Hamburger soup is a quick and easy to prepare meal made with vegetables, lean beef, diced tomatoes and potatoes.
It’s a great pre-prepared dish that works on budget, heats well and freezes perfectly.
We serve this easy hamburger soup with a fresh green salad and crusty bread for a perfect meal!
I love a good soup as a weekday meal.
Hearty soups are satisfying and simple and they are full of vegetables and healthy ingredients! Soup is a perfect food on a cool day or a delicious weekday meal!
You can make them totally calorie-free like a vegetable soup for weight loss, enjoyable and nutritious like chicken and wild rice soup or rich and creamy like slow cooker corn soup!
This hamburger soup is a simple, classic, comforting, hearty, healthy and satisfying food. It’s perfect on a cool evening to warm your tummy from the inside out.
I must say that even though we’ve always called this soup “hamburger soup”, I know you have tons of other names for it!
Hamburger soup, vegetable soup, hangover soup, poor man’s soup, bachelor stew… to name a few.
Whatever you call it, you’ll definitely want to do it!
Ingredients
2 pounds of ground beef
½ teaspoon of salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ teaspoon oregano
¼ basil teaspoon
⅛ teaspoon of seasoning salt
1 package (2 ounces) onion soup mix (for 3 or 4 servings)
6 cups of boiling water
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
4 carrots, cut into pieces
½ cup of corn
1 cup celery, sliced
1 cup macaroni at the elbow
Directions
In a large saucepan, brown the meat, drain off the excess fat.
Add salt, pepper, oregano, basil, seasoned salt and onion soup mix.
Stir in the boiling water and tomato sauce. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the celery and carrots; add them to the simmering mixture with the corn and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
Add the macaroni and simmer for another 30 minutes, adding water if necessary and stirring occasionally.