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Easy Taco Soup Recipe

This Easy Taco Soup recipe needs just 8 ingredients to create a tasty soup with a savory Southwestern zip. Hearty ground beef and fresh veggies simmered in Mexican seasonings deliver lots of flavor in every bowl.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 449 kcal
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients

  • 1 pound 500 g lean ground beef
  • 1 can 14 oz/398 mL tomato sauce
  • 1 can 14 oz/398 mL diced tomatoes, with juice
  • 1 can 15 oz/425 mL pork and beans
  • 1 can 15 oz/425 mL red kidney beans, with liquid
  • 1 can 15 oz/425 mL corn, with liquid
  • 2 tbsp 30 mL taco seasoning
  • 1 cup 250 mL water
Garnishes and Toppings:
  • corn tortilla strips or crushed tortilla chips optional
  • shredded cheddar cheese optional
  • sour cream optional
  • chopped fresh cilantro optional

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook beef, breaking up with a spoon, for 4 to 5 minutes, until browned. Drain fat.
MAKE IT NOW
  1. In a large saucepan, combine cooked ground beef, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes (with juice), pork and beans, kidney beans, water, corn and taco seasoning. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Immediately reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes.
  2. Remove from heat. Ladle into bowls and top with desired toppings such as crushed tortilla chips, Cheddar cheese, sour cream and cilantro, if using.
MAKE IT A FREEZER MEAL
  1. Let ground beef cook completely.
  2. In a labeled gallon-size (4 L) freezer bag, combine ground beef, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes (with juice), pork and beans, kidney beans, water, corn and taco seasoning. Seal, removing as much air as possible, label and then freeze.
THAW AND COOK
  1. Place bag in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours or up to 24 hours to thaw. Keep bag of soup in a large bowl just in case it leaks or the bag isn’t sealed tightly.
  2. Pour contents into a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Immediately reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
  3. Ladle into bowls and top with crushed tortilla chips, Cheddar cheese, sour cream and cilantro, if using.

Notes

  • Use ground turkey or ground chicken instead of ground beef to cut calories and fat.
  • Use ground turkey or ground chicken instead of ground beef to cut calories and fat.
  • Try substituting Greek yogurt instead of sour cream – the flavor is so similar you’ll hardly miss it.
  • Try substituting Greek yogurt instead of sour cream – the flavor is so similar you’ll hardly miss it.
  • Forget to buy a taco seasoning mix? You can make your own in just a couple of minutes. Here’s my tasty recipe for homemade taco seasoning.
  • Forget to buy a taco seasoning mix? You can make your own in just a couple of minutes. Here’s my tasty recipe for
  • homemade taco seasoning
  • .

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 449kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 50g (17%) Protein 26g (52%) Fat 18g (28%) Saturated Fat 7g (35%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 8g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 63mg (21%) Sodium 1375mg (57%) Potassium 1292mg (37%) Fiber 14g (56%) Sugar 8g (16%) Vitamin A 665IU (13%) Vitamin C 18mg (20%) Calcium 135mg (14%) Iron 7mg (39%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 449

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 449kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 50g 17%
Protein 26g 52%
Fat 18g 28%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 8g 40%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 63mg 21%
Sodium 1375mg 57%
Potassium 1292mg 27%
Fiber 14g 56%
Sugar 8g 16%
Vitamin A 665IU 13%
Vitamin C 18mg 20%
Calcium 135mg 14%
Iron 7mg 39%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.