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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I kicked it up a notch and added cumin oregano and taco seasoning. No tomato soup just 30 oz Mexican tomatoes with chilies. My veggies were corn green beans potatoes, and onion!
Added grated cheese, sour cream and crushed tortilla chips as toppers in the bowl. So many ways to make this your own. Thanks for a wonderful recipe!
This soup was easy to make, convenient to use up veggies in the fridge, versatile and forgiving…but best of all it’s delicious. Will make again for my family of 8!
I was looking for a hamburger soup like my grandmother used to make. Decided to try this one. It was great. Will not have to try a different recipe next time.
I’m so happy to hear you love this recipe Vicky!
Best soup our Large family of 9 has ever had! We will def be making this regularly! I doubled the recipe.
Easy Hamberger Soup was the most AMAZING soup I or my husband have had in a very long time. It was easy and YUMMY!! I’ve never had my husband compliment something over and over again as he did this recipe. I cannot wait to try another recipe from spend with pennies.com.
Thanks Holly!
Sherry
I am so glad that your family enjoyed this recipe Sherry!
Made this tonite used ground turkey….tons of veggies
I hope you enjoyed it!
Did you use beef stock with the ground turkey??
This is an absolutely delicious soup. The only thing that I did not use was the condensed tomatoe soup and the Worcester Sauce.
This is al least the 5th time I have made this quick and easy soup.
I am adding cabbage today. Snow day good day to try different vegetables.
Stay warm.
I love this soup!!!!
This was a great soup on a cold winter day. Very easy to make! Family loved it, in fact I should have doubled the recipe.
Hi Holly love the recipe however you need to add the step of removing the bay leaf as it’s not meant to be eaten because of the risk of intestinal perforation or choking due to the bay leaf remaining unpleasantly stiff even after thorough cooking.
What kind of vegetables can I put in this soup? I was thinking of trying to put broccoli, cauliflower and carrots in there. Do you think it would work?
I think cauliflower and carrots would work well. Broccoli might get a bit too soft.
Celery, peas, beans, carrots and peppers are good options.
This soup is simple to make, fast and delicious! We will definitely make this again.
This is the most delicious veggie soup I’ve ever made or tasted! I’m not sure if it’s the use of the Italian seasoning, Worcestershire sauce or hamburger that gives it such a great taste. I make this once a week every week for my family!
Perfect meal for a cold day. I added fresh zucchini and yellow squash.
This recipe was fantastic. My husband went back for seconds. I added more potatoes, used canned Beef Broth and added in about 1 tsp of Better Than Bouillon mixed in 8oz hot water. I might add some Lima Beans next time for more protein. Will be making again and maybe even freeze some.
Tried it last night and it was fantastic. I used ground turkey, chicken broth and all fresh vegetables except the green beans. Next time I will try those also. I did not use the tomato soup, instead I used a can of crushed tomatoes along with fresh diced tomatoes. Great for anytime of year. Thanks!
I am going to make this recipe in my electric pressure cooker. It will take about 37 minutes to cook after all the ingredients are added. The hamburger can be browned in electric pressure cooker and add rest of ingredients after browning the hamburger. Put lid on, close vent and set on soup (This will not make your veggies mushy).
I love pressure cookers for speedy and yummy meals!
Made this in my slow cooker and it was delicious
Delicious, easy soup to make. You can easily change or add different veggies to your liking. I followed your recipe. Directions and prep couldn’t be easier. My house smells awesome! Perfect soup for this bitter cold weather.
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Debbie!
This is my ALL TIME favorite hamburger soup recipe.
I follow this recipe to a “T” except I always add 2 cups of frozen mixed veggies and 2 cups of raw cabbage. YUM. The more veggies the better!