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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Great soup and very easy to make
I am so glad you enjoyed this soup Lula!
This is the best and easiest soup I’ve ever made plus it’ doesn’t take that long… I love it.. I will probably make it several times this winter
I am so glad you liked this recipe!
It was awesome, followed recipe EXACTLY. Yum!!
So easy. So filling. So good.
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Made this soup as a spur of the moment thing for New Year’s Eve. I suddenly had 8 people coming over to my house, it was cold, and I thoguht a warm up was needed. Not only was this recipe cheap, it was DELICIOUS. Leftovers the next day are only better. Recommend adding a shake of cayenne to deepen the flavor. This recipe pleased the whole crowd, I’m happy to report.
I am so glad this recipe warmed your guests and filled them up too! Happy New Year!
I made this for our new years day meal. Browned the beef, onion, garlic, and added mushrooms. Mixed it in with the rest in my slow cooker and let it cook all night. In the last hour, I added some Velveeta (we love cheesy flavors). So good. It will definitely be in my soup rotation, with and without the Velveeta. Yum!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe! Adding cheese is always a good idea in my opinion!
Very good. Made this for my family who are recovering from the flu. Thanks
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe and I hope everyone is feeling much better!
This is the best soup I’ve made! Thank you for the recipe! I made this for my grandkids and they kept coming back for more! Love it. Making it again tonight for New Years Eve.
I am so glad that your family enjoyed this recipe!
It was good. Thanks for sharing.
I am glad you enjoyed the recipe!
This recipe was very easy to make and had a robust flavor to it. It tasted amazing!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Tonya!
I’ve made this several times, I use 2lbs ground chuck and use beef stock , about 6 cups and 1 1/2 cups V-8 instead of tomato soup. This makes a little more soup and you can always add extra veggies like celery or anything on hand . It’s so easy to cater this soup to your liking and this my family’s favorite soup. One thing for sure is don’t count on much for leftovers.
V8 sounds like a wonderful addition to this soup! Thanks for sharing!
Very good! My family enjoyed it! I added some zucchini, and served it with brown rice.
I am so glad your family enjoyed this recipe! Zucchini would be a yummy addition!
It was wonderful.
I used 1 1/2 lbs of ground turkey and 2 cans of diced tomatoes and 2 cans of tomato soup. Added a little extra Worcestershire sauce and lemon pepper. Also cut up celery and added to the meat garlic and onion first. Made my own bouillon with boiling water and bouillon cubes. Loved by everyone
I am so glad your family enjoyed this recipe!
We’ve made this a few times and it’s one of our favorites. It’s quick, simple, tasty and fills you up for a long time. We love making this for lunch and munch on it through out the day. It’s a great change from chili or chicken noodle soup. Excellent meal for cold days. If you can chop a couple veggies and brown beef and pour a few items into a pot- you can make this. Only takes me 15 minuets to get started, then I simmer it until potatoes are tender and the house smells delicious. Very nice recipe! Thank you for it!
I am so glad you have enjoyed this recipe Jennifer!
I’m making this for the first time, and I’m going to substitute pasta (small shells) for potatoes. At what point do I add the pasta? Is it during step #3 when the soup is simmering covered? Or afterwards when the soup is simmering uncovered?
Thank you.
Depending on the type of pasta, it would likely take 10 minutes (give or take) to cook. I would suggest adding it at the end when there is just about 10 minutes left (or however long your pasta package directs it to cook).
This soup was easy and quick. Fantastic. It’s a Keeper.
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
This receipe took me back to my childhood..
I can’t believe how Good this is. A Great go to FOR a quick Dinner Totally 5 stars!!!!
Best Soup I’ve ever tasted. I added better than beef bullion instead of broth. The flavor was intensified. Thank you for the recipe.
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Making it for the second time it’s so yummy and quick and easy to make