Slow Cooker Hamburger Soup Recipe

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Slow Cooker Hamburger Soup Recipe

This hamburger soup is an easy, delicious, family-friendly soup recipe. It takes only a few minutes to prepare, then it cooks all day in the slow cooker, so the flavors intensify and it’s ready to go at dinner time.

Prep Time15

Cook Time6

Total Time6 15

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Low Lactose

Servings: Servings

Author: Laura

Cost: $7

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
½ yellow onion (finely diced)
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
4 cups chicken broth (1 quart)
15 ounces tomato sauce
15 ounces diced tomatoes
15 ounces kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon fine sea salt (or to taste)
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 cup carrots (diced)
1 bell pepper (diced)
1 cup elbow macaroni
Cheddar cheese for serving

Instructions

In a large skillet, cook ground beef onion and minced garlic until beef is lightly browned, breaking up the meat as it cooks.
In the container of a slow cooker, combine chicken broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beans, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, sea salt and pepper and stir to combine.
Then, add the carrots, bell pepper, and cooked ground beef mixture and stir.
Cook on low for 6 hours (recommended) or high for 3 hours .
Add the elbow macaroni in the last 1 hour of cooking (if cooking on low it needs to cook for 1 hour, if cooking on high it will cook faster).
Once the macaroni is cooked, taste and adjust salt, pepper and spice as desired.
Serve warm with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.

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Notes

Ingredient Substitution Notes

Here are some substitutions for the ingredients listed in the recipe!

Ground beef. ground turkey or chicken work well, you will need to cook leaner meats in 1-2 Tablespoons of olive oil.
Chicken broth. beef broth or vegetable broth.
Kidney beans. great northern beans, cannellini beans, black beans, etc.
Carrots & bell pepper. substitute your favorite vegetables like celery, zucchini, green beans, etc.
Elbow macaroni. any small pasta shape works well.

Make on the Stovetop:

If you'd prefer, you can make this recipe on the stovetop:

Cook ground beef, onion, garlic carrots and bell peppers until ground beef is no longer pink.
Add broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beans, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, salt and pepper, cover and bring the mixture to a boil.
Once boiling, add the elbow macaroni and boil with the lid slightly ajar (not completely off or too much liquid will evaporate), until the macaroni is soft (15-20 minutes).
Serve!

Store

Store leftover hamburger soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Freeze

To freeze, let the soup cool to room temperature. Then, transfer it to freezer-friendly containers and freeze for up to 2 months. I recommend freezing it in individually-sized portions.

Thaw overnight in the fridge and reheat in a pot on the stove over medium-low heat.

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