Easy to make and absolutely delicious, this cheeseburger soup fills you up and sticks to your bones. It combines chunks of perfectly cooked potatoes, salty hamburger, soft carrots and celery, all smothered in a creamy, cheesy broth. I'm sure this soup will quickly become a family favorite!
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword cheeseburger soup, soup
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Equipment
10 inch skillet
6 qt soup pot
Cutting board and knife
Vegetable peeler
Ladle
Ingredients
1lbhamburgerground turkey
1cupchopped carrots
½cupchopped celery
½large yellow or white onion
8-10small to medium Idaho potatoes
48ozchicken stock
3tbsbutter or olive oil
4tbsflour
¼cupmilk, heavy cream or half & half
1cupshredded sharp cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Brown hamburger, season with garlic salt and pepper, drain fat and set aside
Chop onions, carrots, celery and set aside
Peel and chop potatoes into 1 inch cubes and set aside
In a 6 qt soup pot on low-medium heat, melt butter or add oil
Saute onions, carrots and celery for 10 minutes or until tender
Add in flour and stir to coat vegetables
Add in chicken stock and potatoes, turn heat to medium-high, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender
Remove lid, reduce heat to low-medium, stir in hamburger and heavy cream
Allow soup to thicken for 5 minutes
Stir in shredded cheese and allow to melt
Salt and pepper to taste
Notes
Make the hamburger up to a week in advance. Although browning hamburger isn't terribly time consuming, it's easier to prep this ahead of time.
Chop veggies in advance. If you're into meal prepping or super busy, make this soup even faster by chopping up the onions, carrots and celery up to a week before. It'd be even easier to chop the correct portions of these veggies, freeze them all together in a freezer bag, and then pull them out whenever you want to make this soup! Be sure to use them within four months so they don't become freezer burn.
Use a big enough pot. This makes quite a bit of soup, so you'll want a large enough soup pot.