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Slow Cooker Hamburger Soup

This hearty and comforting Crockpot hamburger soup recipe is sure to become a total hit in your household. It is healthy, delicious, and super easy to make too!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
7 hrs
Total Time
7 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 249 kcal
Course: Main Course , Soup
Cuisine: Italian , American

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef lean
  • 1 can (28 oz) canned tomatoes diced and undrained
  • 1 carton (32 oz) chicken broth
  • 1 can (5 ½-6 oz) tomato paste
  • 1 cup carrots sliced
  • 2 cups mushrooms sliced
  • 1 ½ cups zucchini sliced
  • 1 cup celery sliced
  • 1 ½ cups baby spinach
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 tablespoons garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon dried crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 2 cups pasta cooked
  • cooking spray

Instructions

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  1. Spray your slow cooker with cooking spray.
  2. Crumble uncooked beef across bottom of your slow cooker.
  3. In a medium sized bowl combine canned tomatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, garlic, and chicken broth. Set aside.
  4. Add onions, carrots, celery, zucchini, mushrooms and any other vegetables you want to include on top of the ground beef and then the liquid mixture. DO NOT STIR.
  5. Cover and cook for 4 hours on high or about 7 hours on low.
  6. As soon as you think your soup is ready remove lid and with a wooden spoon stir crumbled ground beef off the bottom of the slow cooker, breaking ground beef up as necessary.
  7. Add spinach (if using) about 10 minutes before serving.
  8. I take the cooked pasta and add it to each portion when serving. This soup freezes beautifully without the pasta in it. It is up to you. Enjoy!

Notes

  • Utilize leftovers: If you have some veggies leftover in the refrigerator, this soup is a great place to put them to use. You could also use roasted veggies if you want to.
  • Cut size matters: If you’re using fresh veggies, make sure you chop them roughly the same size so that they’re all cooked through. Bigger chunks and tougher veggies can take longer to cook, so keep that in mind. 
  • Drain excess grease. If using ground meat that's more fatty cook it separately before adding it to the slow cooker. After it's cooked drain it well after browning it so the soup is greasy.
  • Keep pasta separate. This works best for storing leftovers either in the freezer or fridge. The pasta will soak up liquid as it sits turning quite soft.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 249kcal (12%) Carbohydrates 22g (7%) Protein 16g (32%) Fat 13g (20%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 5g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 43mg (14%) Sodium 1080mg (45%) Potassium 1167mg (33%) Fiber 6g (24%) Sugar 12g (24%) Vitamin A 4400IU (88%) Vitamin C 27mg (30%) Calcium 116mg (12%) Iron 5mg (28%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 249

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 249kcal 12%
Carbohydrates 22g 7%
Protein 16g 32%
Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 5g 25%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 43mg 14%
Sodium 1080mg 45%
Potassium 1167mg 25%
Fiber 6g 24%
Sugar 12g 24%
Vitamin A 4400IU 88%
Vitamin C 27mg 30%
Calcium 116mg 12%
Iron 5mg 28%

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