Hamburger Soup Recipe (2024)

This hearty Hamburger Soup Recipe is not only super easy to make, but everyone loves it too!

Hamburger vegetable soup is chock full of tender ground beef, healthy veggies, and an option for other add-ins! Easy hamburger vegetable soup is a perfect soup for using up leftovers, too. Serve with our mouthwatering no knead bread to soak up all that savory broth and a nice, crisp Greek salad on the side!

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What We Love About This Hamburger Vegetable Soup Recipe

We love the versatility of this deliciously savory vegetable beef soup! It’s filling enough for bigger appetites, but light enough to eat at school or work for lunch. Plus, we have alternate cooking methods for stovetop, Instant Pot, and the Crockpot!

Ingredients and Variations of Soup with Hamburger Meat

MAIN INGREDIENTS – Hamburger potato soup is made with simple ingredients like ground beef, broth, potatoes, and tomatoes.

SEASONINGS – Add a handful of Italian seasonings or try a new flavor and stir in some onion soup mix or taco seasoning.

Variations

• To add even more texture, stir in some macaroni noodles or barley rice.
• Toss in a can or two of drained black beans or whatever your favorite bean is!
• This soup is a leftover lover’s dream! Add in leftover ham, bacon, or other vegetables, and make space in the refrigerator!
• Don’t forget to top your soup with your favorite cheese!
• Keeping it low carb? Switch out the potatoes for chopped cabbage.

How to Make Hamburger Soup

This one pot wonder is so easy to make, it’s ready in 1, 2, 3 easy steps!

On the Stovetop:

1. Brown ground beef with onion and garlic.
2. Add all ingredients except mixed vegetables. Bring to a boil & simmer, per recipe card at the bottom of this post.
3. Stir in mixed vegetables & cook until potatoes are tender. If using, add cooked pasta.

We have instructions for how to make this tasty soup in the Instant Pot or in the Crockpot. Read on to find out how!

In the Instant Pot:

1. Set Instant Pot to “sauté” and brown ground beef with onion until no pink remains. Drain fat, if desired. Add garlic and cook another minute.
2. Add broth, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, potatoes, beef base, and seasoning mix along with the mixed vegetables and uncooked pasta or rice, if desired.
3. Cover and set the Instant pot to 20 minutes. Let the Instant Pot naturally release for 10 minutes.

In the Slow Cooker:

• Brown ground beef with onion in a skillet until no pink remains. Drain fat, if desired. Add garlic and cook another minute.
• Add broth, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, potatoes, beef base, and seasoning mix along with the mixed vegetables and uncooked pasta or rice, if desired.
• Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours, or just until the potatoes are tender.

Tips and Tricks for the Best Hamburger Soup Recipe

This soup is nearly foolproof but we have a few ideas for changing it up the easy way!

• For the best flavor, use a 50/50 combination of ground beef and ground sausage.
• For a creamy soup, once the soup is fully cooked, remove some of the potatoes with a slotted spoon. Place the potatoes in a blender with a little milk and purée them. Add the blended potatoes back to the soup and stir thoroughly.
• For a super cheesy topping, garnish individual bowls of soup with shredded mozzarella or cheddar cheese.

Leftover Hamburger and Potato Soup?

Hamburger soup tastes better the next day when all of the flavors have had a chance to blend! Keep the soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator and it will be good for about 4 days. Freeze hamburger soup in zippered bags with the date written on the outside and the soup will keep for up to 8 weeks.

Other Delicious Soups To Try!

• Tortellini Soup – 30 minute meal!
• Creamy Tomato Soup – delicious.
• Split Pea and Ham Soup Recipe – a hearty dinner.
• Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup – quick and easy soup.
• Chicken Taco Soup – flavorful and so simple.

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Adapted from Spend With Pennies