Crock Pot Hamburger Soup

Hamburger soup in slow cooker with ladle scooping into it.

5 from 1 vote

Crock Pot Hamburger Soup

This simple, hearty Crock Pot Hamburger Soup recipe is a great option when you want a big bowl of cozy soup that will fill you up. Veggie packed, full of flavor, and simple to prep. This will be a family favorite and they will happily eat leftovers as well!

Prep Time20

Cook Time6

Total Time6 30

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Lorie Yarro

Equipment

Crock Pot (6 quart)

Ingredients

1 T olive oil
1 onion diced
2 lb lean ground beef
4 carrots chopped
3 celery chopped
2 Yukon potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces about 4 cups
3 cans fire-roasted tomatoes (15 oz.)
3-4 garlic cloves minced
1 cup tomato sauce
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 T Italian seasoning
½ tsp onion powder
½ tsp sea salt
½ tsp pepper
¼ tsp red pepper flakes optional
4 c beef broth more for thinner broth
2 bay leaves
6 oz tomato paste
1 c frozen corn
½-1 c frozen peas

Instructions

Add the diced potatoes, carrots, celery, tomatoes, tomato sauce, seasoning, garlic, bay leaves and stir to combine.
Sauté the onions in a skillet at medium-high heat in olive oil and then add the beef and heat until browned and no longer pink inside. Drain excess grease and add to crock pot with other ingredients.
Add the broth and Worcestershire sauce into the pot and stir to combine.
Cover the slow cooker and set to low heat for 6-8 hours or 3-5 hours on high, or until the carrots, celery are soft and the potatoes are fork tender.
About 15-20 minutes before serving, add in the peas, corn and tomato paste and stir. The tomato paste will thicken up the broth, add less if prefer a thinner broth.
Adjust seasoning to taste, adjust the thickness of the soup with more broth or tomato paste if needed. Serve with shredded cheese over top!

Notes

Storage: To store leftover crockpot hamburger soup, transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate for 3-4 days. To freeze once it is completely cooled, add it to a freezer safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.

Make sure to brown the ground beef before adding it to the slow cooker. The result of adding raw ground beef to the crock pot is not ideal. The soup ends up extra greasy and the flavor is lacking in the beef as well as it tends to have a rubbery texture.

You can make this recipe a day in advance. I think this delicious soup recipe is even better the second day. Make it a day ahead of when you plan to serve it. Then add it back to the slow cooker and set it to warm an hour or two before serving.

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