Packed with lean ground beef, frozen mixed vegetables, tomato basil soup, and a variety of seasonings – this Slow Cooker Hamburger Soup has all the flavor and is sure to become a family favorite. This easy hamburger soup is the perfect comfort food to cozy up with on a cold day.

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What is hamburger soup?

Hamburger soup is known as one of America’s most classic soup recipes. It’s a hearty soup packed with ground beef and frozen mixed vegetables. Though, you can add just about any combination of fresh vegetables. The varieties of crockpot hamburger soup are almost endless! This version has frozen veggies and tomato soup as a base! You don’t want to miss trying this recipe.

Whether you cook this soup in a slow cooker, dutch oven, instant pot, or on the stovetop – it’s a recipe to keep on hand.

Recipe Ingredients

• Ground Beef: To ensure you have plenty of beef, it’s best to use no less than 2 pounds. Also, the leaner the meat, the less grease content your soup will have.
• Tomato Basil Soup: Two cans of this flavored soup will yield a tasty tomato base flavor that merges flawlessly with the other ingredients.
• Vegetables: To make this recipe easy, it calls for frozen mixed vegetables. A sweet yellow onion is also diced and added to the mix as well.
• Water: Helps create a more soupy base.
• Seasonings: Salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and Italian season add the winning flavor combination to this crock pot hamburger soup recipe.

Step-by-Step Directions

Step One – Cook the ground beef on the stove top with the seasoning and yellow onion. Add to the slow cooker along with the bags of frozen vegetables and tomato basil soup. Then, pour in water.

Step Two – Stir all ingredients together to combine well.

Step Three – Cook on HIGH For 3-4 hours or LOW for 5-6 hours.

How to serve

• As-is: Slow cooker hamburger soup can be served as is. Simply put a few scoops in a bowl and enjoy.
• Bread: This classic hamburger soup pairs perfectly with a variety of bread. Serve with slices of garlic bread, cornbread, French bread, buttery dinner rolls, or any crusty bread.
• Toppings: Crock pot hamburger soup can be topped with crushed crackers, oyster crackers, shredded cheese, chopped green onions, a dollop of sour cream, and/or an extra dash of Italian seasoning.

Variations

• Meat Substitutions: Although this is called hamburger soup, you can substitute the ground beef for ground turkey, ground chicken, or any other ground meat you choose. It would even be great with stew meat.
• Add tomatoes: Turn this into a tomato hamburger soup by adding diced tomatoes, fire roasted tomatoes, and tomato sauce. If you want a thicker soup, add tomato paste.
• More vegetables: Other vegetables you can add are chopped celery, bell pepper, fresh green beans, and frozen peas.
• Heartier Soup: Make this soup even more hearty by adding cooked rice or pasta.

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