The Best Hamburger Soup like Mom Used to make

One of the best ways to warm up on a cold and rainy or wintery day is with a warm bowl of homemade soup. One of the easiest soup recipes I love to make is Hamburger Soup. This hamburger soup recipe also gets bonus points for using frugal ingredients like ground beef and canned tomatoes and staple pantry/fridge ingredients like barley, onions, carrots and celery.  

The last few days have been particularly cold and crisp around here and I know that when I look out my window and see this for days on end,

All I want to do is curl up in front of our nice warm fire in the woodstove, read a good gardening or homesteading book, and eat some nice warm comforting soup.

And yes, usually it is some kind of gardening or homesteading book to start getting inspired for spring!

But back to the soup! This soup, for me, brings back sweet memories of childhood winters as it is one of my favorites that my mom used to make (thanks mom!). It is also a great winter soup because the ingredients are very simple, cheap, usually in the pantry/food storage area and it comes together very quickly and easily.

Hamburger Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 16-ounce can tomatoes, cut up
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 2 medium carrots, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/3 cup pearl barley
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tbsp beef bouillon granules
• 2 tsp seasoned salt
• 1 tsp dried basil, crushed
• 1 bay leaf

Directions:

In large saucepan or dutch oven, cook ground beef till browned. Drain off fat. Stir in remaining ingredients and 5 cups water. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove bay leaf. Serves 6.

~I like to add a little shredded cheddar cheese on top (kinda makes a cheeseburger soup, don’t you think?) and accompany it with a nice thick slice of toasted, buttered, sourdough bread.

It is also delicious when you substitute brown rice or macaroni noodles and is super easy to make in the crockpot and have it simmering all day. 

Make sure you check out the printable recipe card down below.

If you enjoy making and eating soups as much as I do, make sure you check out some of our other soup recipes here on the blog.

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I hope you enjoy this, our family recipe for Hamburger Soup, one of our favourite soup recipes to eat in winter, and one that is particularly delicious after a day on the slopes!

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