Cheeseburger Soup

Cheesy, creamy, and comforting Cheeseburger Soup is easy to make with ground beef, potatoes, and cheese, all finished off with your favorite burger toppings. You'll love the amazing flavors of a classic cheeseburger wrapped up in this warm and cozy bowl of deliciousness! A satisfying dinner option that’s popular with both kids and adults!

Course Main, Soup

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 522

Author Kim

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 large onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 medium/large russet potato peeled and diced
6 cups beef broth
1 teaspoon salt plus more to taste, as needed
pepper to taste
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup sour cream
8 ounces (2 cups) cheddar cheese grated

Hamburger bun croutons

3 hamburger buns
olive oil
garlic salt

Optional toppings

iceberg lettuce chopped
tomato chopped
red onion chopped
pickles chopped

Instructions

In a large pot over medium-high heat, cook ground beef with onion for about 3 minutes, breaking it up as it cooks, and until the beef is just about browned. Add garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
Add the potato, beef broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10-12 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
While soup is simmering, make the croutons. Cut the hamburger buns into cubes and place them on a baking sheet. Drizzle lightly with oil, then sprinkle with garlic salt. Bake at 400° F until toasty, 5-10 minutes.
In a separate frying pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Then, add the flour and whisk together. Season with a pinch of salt. Continuously whisk until this mixture thickens and becomes paste-like (called a roux), turn off the heat and add the roux to the soup. Stir together and bring soup to a simmer. Soup will thicken.
Remove from heat and stir in the Worcestershire sauce, sour cream and cheese.
For the toppings, I like to chop up the lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle really fine - almost like a slaw. Trust me, if you like it on your burger, you'll like it in this soup!
Serve soup topped with desired toppings and croutons. Enjoy!

Notes

Storing leftover soup: This soup is great to meal prep on the weekend, and then simply reheat throughout the week for easy lunches and dinners. Once completely cooled, store soup in an airtight storage container. It keeps well in the refrigerator for up to 4 or 5 days. I have not tried freezing this soup and since it includes cheese and sour cream, I don’t think freezing it would yield the best results.

Slow cooker soup: This soup can easily be made in the Crockpot. See full post for instructions. They are a little different than the stovetop instructions.

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