Hamburger Soup

Hamburger Soup 1

Hamburger Soup is a quick and easy meal loaded with vegetables, lean beef, diced tomatoes and potatoes.
It’s great made ahead of time, budget friendly, reheats well and freezes perfectly.
We serve this easy Hamburger Soup with a fresh green salad and some crusty bread for the perfect meal!
I love a good soup as a weeknight meal.
Hearty soups are satisfying & simple and they are loaded with vegetables and healthy ingredients! Soup is the perfect cool weather food or delicious weeknight dinner!
You can make them totally low cal like a Weight Loss Vegetable Soup, nice and hearty like a Chicken Wild Rice Soup or rich and creamy like a Slow Cooker Corn Chowder!
This Hamburger Soup is simple classic comfort food, hearty, healthy and satisfying. Perfect on a cool evening to warm your belly from the inside out.
I have to say that while we’ve always referred to this as hamburger soup, I know you guys have tons of other names for it!
Hamburger soup, vegetable soup, hangover soup, poor man’s soup, bachelor’s stew… just to name a few.
Regardless of what you call it, you’ll definitely want to make it!

Ingredients

2 pounds ground beef
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ teaspoon oregano
¼ teaspoon basil
⅛ teaspoon seasoning salt
1 (2-ounce) package onion soup mix (for 3 or 4 servings)
6 cups boiling water
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
4 carrots, cut up
½ cup corn
1 cup celery, sliced
1 cup elbow macaroni

Directions

In a large saucepan, brown meat, drain excess fat.

Add salt, pepper, oregano, basil, seasoned salt, and onion soup mix.

Stir in boiling water and tomato sauce. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare celery and carrots; Then add to simmering mixture with corn and continue to cook for 30 minutes.

Add macaroni and simmer for 30 minutes longer, adding more water if necessary and stirring occasionally.