Hamburger Soup

Really easy and nutritious. Not fancy. A nice weekday family meal that contains everything but fruit and dairy. Leftovers are just as good.
My Dad made it for us years ago then my wife made it last night and Im a fan.

1 lb. burger
Quart stewed tomatoes
1 medium onion chopped
2 cloves garlic
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Dash of basil
1 can tomato sauce
Celery chopped 4 stalks
3 potatoes peeled and cubed
5 beef bouillon cubes
Water – started with 2 cups – added more

Directions
1. In a medium skillet, brown hamburger (1 lb) over medium heat. Drain off fat.
2. Combine beef, carrots, celery, onions, potatoes (cubed) bouillon (5 cubes beef), water, tomato sauce and 1 quart of stewed or chopped tomatoes , salt, corn, basil, and ketchup (optional) in a large stock pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for at least 1 1/2 hours.
We also added 2 cloves of garlic. Couldn’t taste it.

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I have home-spun turkey noodle on the stove right now. Dinner in a half hour Ma says.

That hamburger soup does look good! I made turkey leg and rice soup the other day with chicken boulion added plus a big onion and it really hit the spot. Boiled the two turkey legs for 4 hours added the boulion, large onion and salt and pepper, let it cook half an hour then added rice, pretty darned good, had it with baked buns and real butter, the plates were clean from getting all the broth with the buns.

Tom Sawvell wrote:

I have home-spun turkey noodle on the stove right now. Dinner in a half hour Ma says.

I do this all the time with a turkey carcass. even add extra leftover turkey.

I can basically a soup starter in the fall with all the stuff out of the garden. tomatoes, celery peas, carrots cabbage green beans garlic………….and throw a qt of that in there.

do the same thing with beef soup bones.

that hamb soup does look really good too!!!!!

Approved!

glenn57 wrote:

I can basically a soup starter in the fall with all the stuff out of the garden. tomatoes, celery peas, carrots cabbage green beans garlic………….and throw a qt of that in there.

We are finally about one meal away from finishing last summer’s carrots. I love the things. I have been holding back on a bag that weighed about 5 pounds and cut up a couple pounds for the soup today. The rest will be company with the next beef roast. I still have a couple buttercup squash and 2 five gallon pails of potatoes to chow on.

Tom Sawvell wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>glenn57 wrote:</div>
I can basically a soup starter in the fall with all the stuff out of the garden. tomatoes, celery peas, carrots cabbage green beans garlic………….and throw a qt of that in there.

We are finally about one meal away from finishing last summer’s carrots. I love the things. I have been holding back on a bag that weighed about 5 pounds and cut up a couple pounds for the soup today. The rest will be company with the next beef roast. I still have a couple buttercup squash and 2 five gallon pails of potatoes to chow on.

2-5 gallon potatoes?
OMG that’s a lot of spuds Tom!

Bookmarked. Thankś Suzuki. Sounds delicious.

Tom Sawvell wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>glenn57 wrote:</div>
I can basically a soup starter in the fall with all the stuff out of the garden. tomatoes, celery peas, carrots cabbage green beans garlic………….and throw a qt of that in there.

We are finally about one meal away from finishing last summer’s carrots. I love the things. I have been holding back on a bag that weighed about 5 pounds and cut up a couple pounds for the soup today. The rest will be company with the next beef roast. I still have a couple buttercup squash and 2 five gallon pails of potatoes to chow on.

me too!!!!!!! i dont get my wife though!!!!!! she’ll eat the crap outta the can but heat up green beans or aspargus or sweet corn i’ve froze from the garden she curls her nose!!!!! women!!!!!!!

hey suzuki………..instead of the water have you used like the liquid beef broth??????? just wondering………….been using the swansons broth in place of water in alot of reciepes and like the results!

mother in laws always made a cheeseburger soup. very tasty

glenn57 wrote:

hey suzuki………..instead of the water have you used like the liquid beef broth??????? just wondering………….been using the swansons broth in place of water in alot of reciepes and like the results!

That sounds like a great idea instead of bulion. You could cut back on the water too. My special ingredient is the quart of stewed tomatoes I grew myself. They come in handy for this, chili and goulash.

yep……….make my own stewed maters too!!!!!!!! even grow my own celery!!!

Blast from the past. I cant believe its been this long since we made this. Finally circled back yesterday and its as easy and good as ever. I highly recommend this meal. I cant edit the original post but I would say 1 SMALL can of tomato sauce and my wife threw in a small bag of frozen mixed vegetable. Also I couldnt find any beef bullion so I used bullion paste. I should have read this post first and tried beef broth since we had that on hand. Try it!

Mmmm this sounds delicious and great timing for this bitter cold weather. Nothing better to warm you up than a hot bowl of soup! Well… maybe a hot mug of my apple pie drink to go with it.

Thanks for the recipe!

That sounds good. This is the time for making soup. It normally takes me a entire day to make soup. It’s a nice way to warm the house and make it smell good. I did a smoke ham bean last week and beef barley this week. 4 gallon batches, vacuum pack, and freeze the extra. I might have to try yours next week. But my wife wants cheeseburger soup.

Just did Cheeseburger Soup last night and can’t wait to warm up some more for lunch. Pretty similar to this recipe, added chopped pickles and extra cheddar on-top for more flavor – REALLY GOOD! Pretty versatile to add what you’d like. I add Louisiana Hot Sauce to my bowl for some extra warmth.

My Latvian Grandpa made a hamburger soup like this as well and he called it (in his broken English) Frickadile soup (Like Crocodile, but with “Frick”). I always thought that was a funny name but in trying to find similar recipes online in attempts to replicate it, I think it comes from “Fricadelle” or “Frikadellen” which is basically a German Meat Patty.

Sharon wrote:

Mmmm this sounds delicious and great timing for this bitter cold weather. Nothing better to warm you up than a hot bowl of soup! Well… maybe a hot mug of my apple pie drink to go with it.

Thanks for the recipe!

Sharon perhaps a couple of mugs of apple pie drinks and then some soup as I was once told Never eat on an empty stomach