The Best Simple Recipe for Cheeseburger Soup From Scratch features a creamy broth, loaded with healthy vegetables, hearty ground beef and delicious flavor. It’s a perfect comfort food for the whole family on a cold day!
Pair with a savory garlic bread and maybe a side salad for a wholesome lunch or dinner.
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Whether you’re looking for a comforting soup or a creamy soup or even a healthy cheeseburger soup specifically, this easy cheeseburger soup recipe checks all the boxes. It contains all the amazing flavors of a classic cheeseburger, only in soup form! You’ll want to save or print off the recipe card to keep, since it’s bound to become a family favorite.
There are all kinds of delicious soups out there.
And I’m sure you’ve seen or heard of this popular soup before.
It’s none other than a hearty cheeseburger soup! From a Mennonite kitchen, at that.
I love a good soup, especially during the colder months.
But cheeseburger soup is literally my favorite soup. Ever.
I find that making cheeseburger soup is somewhat therapeutic for me as well. My favorite part is chopping all the veggies into perfect little squares with a handy little chopper; it always proves to be satisfying!
Cheeseburger soup is a hearty soup and is always a huge hit, making it a great option for families and parties in the winter time. Or any time if you’re like me, and would eat soup year-round! Coming home to savory cheeseburger soup simmering in the crock-pot for Sunday lunch – MMM.
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Ingredients for the Best Simple Recipe for Cheeseburger Soup From Scratch
Onion – your choice of kind – we usually use a regular white onion
Carrots
Celery
Basil – dried basil flakes
Parsley – dried parsley flakes
Butter – salted
Ground beef
Potatoes – your choice of potato; we used russet potatoes but red potatoes or Yukon Gold potatoes would work as well.
Chicken broth – homemade chicken broth makes the best soup base! (Chicken broth from the store is great too!)
Salt
Pepper
Milk – whole milk is our preference
Flour – this is simply used to thicken, so any kind of flour will do
Cheese – original Velveeta cheese
Supplies we recommend
Here’s our kitchen faves or something similar, for making this recipe.
- Large stock-pot
- Chicago Cutlery kitchen knife
- Mueller Onion Chopper Pro
- Wooden Utensils
- Zwilling non-stick pan
- Colander or strainer
- Shaker bottle
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
How to make Cheeseburger Soup From Scratch
First, prep all the vegetables by washing and drying them; then dice them to your desired size. (A great way to do this is to use a handy little onion chopper!)
Next, get out a large soup pot or stockpot.
Inside your large pot, melt the butter and saute onion, carrots, and celery along with the basil and parsley.
After the onions, carrots, and celery are soft and sautéed to your liking, add the chicken broth and potatoes into the cooking pot.
Keep the soup at a low boil and cook until the potatoes are soft, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of your potato chunks.
While the potatoes are cooking, cook the ground beef in a separate pan; crumble beef into bite-sized chunks while it’s cooking using a wooden spatula or meat chopper.
After the ground beef is fully cooked and browned, drain the excess grease, and add the ground beef to the pot of simmering veggies, along with the salt and pepper.
Put the milk and flour together in a shaker bottle and shake well to dissolve all the flour. (See notes!) Once no flour lumps remain, dump milk mixture into the soup pot and stir and simmer until thickened slightly.
Turn the burner to low and add the Velveeta cheese and sour cream.
Simmer, stirring every couple of minutes, until cheese and sour cream are melted and incorporated, about 10 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Customize your soup
This creamy cheeseburger soup recipe is amazing just the way it is; however, if you wish to add your favorite toppings, you sure can! Bacon bits, shredded cheddar cheese, oyster crackers, or even green onions, to name a few, would all make splendid toppings. (And how about dill pickles served on the side?:)
Flavorful ground beef is our favorite meat to use here but sausage, ground pork, ground chicken or cooked and chopped bacon (or even ground venison if that’s your jam) would be acceptable substitutes. Or, to add additional flavor you can use a combination of meats! (For example, half ground pork and half ground beef.)
Instead of chicken broth, you can use beef broth, vegetable broth, or your favorite broth of choice.
Notes
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
For best results, we do not recommend freezing this soup though you totally can! Something to keep in mind – the consistency and textures will be a little bit different.
Be advised, this recipe makes a big batch, perfect for a party or large family or hey, even game day!
If you don’t have a shaker bottle, you can use a simple mixing bowl and a whisk to combine the milk and flour, it’s just more difficult to get the flour to dissolve!
Cheeseburger Soup
Yield: 12 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Delicious, creamy, cheeseburger soup is packed with flavor; it's the ultimate comfort food we're loving this season.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 tbsp. dried basil flakes
- 1 tbsp. dried parsley flakes
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 6 cups potatoes, diced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
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- 2 cups milk
- 1/3 cup flour
- 8 oz. Velveeta cheese
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Instructions
- First, prep all the vegetables by washing and drying them and dicing them to your desired size. (An onion chopper works great for this step!)
- Then get out a large cooking pot or stockpot.
- Inside your large pot, melt the butter and saute the the chopped onions, carrots, and celery along with the basil and parsley.
- After the onions, carrots, and celery are soft and sauted to your liking, add the chicken broth and potatoes into the cooking pot.
- Cook until the potatoes are soft, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of your potato chunks.
- While the potatoes are cooking, cook the ground beef in a separate pan.
- After the ground beef is fully cooked and browned, drain the excess grease, and add the ground beef to the pot of simmering veggies, along with the salt and pepper.
- Put the milk and flour together in a shaker bottle and shake well to dissolve all the flour. Once no flour lumps remain, dump milk mixture into the soup pot and stir and simmer until thickened slightly.
- Turn the burner to low and add the Velveeta cheese and sour cream.
- Simmer, stirring occasionally, until cheese and sour cream are melted and incorporated.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
You can also freeze this soup for later! Put in freezer boxes or bags and freeze for up to 3 months. Something to keep in mind - the consistency may be a little bit different.
Be advised, this recipe makes a big batch, perfect for a party or large family!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 365Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 1075mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 18g
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.
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