Olive Garden Minestrone Copycat Recipe
Perfect for a fall day, this Olive Garden soup recipe tastes just like the original!

Homemade Olive Garden Minestrone is one of the tastiest and heartiest restaurant soup recipes, packed with peas, beans, carrots, and more great ingredients. If you're looking for a copycat soup recipe that packed with nutrients, you've hit the jackpot with this one. The minestrone soup recipe is quick and easy to make!
Make a large batch of this soup and you can enjoy it for lunch and dinner all week long. Serve this soup to your family and they will finally stop begging you to go to Olive Garden.
On a cold, fall day or a chilly, spring afternoon, there's nothing better than one of Olive Garden's classic soup recipes. But sometimes you just feel like staying inside and enjoying the comfort of your own home. With this recipe, you can do just that and still get a delicious and hearty soup that will have the whole family coming back for seconds.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 1/4 cup zucchini, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basin
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
- 1 (28-ounce) can no-salt added diced tomatoes
- 1 (14-ounce) can crushes tomatoes
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth (you can use vegetable broth if desired)
- 1 (15-ounce) can low-sodium kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup ditalini pasta
For more Olive Garden classics, be sure to check out our Olive Garden Shrimp Scampi Copycat Recipe
Instructions
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Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute the onion until translucent.
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Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.
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Add the celery, carrot, and zucchini and cook about 5 minutes.
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Stir in the dried oregano, basil, salt and pepper and cook 2 more minutes.
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Add chicken broth to the pot, the diced and crushed tomatoes and bring to a boil.
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Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
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Stir in kidney, cannellini beans, and the pasta, and cook until the pasta is tender about 10-15 minutes.
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Season with additional salt to taste.
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Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
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usofajeanne 394741 3
Oct 06, 2017
Ingredients 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/3 cup white vinegar 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 2 tablespoons corn syrup 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons Romano cheese 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes 1 tablespoon lemon juice Instructions Place all the ingredients in a blender and mix well. Place in a container and keep refrigerated for up to a week.
shilohdana
Feb 16, 2017
This copycat recipe sounds like it would be easy to put together quickly for a quick, hearty meal during a busy week. I bet it would taste better the second day too, as many soups and stews do. Adding a nice salad and loaf of bread or breadsticks like Olive Garden serves would make a very nice meal indeed!

springsboy 7912807
Jan 18, 2016
he recipe say 1 (28 oz) can no salt added diced Diced what?

AllFreeCopycat Edi tor
Feb 05, 2016
1 can no salt diced tomatoes. Thanks for bringing that to our attention! We've updated the recipe ingredients.

bambakes7
Nov 05, 2015
I enjoyed this soup, but I thought it could have used a bit more flavor.
jkblindt 3345314
Nov 05, 2015
Very filling and delicious! Perfect comfort food for the upcoming cold weather in the Midwest.

amatlin
Nov 05, 2015
This soup was hearty in all the right ways. This is the perfect soup for a chilly day.

amatlin72114 11140 13
Jul 21, 2014
Here is a link to our version of Olive Garden's House Dressing. http://goo.gl/X1h1AR. We hope this what you were looking for. Enjoy! -Editors of AllFreeCopycatRecipes.com

aafes 7353254
Jul 20, 2014
I see you advertise Olive Garden's salad dressing in a number of places in your ads but can't find it anywhere in the substance of your ads for subscriptions!! JToomey

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