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White bowl filled with tomato and beef-broth based Hamburger Soup

Hamburger Soup

Hearty easy-to-make tomato and beef broth-based soup packed full of ground beef, vegetables, and macaroni. This comfort food soup freezes well.
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword Hamburger Soup
Servings 10
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Ingredients

  • 1-2 tbsp oil
  • 1 lb extra-lean ground beef
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • ¾ cup diced celery
  • cup diced rutabaga
  • ¼ cup diced green pepper
  • cups diced carrots about 3 medium-sized
  • ½ cup diced parsnip
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder or garlic salt
  • tsp dried basil
  • tsp dried parsley
  • 6 whole allspice
  • ¼ - ½ tsp salt
  • Fresh ground pepper to taste
  • 6 cups beef stock
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 – 19 oz can diced tomatoes with juice
  • 1 – 10 oz can mushrooms drained
  • 20 oz. tomato soup
  • 1 large bayleaf
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ¼ cup long-grain rice
  • ½ cup diced zucchini with peel
  • 1 cup raw macaroni

Instructions

  1. Assemble ingredients.
  2. Heat olive oil in saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef, breaking it up with a spoon. Fry beef for about 4-5 minutes or until beef is no longer pink. Drain off excess liquid.
  3. Add onion, celery, turnip, green pepper, carrots, and parsnip. Cook over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add garlic powder, basil, parsley, whole allspice, salt and pepper. Stir and sauté for 6-8 minutes.
  4. Add beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes, mushrooms, tomato soup, bay leaf, and sugar. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 20-30 minutes.
  5. Add rice and zucchini and simmer for about 10 minutes then add the macaroni and simmer for an additional 10-12 minutes until the macaroni is cooked.
  6. Remove and discard whole allspice. Ladle into bowls and serve with baguette slices, crusty rolls, or crackers.
  7. Freezes well.

Recipe Notes

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