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 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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Wonderful, tried it today and loved it. so easy to make
My mother used to make this. She used Hamburger when we had no stew beef left over from the steer they slaughters. It was always at the end of the steer when doing this.If reheating this do not used the potatoes that was in the soup. Pick them out…… they dont reheat well. i noticed that difference in the taste. And what ever you do …….do not add any salt to this until the last 15 minutes. The reason is the beef stock your using and the canned tomatoes. They have allot of salt in them. Just taste it and add as necessary.. I still have not found how to take the salt out of something that got over salted! LOL Its a good soup indeed. Dont over load it with a certain vegetable. My husband is famous for adding peas. I dont care for them unless they are fresh off the vine. After that I dont like the taste and I love almost everything. I am not a huge fan of adding rice to recipes either. Its a filler with no nutritional benefits what so ever. So do new potatoes if wanting potatoes if reheated….. no salt until you taste it about 15 minutes before serving…….. and stay away from rice if you can. I have eaten this for years…….and did wonder why my mother used to pic out the potatoes when reheating……….. It was always a 2 night meal and one of my favorites…….as long as it had beef of some sort in it.
Vickie, I’ve heard that by putting a raw potato in soup it’ll draw the extra salt out. I don’t know for sure as I do not use much salt when cooking.
This was delicious and cheap. I did not use the meat because I’m vegetarian. I followed the rest of the recipe exactly as written. Everyone loved it.
We’re so glad to hear that you liked! It’s great without the burger meat too!
You could always use ground turkey instead of beef.
93% lean beaf is leaner and has more nutrients than turkey
Or lentils to make it vegan :)
I love when I make it for my grandchildren you can see the bottom of the pot ….all gone
Making this now. Will let you know.
Do you cover it the last 20 minutes?
The final cook time is uncovered.
I’m so glad your family loved it Pam!
My whole family loves this for flavored recipe
My whole family loved this full flavor recipe.
My family loves this recipe!
My husband is allergic to tomatoes. What else can I use besides beef consomme to get a rich broth
I haven’t tried it but perhaps a gravy mix?
Used to make variations of this when I was in college in the early 90’s. Use what you have sort of recipe. I would make my own broth from reducing leftover bones (marrow is full of goodness my soup making great grandmother used to say), onions, mushrooms, seasonings etc. Not really all that difficult plus very cost effective being on a tight budget as most college kids are. It was also wonderful to dip a grilled cheese into. .
I can never find your recipe for this soup on Pinterest to pin it. :(
It is great, but I wish I could pin it to my Pinterest group for “Soup”
You can repin my pin here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/95349717092299693/
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You and your soup are the best!
I am so glad you liked this recipe!
Can you use something other than tomato soup?
I have only made this as written so I can’t say for sure.
Is there a substitute for the Worcester sauce? I’ve never used it so if there’s a substitute you know of that would be great :) thank you
It adds a bit of a salty umami to this recipe. You could try a very small dash of soy sauce or just leave it out all together.
You can use coconut aminos … it’s the perfect substitute … GF and Paleo friendly!
Coconut Aminos is the perfect substitute for Worcestershire sauce. Also best to use fresh veggies not frozen. Personally not using tomato soup as it is processed, so use a bit of tomato paste … watching carbs! No rice or noodles or corn or beans in mine … using cauliflower, celery, zucchini, carrots, onion, mushrooms, green beans all fresh, no canned or frozen. Personally do not like it after it’s been frozen – veggies are horrible, mushy UGH … so make enough to get your thru a few days. PS I also use ground turkey. Enjoy
If you want to spice it up, use Snappy Tom Tomato Juice as a substitute for the soup.
I made it last night it was so good .
So glad you enjoyed it!!
I make this with canned potatoes
That sounds like a great time saver Phyllis!
Me too
Yes and calorie count
I made the hamburger soup with ground turkey , no stewed tomatoes
Added chicken broth , tomatoe soup and bouillon so we will see
My printer isn’t working, so I can’t get the recipes damn I sure want it
You should be able to find the recipe above.
I made the Hamburger Soup and it is addictive!!!! I make it once a week because I crave it so. I did not change the recipe. I just love this and I’ve never been one for veggie soup.
I am so glad you have been enjoying this recipe!