Hamburger Soup is a quick and easy meal loaded with vegetables, lean beef, diced tomatoes and potatoes. It’s great made ahead of time, budget friendly, reheats well and freezes perfectly.
We serve this easy Hamburger Soup with a fresh green salad and some crusty bread for the perfect meal!
I love a good soup as a weeknight meal. Hearty soups are satisfying & simple and they are loaded with vegetables and healthy ingredients! Soup is the perfect cool weather food or delicious weeknight dinner!
You can make them totally low cal like a Weight Loss Vegetable Soup, nice and hearty like a Chicken Wild Rice Soup or rich and creamy like a Slow Cooker Corn Chowder!
This Hamburger Soup is simple classic comfort food, hearty, healthy and satisfying. Perfect on a cool evening to warm your belly from the inside out.
I have to say that while we’ve always referred to this as hamburger soup, I know you guys have tons of other names for it! Hamburger soup, vegetable soup, hangover soup, poor man’s soup, bachelor’s stew… just to name a few.
Regardless of what you call it, you’ll definitely want to make it!
How to Make Hamburger Soup
A rich tomato broth is filled with ground beef, tender potatoes and vegetables. Sometimes the most simple ingredients make the best ever meals.
This hamburger soup is not only delicious, it’s easy to make with ingredients you likely have on hand.
I start with a mixture of lean beef, onion and garlic browned and drained. You can use any kind of ground meat in this recipe including ground turkey.
Beef broth is the best broth option to add lots of great flavor; I personally prefer the low sodium variety.
Hamburger Soup with Vegetables
I use a mixture of frozen vegetables to make this super easy (no chopping, no prepping) but it’s also a great way to use up any veggies in your fridge. Carrots, celery, peas, beans, zucchini… pretty much anything goes, sometimes we make this even with cabbage!
This version of Hamburger Soup uses potatoes since that’s how we always had it growing up. If you don’t have potatoes on hand (or just prefer pasta) you can add any type of pasta into this recipe!
I add an extra 1 cup of broth (or water) and let the pasta simmer until tender. Macaroni, shells and rotini are favorites to make this into a delicious and hearty macaroni beef soup!
What to Serve with Hamburger Soup
While the soup is simmering, I prepare a quick chopped salad and slice up a loaf of french bread (almost always served with Homemade Garlic Butter) for a complete meal.
If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers, this soup is great reheated for lunches all week but even better, it freezes perfectly!
I prop up a freezer bag in my little baggie holder and fill each baggie with one serving.
When I need a quick lunch, I take it out of the freezer the night before or in the morning and microwave for a perfect meal. (And then sometimes add a little sprinkle of cheese before serving).
This has been a family favorite forever!
It gets rave reviews from everyone who tries it, it’s quick and easy to make, reheats well and is versatile. The perfect soup.
This is also an excellent gifting soup.
If you know anyone that’s recently had a baby or surgery, or is just having an extra crazy week with the kids, this is the soup to drop off.
Add along a side of 30 Minute Dinner Rolls for the perfect meal!
It stretches to feed a crowd with that salad and bread and will last a few days.
Easy Hamburger Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 medium potatoes peeled and diced
- 3 ½ cups beef broth
- 28 ounces canned diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 can condensed tomato soup
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 cups mixed vegetables fresh or frozen
Instructions
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Brown onion, ground beef and garlic until no pink remains. Drain any fat.
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Add potatoes, broth, tomatoes, tomato soup, Worcestershire sauce, seasoning and bay leaves. Simmer covered 10 minutes.
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Stir in vegetables. Simmer 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
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Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Soup
Cuisine American
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excellent soup…..love this recipe..since some family members aren’t crazy about the name, we call it “ground beef soup” either one works for me….will be making this again soon….
This soup is delicious! I put some tomato juice as well in it.
this the best souo one of my favorites.
It smells wonderful as it cooks! We cannot wait to try it.
Delicious!!! I added mini cheese tortellini for some more substance it was perfect!!!
I use this recipe all the time now. My kids love it and actually don’t complain about eating their vegetables. They actually request this meal that contains veggies. Every bite gets eaten, every time. I highly recommend.
Very good recipe with endless options to switch it up. I added a diced jalapeno, 1 cup of lentils (to boost protein and fiber) and an extra cup of broth. I will definitely
make this again.
Love your baked chicken! Can not wait to try this soup. Have never used italian seasoning in soup nor Worcestershire sauce and tomato soup. This sounds so good and quick as we love soup I am anxious for husband to try with our favorite corn bread. Thanks for sharing so many great recipes.
I love this recipe enjoy making it different every time.
I made this recipe tonight. I added some chopped cabbage, can of corn and it was awesome. This is a really good base recipe. Thank you!
I love this recipe and have made it many times! I HIGHLY recommend adding 2 sweet potatoes to this recipe. They are so tasty!
I also use 4 cups of beef broth with 2 cups being 50% less sodium.
I use the 15 or 16 oz bag of frozen veggies of corn, carrots, peas and Lima beans. But the last time I made it my grocery store was out of that mix so I got a gumbo mix. What a happy accident! I love it better than the other veggie mix!
I had 32 ounces organic ground beef and wanted to make soup without running to the store. It turned out great. I agree with the review that said 16 ounces isn’t enough. I didn’t have tomato soup. used a full can of paste instead. no potatoes so threw in rotini with the veggies. I had yellow bell pepper, celery, carrots and green beans available. sauteed the pepper with the garlic and onions. I had vegetable broth so used better than bouillon beef flavored. I love using beer in soup so subbed one beer for part of the liquid. This is my new favorite vegetable soup recipe. Thank you!
That sounds delicious, Kelly! I am glad you enjoyed it.
This is delicious. Making for a third time today
Absolutely fantastic! I make this soup even in the summer,it’s that good! Thanks Holly!
Great flavor and easy to make. Just a great soup anytime.