One Pot Pasta e Fagioli
One Pot Pasta e Fagioli is a hearty one pot pasta dish with pancetta, beans, kale, and plenty of parmesan.  It requires minimal prep and will become a family favorite!
This One Pot Pasta e Fagioli is a hearty, family-friendly meal that’s ready in 30 minutes!
Pasta e Fagioli is typically a soup with pasta and beans, so this meal is a different take on that.  Most of the soup recipes that I’ve seen are made with ground meat, but the inspiration for this particular recipe came from the back of a bag of Bob’s Red Mill dried cranberry beans. Â
It’s a one pot meal with pancetta, dried beans, and pasta, but it takes considerably longer to cook because of the dried beans.
While I love using dried beans in recipes, I think we can all use a recipe thats’s ready much faster.
This One Pot 30-Minute Pasta e Fagioli is the answer to all of that.
This meal is great because you can customize this by using your favorite pasta, subbing the pancetta with ground meat or bacon, and using your favorite type of beans. I chose kidney beans for color, and the flavor was also great with the red pepper flakes and pancetta.
I added an entire bunch of kale because it’s growing like a weed in my garden, and I love the color and texture that it adds to this dish. It makes it even heartier, and provides a nice boost of nutrition.
This One Pot 30-Minute Pasta e Fagioli is deliciously creamy, and is perfect with a good dousing of freshly grated parmesan.
More one pot pasta recipes!
- Chicken pesto pasta
- Italian Chicken Tortellini Skillet from The Recipe Rebel
- Pasta Primavera
- Sausage red pepper pasta
- Skillet lasagna
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One Pot 30-Minute Pasta e Fagioli
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped
- 4 ounces uncooked pancetta or bacon diced
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes use less to reduce the spiciness
- 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 8 ounces dry orecchiette pasta or your favorite
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 14 ounces kidney beans rinsed and drained
- 1 bunch kale torn, or about 3 cups
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese for serving
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and pancetta and saute for 5 minutes or until the onion has softened. Add the garlic and chili flakes and cook 30 seconds more.
- Add the chicken broth and salt to the skillet, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the pasta and beans, and bring to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally to prevent the pasta from sticking to the pan, 11-13 minutes or until the orecchiette is al dente and has absorbed the majority of the liquid. When adding the orecchiette to the pot, try to separate them as best you can with a wooden spoon so that it will cook evenly.
- When the pasta is almost done, add the kale and stir until incorporated. Remove the pot from heat, and add salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve hot with parmesan and enjoy!
Notes
- You can substitute the pancetta with chopped bacon or ground meat if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
37 Comments on “One Pot Pasta e Fagioli”
Try leaving our the chili flakes. I love them — but they are in every recipe these days (it seems). Real pasta e fagioli don’t have chili flakes.
Leaving out the chili flakes is definitely a personal preference.
My teenage daughter and I made this tonight along with the one hour rosemary focaccia bread . . . soooo good! My husband was pleased and impressed too. Our local grocery store didn’t have orecchiette pasta so we substituted shells (I’ve never had orecchiette and am curious now, so I’ll be hunting it down for next time!) So glad I stumbled upon your website and will be trying more of your recipes. Thank you for great instructions and delicious ideas!
Hi Darla! I’m so happy to hear that both recipes were successful for you — thanks so much for taking the time to leave me your feedback! Orecchiette is very similar to shells so that was a great substitution. If you love shells I think you’ll love that shape too! 🙂
Made this meatless. Used portabella mushrooms for the pancetta and vegetable broth. it is wonderful!!
Mushrooms instead of pancetta sounds delicious and I’m so glad you enjoyed this Melissa. Thank you so much for leaving me your feedback! 🙂
I love quick one pot pasta dishes like this – it’s always the answer to those crazy busy weeknights! This pasta looks amazing Marcie! Hope you’re feeling better now!
Thank you Stacey!