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.
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 juices, 1 can
- 10.75 ounces condensed tomato soup 1 can
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables or fresh chopped vegetables
Instructions
- Brown onion, ground beef and garlic until no pink remains. Drain any fat.
- Add potatoes, broth, tomatoes, tomato soup, Worcestershire sauce, seasoning and bay leaves. Simmer covered 10 minutes.
- 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
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Have this simmering now! I added a bag of frozen cut okra, some I’m in the South and a required ingredient! Also added a bit extra Italian Seasoning and beef stock since it seemed too thick. Gonna be wonderful with hot cornbread!
this was wonderful on a cold night. I made mine in my instant pot. I cooked the onion, garlic and beef on saute and then added all the rest of ingredients into pot. I cooked on high pressure for 7 minutes and then did a quick release. my husband and kids loved this
This soup looks so good — I’ve purchased everything I need (including V8 juice!) — and I”m making it today. Love the way the recipe looks and all the posts/tweaks. Thank you. (I’ve had something similar all my life — I know I will love this!)
I can’t wait for you to try it Fran! Enjoy!
Another excellent recipe! Thank you for sharing!
Delicious
Simple and very tasty. Highly recommend.
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!! 😋
Great recipe! I was told a long time ago to never put water in veggie soup. Use a little beef broth and then add V-8 juice, either regular or hot and spicy, according to your taste. Works great.
I’m so glad that I always read the reviews as I’m placing my order because I added v8 original and spicy to my delivery and can’t wait to try it so thanks for your review 😁
You will have to let us know which one you prefer!
Delicious!😋
Thank you for the amazing recipe! 2nd time making this and while perfect as is, I appreciate the flexibility. I used regular potato and also added half of a sweet potato. I also added extra carrot we had in the fridge. I reduced the frozen veggies because of this. Used one container of broth (4 cups) and a little extra italian seasoning. Topped with fresh parmesan cheese from the block. Best soup ever!!!
Yummy!! I am so glad you enjoy this recipe Tammi
Excellent recipe! I was out of potatoes so I subbed 1.5 cans cannellini beans and it was still wonderful. I also used an organic boxed prepared cream of tomato soup because I don’t have the condensed cans… again, still delicious! Thanks
Quick, easy and very good