Hamburger Vegetable Soup
Hamburger Vegetable Soup is a hearty weeknight dinner filled with lean ground beef, potatoes and carrots for a delicious family dinner.
This comforting and delicious soup is the perfect meal for any time of year and especially on a cold night. Serve it up with cornbread or garlic knots.
Why You’ll Love This Hamburger Soup
- Easy dinner recipe that is budget friendly, that’s why it is often referred to as Poor Man’s Soup.
- A great recipe to use up leftover vegetables.
- Beef soup is a great way to feed a crowd.
Ingredients for Hamburger Vegetable Soup
- Lean Ground Beef – Grass-fed beef is a great option if you can get it. Use 90/10 or 80/20.
- Beef Broth – Or if you have soup bones or leftover beef bones, make you own with water.
- Potatoes– Red potatoes, russet potatoes or yukon gold potatoes, whatever you have on hand will work.
- Vegetables: Carrots, Celery, Onions
- Fresh Garlic
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Spices: Dried Thyme, Granulated Garlic ,Smoked Paprika, Dried Onion Flakes, Onion Powder
- Kosher Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper
Step By Step Directions for Hamburger Soup
- Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium-high heat, breaking it up as it cooks to brown on all sides.
- Peel and dice potatoes, slice carrots and celery, mince the garlic.
- Bring the beef broth to a boil in a soup pot or large dutch oven.
- Add vegetables and minced garlic to boiling broth.
- Stir in the ground beef.
- Season with Worcestershire sauce, spices, salt and pepper.
- Cook at a low boil for 15 minutes or until vegetables are fork tender. Lower to simmer until ready to serve.
How to Store and Reheat Soup
- Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 4 days. To freeze, use a freezer-safe container, label with the date and freeze up to 3 months.
- Reheat soup in a pan over low heat, stirring occasionally until heated through.
Hamburger Soup Variations
- Tomato sauce or diced tomatoes with Italian seasoning will add delicious flavor.
- Substitute ground turkey or ground chicken for the ground beef if desired.
- Use any vegetables that you have on hand: green beans, corn, bell peppers, sweet potatoes or mixed frozen vegetables work well.
- Pasta is a great addition to hamburger soup, use small shell pasta or any type of pasta that you have on hand. You can even stir in cooked pasta right before serving.
Can You Make Hamburger Vegetable Soup in a Slow Cooker?
Mix all of the ingredients into a crock pot and cook on low for 6- 8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
More Delicious Soup Recipes You’ll Love
- Cheeseburger Soup with Gnocchi is one of our favorite soup recipes.
- Sausage Potato Soup is ready in 30 minutes and is even better than the Olive Garden version.
- Easy Stuffed Pepper Soup is another great soup to make with ground beef.
If you are looking for a quick and easy dinner, this hearty hamburger vegetable soup recipe can be served with crusty bread for a filling meal that the whole family will love.
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Yield: 6 Servings
Hamburger Vegetable Soup
Hamburger Vegetable Soup is a hearty weeknight dinner filled with lean ground beef, potatoes and carrots for a delicious family dinner.
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Total Time
40 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef (90/10 or 80/20)
- 8 cups beef broth
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 4 small carrots, peeled and sliced
- 3 celery stalks, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 2 teaspoons onion flakes
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium-high heat, breaking it up to brown on all sides. If using 80/20, drain excess grease and discard.
- Bring the beef broth to a boil in a soup pot or large dutch oven.
- Add potatoes, carrots, onion, celery and garlic to boiling broth.
- Stir in the ground beef.
- Add with Worcestershire sauce, garlic, thyme, onion flakes, smoked paprika, onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Cook at a low boil for 15 minutes or until vegetables are fork tender. Lower to simmer until ready to serve.
Notes
Variations
Crock Pot Instructions
Mix all of the ingredients into a crock pot and cook on low for 6- 8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 319Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 1623mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 4gSugar: 4gProtein: 28g
Nutritional calculations are estimated and may not be accurate.