Delicious and healthy cheeseburger soup is a veggie-packed, cheesy soup, filled with all the best parts of the classic cheeseburger. This hearty soup with a bone broth base is perfect for a cold winter day or a hot summer evening.
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Have you ever wanted to enjoy the delicious flavors of a cheeseburger but didn’t want to take the time to grill?
Then, this is the recipe for you!
While there is nothing like a burger fresh off the grill, especially when it is wedged between a sourdough hamburger bun, some days you need something that will come together quickly and can easily be made ahead.
With this soup, you’ll still get all of the flavor of a good cheeseburger, but with additional veggies and nutrient-packed bone broth.
I prefer to use my homemade instant pot bone broth for the base, but store-bought chicken stock also works if you are in a pinch.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Family favorite: A great recipe the whole family will love, even picky eaters.
Comforting soup: Hearty potatoes, vegetables, and cheese makes this soup the ultimate comfort food. If you are looking for more comforting soup recipes, be sure to try my homestyle chicken noodle soup recipe from scratch or my homemade creamy chicken and gnocchi soup.
Easy: Great recipe to prep in the morning or afternoon and let it simmer throughout the day, or use the slow cooker.
Cheeseburger Soup Ingredients
Potatoes: For broth based soups, I love to use a red or gold potato. Whatever potato you have on hand will work, though.
Chicken Broth: For a really nutrient-dense broth, try making my chicken feet bone broth for this. You can also use beef broth if you prefer.
Ground Beef: I typically use grass-fed, lean ground beef. You could also sub ground turkey or chicken for a leaner meat option.
Shredded Cheese: A classic sharp cheddar cheese is our family’s pick, but you could also use pepper jack, American cheese, or whatever you typically enjoy on your burger.
A full ingredient list with exact amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Using a Slow Cooker
For busy days, you can absolutely make this into a crock pot cheeseburger soup.
To the slow cooker, add all the ingredients (except the cheese and ground beef). Place on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
About 30 minutes before serving, brown the ground beef in a skillet. Breaking it up into bite size pieces. Drain extra fat if needed.
Add the ground beef to the soup in the slow cooker.
Stir in cheese. Allow it to melt and then serve with your favorite toppings.
How To Make Cheeseburger Soup
Step 1: In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, add a little olive oil, butter, or coconut oil.
Add onions and celery. Sauté until soft.
Add in garlic and cook for just a minute or two, being careful not to burn.
Step 2: Add in carrots and potatoes. Strain broth into the pot if using homemade, or just add in store-bought broth.
Allow it to simmer for about 20 minutes until the potatoes and carrots are soft.
Step 3: Brown ground beef over medium heat, breaking it up into bite sized pieces, for a couple of minutes in a large skillet until cooked, and add to the pot.
Step 4: Sprinkle in dried or fresh parsley to the simmering soup. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Shred cheese and add to the pot. Stir together.
Add your favorite toppings. We love sourdough croutons or even some homemade lacto-fermented pickles.
Tips
- Make less dishes by reusing your pots. I like to go straight from making a whole chicken in the Instant Pot, to making bone broth, and then straight to making soup.
- Brown the ground beef before adding it to the pot for a much more delicious and flavorful meal.
- Add some frozen peas or green beans to the hot soup to help cool it down enough while also cooking the veggies before serving.
- Add your favorite cheeseburger toppings to the soup. We like extra shredded cheese, crispy bacon, diced tomato, diced onion, green onions, pickles, avocado, and a dollop of homemade raw milk sour cream to make this soup extra thick and creamy. You could even add a drizzle of hot sauce if you prefer to add a little spice.
Recipe FAQs
Potatoes don’t freeze well, so I wouldn’t recommend this as a freezer meal. Store in the fridge for 3-4 days in an airtight container. Reheat on the stove for best results.
Around here we love to have a toasted slice of sourdough crusty bread. It’s also delicious with sourdough breadsticks or sourdough garlic bread. If you want to pair it with a classic, make homemade French fries.
This recipe is very healthy, since it is packed with veggies, meat, and cheese. To make this meal healthier, try to get pastured meats whenever possible, use homemade bone broth, and organic vegetables.
it all depends on the type of soup you are making. I like russet potatoes for things like my hearty and healthy potato soup recipe because they absorb a lot of liquid and make a richer creamy soup. For cheeseburger soup, red potatoes are a great option because they hold their shape in broth based soups.
More Farmhouse Favorite Soups
- Roasted Pumpkin And Acorn Squash Soup
- Hearty Homemade Healthy Potato Soup
- Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
- White Chicken Chili from Dried Beans
- Roasted Garlic and Butternut Squash Soup
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Cheeseburger Soup
Equipment
- 1 Instant Pot for making bone broth at home
- 1 Large Pot or Slow Cooker
- 1 Skillet
Ingredients
- 5 large potatoes, chopped
- 5 carrots, diced
- 2 onions, diced
- 5 stalks celery, diced
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 2 pounds ground beef, browned
- 10 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- several grindings fresh black pepper
Instructions
- If you are making homemade broth, start by making that in the Instant Pot.
- In a large pot over medium heat, add a little olive oil, butter, or coconut oil.
- Add onions and celery.
- Sauté until soft, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add in garlic and cook for just a minute or two, being careful not to burn.
- Add in carrots and potatoes.
- Strain broth into the pot if using homemade, or just add in store-bought broth.
- Allow it to simmer for about 20 minutes until the potatoes and carrots are soft.
- Brown ground beef over medium heat, breaking it up into bite sized pieces, for a couple of minutes in a large skillet until cooked, and add to the pot.
- Sprinkle in dried or fresh parsley to the simmering soup.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Shred cheese and add to the pot.
- Serve, and add your favorite toppings.
Notes
- Make less dishes by reusing your pots. I like to go straight from making a whole chicken in the Instant Pot, to making bone broth, and then straight to making soup.
- Brown the ground beef before adding it to the pot for a much more delicious and flavorful meal.
- Add some frozen peas or green beans to the hot soup to help cool it down enough while also cooking the veggies before serving.
- Add your favorite cheeseburger toppings to the soup. We like extra shredded cheese, crispy bacon, diced tomato, diced onion, green onions, pickles, avocado, and a dollop of homemade raw milk sour cream to make this soup extra thick and creamy. You could even add a drizzle of hot sauce if you prefer to add a little spice.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Delicious and simple! I didn’t want to make hamburgers but had ground beef to use and low and behold I open up Lisa’s blog and find this recipe waiting for me on the front page! Thank you so much for the delicious recipes. One after the other is just a knockout with my family! Thanks for all you do! ❤️
So glad you enjoyed it! Have a great weekend!
Hi! So you strain the fat after cooking the ground beef? Or do you also add drippings to the soup? Thank you!
I don’t typically strain the fat unless there is a lot of it.
Thank you! I’ve made multiple times and whole family loves it! Great way to sneak in the organ blend ground beef I buy!
Do u think you could throw this in a crockpot for the day?
Yes. There is slow cooker instructions in the post.
Thank you. I didn’t see it because I clicked jump to recipe!
This recipe sounds great, and a keeper.I have all sorts of things running through my head to make it my own. Sourdough croutons tossed with pickle juice and oil,seasoned with tomato,onion and cheddar powde.
Halved roasted cherry tomatoes and charred diced Romain lettuce.
Love all your ideas! Hope you enjoy it!
loved it! so yummy!
My picky eater loves this
We were skeptical at first! We thought sour cream in a broth soup was a bold move but it seriously is soooo yummy! With cheese and avocado too! Ah! Now it’s our go to soup!!
This is one of the best soups I’ve ever had! During the winter, I make it almost weekly.
Wow! Thank you for such a wonderful compliment. Glad you enjoy this recipe.
This was a winner in our home. The flavors where amazing, light and very filling.
Made this soup today and WOW it was delicious. A winner winner chicken dinner. You never cease to amaze me. Your recipes are always so delicious. 🤗