Want your sandwich and eat it too? This Cheeseburger Soup takes one of the most beloved sandwiches and turns it into a delicious comforting soup!
Is it soup weather yet? I mean is that really a question that needs to be answered because I consider all year round soup weather. I mean I don’t know who termed things seasonally appropriate because I eat things all year long…ahem, pumpkin.
This recipe I had actually originally published in 2015 and I decided that it needed a face lift because it was looking a little down and we needed to make it again because we absolutely love it and I finally decided I would grab some new photos for the blog!
HOW DO YOU MAKE CHEESEBURGER SOUP?
- Brown ground beef and onion together until no longer pink and translucent, then remove from pan.
- Add in chicken broth and your slurry mixture which is a combo of flour and water and heat until thickened.
- Stir in half and half and velveeta until cheese is melted.
- Add back in your ground beef and onions and simmer for about 40 minutes.
- Before serving stir in chopped lettuce and tomatoes.
This is such a simple recipe, but off the wall that people really don think about it much. We actually first heard of this recipe when we saw and episode of Diners, Drive-in’s and Dives back in the day and a lady made cheeseburger soup and I instantly knew that I had to recreate it!
I know some people will turn there noses up at the though of adding diced tomato and lettuce to a soup, but seriously you guys, it totally makes the soup. You don’t technically HAVE to add it to the soup, if you want you can just garnish it on top, but I recommend at least adding it to try it once.
VELVEETA VS. CHEDDAR CHEESE
So here is the real kicker, a lot of people are turned off by the use of Velveeta. I have to admit that I love using Velveeta in a lot of things. Here are the main reasons that we choose to use Velveeta in this cheeseburger soup recipe:
- Velveeta has smoother and creamier texture when melted.
- Velveeta has a distinct cheesy flavor that is a go to in dip recipes.
- It melts down really quickly.
I’m not saying that you cannot use cheddar cheese in this recipe at all, you can absolutely try it, I personally have not tried using shredded or blocked cheddar cheese to compare, so if you do happen to try it please let me know how it turned out!
So even know it is technically summer out, this soup does not fit the traditional mold because of the name “cheeseburger” I mean you serve cheeseburgers in the summer and they are hot and ready so this soup is defiantly an all year round kinda deal right here!
So get in that kitchen and make this soup! It’s a kid favorite, an adult favorite and it is just a little bit quirky that you cannot not try it!
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Cheeseburger Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 16 oz. chicken broth
- 1 pint half and half
- Slurry 1/4 cup flour mixed with 3/4 cup water
- 1 lb Velveeta cubed
- 1/2 head lettuce chopped
- 1-2 medium tomatoes chopped
Instructions
- In large pot saute your onions and ground beef until no longer pink and onions are translucent. Remove from pot.
- In same pot add your chicken stock and slurry and bring to boil, stirring until thickened.
- Add your half and half and Velveeta, stirring until cheese is melted.
- Add the ground beef and onions back and reduce heat to low and cook for 40 minutes or until thickened.
- Right before serving stir in chopped lettuce and tomatoes.
Nutrition
Tornadough Alli is not a nutritionist or dietitian, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and nutritional value is important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and values can vary depending on which brands were used.
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Sandy Sandmeyer
Thank you so much for sharing your post with us at the #AnythingGoes Link Party! See you next week.
Jennifer Stewart
I am addicted to DDD and have seen this before! I want to dive in right into this soup and stay there until I eat the whole pot! Thanks for sharing with Saucy Saturdays!
Tornadough Alli
I love DDD and my husband even had given me cookbooks! I know what you mean about diving right it. Mmm, thanks for stopping by!
Christine | Mid-Life Croissant
Man this has everything I want in my belly right now. So warm and thick and comforting. Thanks for bringing it to #SaucySaturdays.
Tornadough Alli
Thanks Christine! This is one of my favorite soups because it has everything that makes this girl happy!
Danita Carr
Thanks again for sharing at Small Victories Sunday Linkup!
Audrey
What a hearty and delicious soup. Thanks for sharing on Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesdays. I hope you will join us next week.
Wendy
This looks REALLY good! I love soup in the fall and winter, and have been skimming through my Pinterest boards looking for my favorites. Guess what’s getting added to my board?? 🙂 I was going to try it tomorrow, but I have everything except the half and half — somehow I don’t think skim milk will have the same result. 😉 Can’t wait to try this! #AnythingGoes
Tornadough Alli
Thanks for stopping by Wendy! I’ve never tried anything but the half and half so I couldn’t make any recommendations on flavor with regular skim. Might be a but thinner but you could always add more of the slurry mix to thicken it up! I hope you get a chance to make this!
Wendy
I cannot believe I forgot to comment here and let you know how much I liked this soup! It was so good, I included it in a Pinterest roundup post! 🙂 Here is the link (http://www.theartofwhynot.com/eating-my-way-around-pinterest-no-duds-just-good-eats/) — I am so sorry I forgot to share it when I posted it! Thanks for this unique recipe!
BTW, I co-host #ThePinterestGame and this and other of your posts (like the yummy salted caramel pumpkin roll I was just reading! 🙂 ) would be great pins to enter. We would love to have you join us with some of your terrific tasting posts!
Tornadough Alli
Thanks Wendy! I’m so happy you enjoyed this. Now that the weather is chilly I need to make another batch!
Mary, Living a Sunshine Life
I may have to make this for dinner tomorrow night. It looks fantastic and perfect for a Fall evening. If I would have thought about it, we could have had this while watching the game today!
Tornadough Alli
Perfect game day food! Great alternative to a normal cheeseburger. I love this soup, one of my all time faves for sure!
Valerie
This looks pretty simple to make. I used to make cheeseburger pie…so I would probably like this.
Tornadough Alli
This is super simple Valerie! Great for a weeknight meal especially how that fall has made its presence.
Deanna
I love soup and this sounds so interesting! I’m in the process of scheduling links to post on my Facebook page while in New Orleans and this is one I’m including.
https://www.facebook.com/deannapiercy
Tornadough Alli
Thanks Deanna! I’ll follow you 🙂 This soup is sooo good. I know the addition of the lettuce and tomato is weird but totally worth it!
Carlee
Ugh on getting the tooth pulled! And those darn husbands of our don’t have to plan because we do it for them 😉
Tornadough Alli
This is true about the plans. Ugh bugs me so bad!!!