beans with running cold water and discard any stones or shriveled beans. In large bowl, place dry beans and 8 cups water. Allow to stand at room temperature overnight. (Or, in 4-quart saucepan over high heat, heat beans and 8 cups water to boiling; cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour.) Drain and rinse beans.
- In 4-quart saucepan over high heat, heat beans and enough water to cover by 2 inches to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 40 minutes to 1 hour until beans are tender, stirring occasionally. Drain beans.
- Heat 5-quart Dutch oven or saucepot over medium-high heat until hot. Add sausage and cook until browned, breaking up meat with spoon. With slotted spoon, remove sausage meat to bowl.
- Reduce heat to medium. In drippings and olive oil, cook onions until tender and golden, about 10 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add tomatoes with their juice, using spoon to break up tomatoes.
- Add chicken broth, salt, beans, and 2 cups water; over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 30 minutes. Add sausage meat; heat through.
- Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, cook pasta as label directs, but do not add salt to water. Drain pasta; set aside.
- Just before serving, stir in spinach and cooked pasta. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese if you like.
Pasta Fagioli

Pasta Fagioli - Olive Garden copycat recipe. A hearty soup filled with spicy Italian sausage, beans, pasta, and veggies.
Provided by: Amanda Livesay
Total time: 50 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Number of ingredients: 13
Provided by: Amanda Livesay
Total time: 50 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Number of ingredients: 13
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled & chopped
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 lb hot Italian sausage, casings removed if necessary
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 -2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, to taste
- 1 15- ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 3 - 4 cups chicken stock, or vegetable stock
- 1 can cannellini beans
- 1 cup ditalini, or other small pasta
- Parmesan cheese, for serving
Nutrition:
- Calories: 478 calories
- Carbohydrate: 42 grams carbohydrates
- Cholesterol: 44 milligrams cholesterol
- Fat: 22 grams fat
- Fiber: 5 grams fiber
- Protein: 27 grams protein
- Saturated Fat: 7 grams saturated fat
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Sodium: 1319 milligrams sodium
- Sugar: 10 grams sugar
- Trans Fat: 0 grams trans fat
- Unsaturated Fat: 16 grams unsaturated fat
- Heat olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium high heat. Add the diced onion and cook until it just begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Add celery and carrots; cook, stirring frequently, for another 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook just until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add the sausage to the pot, crumbling as it cooks. Cook until the sausage is no longer pink. Stir in Italian seasoning and red pepper. Stir in tomatoes and stock.
- Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
- Stir in the beans and ditalini. (Add an extra cup of stock or water at this point if it's boiled down too much.) Simmer for 6- 8 minutes or until pasta is tender.
- Serve piping hot with Parmesan cheese.
Easy Pasta Fagioli with Turkey Sausage

Check out this super easy pasta fagioli soup. It's made with turkey sausage and fresh spinach. It's a recipe the family will love!
Provided by: Jodie Fitz
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 13
Provided by: Jodie Fitz
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 13
Ingredients:
- 1 pound hot turkey sausage
- 1 pound sweet turkey sausage
- 1 – 28 oz. cans tomato puree
- 28 oz. water
- 2 cans (15.5 oz) cannellini beans
- 8 oz. fresh baby leaf spinach
- 1 large clove garlic, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 pound pasta, Ditalini style
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Nonstick cooking spray
How to cook:
- Remove the casing from the hot and sweet sausage. Coat a Dutch Oven or other large soup pan with the nonstick cooking spray. Cook the uncased sausage in the pan over medium heat. Stir the meat frequently to break it up as it cooks.
- Add the tomato puree, water and beans to the meat.
- Rinse the spinach. Chop it up. Add it to the soup.
- Add the minced garlic, Italian seasoning, salt & pepper to the soup. Stir all of the ingredients together in the saucepan.
- Stir and let the soup simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- While the soup is simmering, boil the pasta as directed and drain. Shock it by running it under cold water. Toss it with the one tablespoon of olive oil and a light sprinkle of sea salt. Set the cooked pasta aside until the soup is ready.
- Serve the soup over the cooked pasta.