Ground beef soup recipes come in really handy when the budget is getting a squeeze.
We can all benefit from using up all of the wonderful food in our refrigerators.
Plus, it is an excellent way to incorporate more or more varied veggies into your meal plan.
Typically ground beef is reasonably priced, comes in a variety of fat percentages and is one hundred percent versatile!
Soup with ground beef is also super satisfying thanks to the protein it provides.
The first thought that may cross your mind is that soup with ground beef is boring.
Well, let me put your mind at ease right now!
I found thirty different recipes for ground beef and I am sure there are even more!
I invite you to try some of these soup recipes with ground beef that may be very similar to entrees you enjoy already, like tacos or lasagna or cheeseburgers.
The flavor profiles have simply been lifted and ingredients combined to replicate the taste already proven to be great!
My personal favorite ground beef soup is the slow cooker cheeseburger soup recipe because I love a thicker soup leaning towards a stew.
If you love Italian seasonings, there’s a Copycat Pasta e Fagioli soup with hamburger meat for you!
If you love Tex-Mex flavors of Texas Cowboy Stew, there’s a hamburger meat soup for you too!
Guess what, if you love camping, there’s easy Campfire Stew made with ground beef for you!
Thankfully, the list goes on and on!
So the next time you are perusing the meat section on your grocery run, pick up a package, or three, and try out some soups made with ground beef!
Your taste buds and tummy will thank you!
Many ground beef soup recipes can be made on the stovetop as well as in a slow cooker!
This hearty soup is made in the crockpot and what makes it so fast is that all but two items are simply dumped in.
Brown and drain the ground beef, dice up the onion, cut the potatoes into one inch pieces and place all the ingredients in the slow cooker!
Wonderful!
Tacos turned soup are coming at you with this soup with ground beef recipe!
Also included are beans, corn and taco spices.
Brown the beef, add ingredients to boil and simmer a bit.
Cream cheese is added last with seasonings and dinner is served.
Everyone can add their favorite toppings!
Here’s our recipe for another twist on delectable Taco Soup!
This is most definitely one of the soup recipes with ground beef that is crowd pleasing!
Bonus points because it has two proteins, ground beef and kielbasa sausage.
Loads of veggies you can pull from your freezer or pantry which is really convenient.
One hour later, lots of happy faces!
No fancy nonsense going on with this ground beef soup with cabbage!
No, this is not a bland soup, it has lots of volume to fill you up and lots of great seasonings to keep your taste buds happy!
No need to shun cabbage, it’s good and good for you.
Tortellini may not be the first soup with hamburger meat to pop into your mind, but it’s the real deal!
Excellent step-by-step instructions explain how to turn ground beef, tortellini, broth, onion, garlic, tomatoes, and tons of seasonings into a lovely satisfying soup.
Spoiler: it tastes as amazing as it looks!
Potato based broth soups made with ground beef are so creamy and delicious especially in this shepherd’s pie soup.
It has all the yummies of mashed potatoes, ground beef, veggies and soup.
If you are so inclined, take an immersion blender to the potatoes for extra creaminess.
Add everything else in and dinner is ready!
When you are craving pasta, there are several soups with hamburger that are a great place to start.
This one combines ground beef, veggies, tomatoes, elbow macaroni and Italian seasonings.
Nothing outlandish or crazy and it is even the perfect way to use up leftover ground beef.
This is a hilarious reverse hamburger meat soup recipe.
Instead of having to scoop a beef and rice mixture back into hollowed out peppers, just cook them all together in a soup!
Same flavor combos but in a bowl!
Dice those colorful peppers and the rice cooks by being mixed right in!
The combination of ingredients in ground beef soup recipes makes them each unique.
In this chili recipe it starts with a “classic” chili, but then adds in queso AND spiral pasta noodles!
Oh heavens, this chili is AMAZING!
Obviously any type topping allows everyone to personalize with chips or sour cream or cheese or cilantro!
If a keto soup with ground beef is what you are searching for, your search is over!
This ground beef and cauliflower soup is made in the Instant Pot.
Other flavors are celery, garlic, parsley, thyme, onion powder, Worcestershire Sauce and a splash of balsamic vinegar, so you can see flavor is not lacking in any way!
11. Beef Barley Soup
For a little twist on soup recipes with ground beef, this time the main added ingredient is one cup of whole wheat barley giving the soup a slightly chewy taste and texture.
There are also plenty of veggies to go around.
Instructions for stovetop or Instant Pot preparation.
This enchilada inspired ground beef soup is fantastic!
It uses enchilada sauce, onion, tomatoes, corn, black beans, green chiles, and bone broth! Nice pictures and lots of information and shortcuts shared.
Add toppings as you like!
In this Philly cheesesteak soup with hamburger meat, you won’t even miss the sliced steak.
The flavors are on point and the cheese selection is customizable based on your preference.
It is nice and thick and downright delicious!
The richness comes from the combination of beef stock and milk.
Keto soups made with ground beef totally rock!
Added in are slow cooker instructions and I am happy, happy, happy!
So let’s see if all our favorite hamburger toppings are included. I see ground beef, cheddar cheese, bacon, tomato, onion, pickles and mustard.
Hallelujah!
There’s also cabbage and cream cheese!
You are gonna love this!
15. Lasagna Soup
What’s better than a plate of lasagna?
A bowlful of one!
This lasagna soup is extraordinarily good, with no bland taste you might associate with soups with hamburger.
Three different types of cheese and lots of Italian seasonings!
What could go wrong?
Except running out.
Better make a double batch!
Love a good copycat hamburger meat soup like this pasta e fagioli from Olive Garden.
The classic pasta and bean soup with some ground beef thrown in and tons of veggies and spices and broths.
It has literally got it all, including the taste!
If you want something just a tad more hearty, we have Ground Beef Crockpot Recipes here.
Slow cooker ground beef soup recipes are wonderful for busy folks!
Lots of ground beef, beef broth, nutritional yeast and almond milk.
A wide variety of veggies like tomatoes, onions, celery and potatoes and of course, seasonings.
Very interesting way of preparing and adding the potatoes at the end.
Delicious!
When a comfort soup with ground beef is what the evening calls for, this wild rice soup is perfect.
Honestly, it couldn’t be simpler either.
It is all made in a Dutch oven starting with cooking and seasoning the ground beef.
Then the veggies, wild rice, and liquids are added in.
Mushrooms added last for the final simmering stage.
Lovely and satisfying.
19. Sloppy Joe Stew
Wait, wait, wait!
I can have a Sloppy Joe as a stew?
For real?
Outstanding!
I enjoy soup recipes with ground beef especially when the flavor profile can transport me back to my childhood.
This sloppy Joe stew is kind of a mashup between chili and sloppy Joe filling.
It can be made on the stove or in a slow cooker and it will make lots of folks smile!
20. Campfire Stew
Calling all campers!
This ground beef soup recipe is an excellent outdoor campfire option.
The Dutch oven is the pot of choice and four ingredients are all you need.
Ground beef, onion, green pepper, and four cans of vegetable soup.
Cook up the beef, add in all the ingredients and dinner is ready 30 minutes later!
Add a Campfire / Mountain Pie for a yummy side or dessert!
This soup with hamburger meat is accented with Russet potatoes.
All the other veggies, broth and seasonings are added into the slow cooker after the ground beef and onion have been cooked.
At the end, the milk and cheese is added.
Savory heaven.
22. Alphabet Soup
Who doesn’t love alphabet pasta letters floating in soups made with ground beef?
It really makes one feel like a kid again, if only for a moment!
And the actual kids get all the flavors they love.
Excellent pictures take you easily through the process step by step!
The parmesan and Monterey-Jack cheese set this recipe apart.
Pasta is sometimes added to soups with hamburger to give them some texture and they definitely increase the comfort factor!
Egg noodles are used here along with celery and baby carrots thinly sliced, tomatoes, garlic and beef broth.
Veggie choices are easily swapped so let your creativity loose!
Mmm, Ground Beef Casseroles take hamburger up a notch here.
This recipe is a really different hamburger meat soup because the spices used are Moroccan-inspired!
No boring dry beans here, that’s for sure.
The ground beef (beef mince) soaks up the flavors of allspice, cumin, paprika, and Moroccan spice mix wonderfully.
This soup is sure to impress!
Ground beef soup recipes do start sounding similar, but the differences do matter.
Here is a chili that uses ground beef and black eyed peas.
After browning the meat, all the ingredients can be added to a slow cooker and the cooking begins.
A can of Rotel adds a nice flavor.
26. Picadillo Soup
This Latin inspired soup with ground beef is similar to a vegetable soup but with wildly different spices.
Traditional ingredients of ground beef, onion, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, bell pepper, corn with one significantly different inclusion of chipotle peppers in adobo.
The vibrant spices include cumin, ground annatto, and Mexican oregano.
As you can see, this one is unique and amazingly flavorful.
For my last entry on this list of soup recipes with ground beef, I present this delectable bacon cheeseburger soup.
Bacon makes everything better!
Just look at it!
Gloriously savory and colorful.
Delightful shredded pepper-jack cheese is added at the end.
The bottom line
No matter how you like your soups made with ground beef, this list shows that beef is extremely versatile and works well in broth, cream or tomato based soups.
I do hope that some of these ground beef soup recipes make it into your seasonal rotations.
27 BEST Ground Beef Soups
Whether it’s to get luscious flavor to stretch even further or add a bowl of soothing comfort to your day, these 27 Ground Beef Soup Recipes are sure to please!
Ingredients
- Crockpot Vegetable Beef Soup
- Creamy Taco Soup
- Texas Cowboy Stew
- Ground Beef And Cabbage Soup
- One Pot Beef Tortellini Soup
- Shepherd's Pie Soup
- Beef And Macaroni Soup
- Homemade Stuffed Peppers Soup
- Ground Beef Queso Chili
- Instant Pot Ground Beef Cauliflower Soup
- Beef Barley Soup
- Loaded Beef Enchilada Soup
- Philly Cheesesteak Soup
- Keto Hamburger Soup With Cream Cheese And Rotel
- Lasagna Soup
- Pasta e Fagioli Soup Copycat Of Olive Garden
- Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup
- Beefy Wild Rice Soup
- Sloppy Joe Stew
- Campfire Stew
- Creamy Potato & Hamburger Soup
- Alphabet Soup
- Ground Beef Noodle Soup
- Beef & Lentil Soup
- Black Eyed Pea Chili
- Picadillo Soup
- Slow Cooker Bacon Cheeseburger Soup
Instructions
- Have a look at our list of Ground Beef Soup Recipes.
- Choose the dish you want to recreate.
- Start cooking your newly found recipe!
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