Get ready to enjoy warm, hearty and flavorful Hamburger Vegetable Soup, perfect for the fall or winter seasons! With only 5 ingredients, this soup is a healthy one - with veggies.
Why you'll love this recipe
When my husband gets in from a cold day of work on the farm, soup is one of my favorite things to make for dinner. It combines all elements of a meal into one, so a side dish isn't always needed.
- Winter Staple: During the cold months on the farm, this comfort food soup warms us right up! When farm workers come in from working outside or the kiddos get done playing in the snow, this recipe is great!
- Easy Peasy: This soup is very easy to make, and it's a one pot meal! The point I'm trying to make here is you'll only have ONE dish to clean (does it get better than this?! I didn't think so.
- Nutritious and Delicious: With this soup, you can feel good about what you are feeding yourself and loved ones. With protein from the beef and vegetables, this a balanced and nutritious meal that will satisfy your appetite.
If soup is your thing you'd also love this Instant Pot stuffed pepper soup, Serve both up with a side of buttermilk cornbread muffins and a nice smear of butter.
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Ingredients
This meal will only require five ingredients to get the job done! Start the soup and let it cook while getting other things done around the house (because everyone's busy, right?)
- dried onion flakes - Dried onion flakes are a great alternative to fresh onions because it can be stored in the pantry, isn't perishable, and you won't need to chop onions for this recipe.
- alphabet pasta - Alphabet pasta is a fun element of this dish. This can make dinner time engaging especially if you have young kiddos. Use this as a learning opportunity. And if you don't - well, you can be taken down memory lane to when you used to eat alphabet pasta.
- frozen veggies - One tip that I have for you is to always keep a couple bags of frozen veggies on hand. They'll come in handy for this recipe, but also for convenient side dishes when you don't know what to pair with dinner one night.
- tomato sauce - The tomato sauce is the thickening component of the soup so it isn't as runny as water. The tomato sauce also adds some nice flavor and color to the soup.
- ground beef - Ground beef recipes are my go-to! We raise a few beef cattle so our freezer is always stocked. stock up our freezer about once a year. Don't forget to set out your ground beef to defrost for quicker cook time! And if you forget, you can cook your frozen ground beef in the Instant Pot.
Substitutions
- If you don't have alphabet pasta laying around, or would prefer a different type of pasta you can try penne, rotini, elbow macaroni, or whatever you'd like.
- If you have dietary restrictions/preferences, ground turkey would be a great alternative that is lower in fat.
- Around here, we are flexible. If you don't have a frozen mixed veggie bag, any vegetable good for soup will do. Green beans, corn, carrots, peas. You can use fresh, frozen or canned!
How to make Hamburger Vegetable Soup
This recipe is very simple. Get it all going, and go back to whatever you were doing while it heats up!
Step #1: Put a large pot on the stove over medium heat. Next, toss in ground beef, onion, salt and pepper. Break up the meat as it cooks. Once there is no pink remaining and the beef is fully cooked, drain if needed. Put back in pan.
Step #2: Next, add frozen veggie mix, tomato sauce and water. Stir to mix it all up.
Step #3: Pour in alphabet pasta, turn down the heat to low and cook until the pasta is tender. Taste test and adjust seasonings.
Tip: You can cook beef ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator so when you start cooking, it just needs to be warmed.
Variations
Add chickpeas: Add some additional fiber and protein through chickpeas in your soup.
Potato Soup Hybrid: If you love potatoes, add diced potatoes to make this soup even more hearty.
Mexican-twist: Add black beans, corn, diced tomatoes with green chilies, and Mexican spices such as chili powder, paprika and cumin to add a Mexican inspired twist to this vegetable soup. Top with cheese, sour cream or cilantro.
Top tip
This is a perfect recipe to double up and freeze soup in mason jars. The next time a soup craving hits, defrost from the freezer and heat it up!
Soup lasts for a few months in the freezer, making it great when you're running around and need an easy meal. Or, gift a jar of ready to eat soup to a friend!
Recipe FAQ
If you're looking to intensify the flavor of this vegetable soup, try adding in rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, or even lemon juice depending on your preferences.
The longer you cook a soup for, the more flavorful it tends to be.
Yes! Freezing soup is a great way to have meals on hand. Put in a container and don't forget to put the date and label of what kind of soup so you don't have any surprises later.
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Pairing
These are my favorite dishes to serve with soup:
Hamburger Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 15 ounce can tomato sauce
- 5 cups water
- 12 ounces frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 Tablespoon dry minced onion
- ½ cup alphabet pasta
- Salt & black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large pot over medium high heat. Add the ground beef, onion, salt and pepper. Cook, breaking the meat into pieces as it cooks. Once the meat is cooked through and no longer pink, drain any grease if necessary. Return to the pan.
- Add the frozen vegetables, tomato sauce and water. Stir to combine.
- Mix in alphabet pasta, reduce heat to low and simmer until the pasta is tender.
- Taste and adjust for additional seasonings.
Notes
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- If you don't have alphabet pasta laying around, or would prefer a different type of pasta you can try penne, rotini, elbow macaroni, or whatever you'd like.
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- If you have dietary restrictions/preferences, ground turkey would be a great alternative that is lower in fat.
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- Around here, we are flexible. If you don't have a frozen mixed veggie bag, any vegetable good for soup will do. Green beans, corn, carrots, peas. You can use fresh, frozen or canned!
Nutrition
This Farm Girl Cooks is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
