HAMBURGER VEGETABLE SOUP
Hamburger vegetable soup is great comfort food on a cold day or anytime.
Hamburger Vegetable Soup is a family favorite! When my children were young and we lived on the farm, we killed our own beef every year. I always had a freezer full of meat and there was more hamburger than anything else, so I used to make vegetable soup with hamburger. All my children loved it and still do today.
Hamburger vegetable soup is wonderful for lunch or dinner.
1 1/2 – 2 lbs hamburger
3 or 4 carrots, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
6 or 7 medium potatoes peeled and cut up
2 or 3 stalks of celery chopped
1 pkg frozen corn
1 pkg frozen okra
1 (48 oz. can) tomato juice
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper to taste
water or chicken broth
Brown hamburger in skillet, drain. In a large soup pot, add all the ingredients except tomato juice. Add enough water to just cover the vegetables and simmer until potatoes and carrots are soft. Add tomato juice and continue to simmer on low heat for about 30 to 45 minutes. Serve with cornbread muffins. Enjoy! This makes about a gallon of soup and freezes well or keeps in refrigerator for several days.
Note: You could make this in the crock pot, too. Just brown hamburger first, drain and add remaining ingredients. Cook on low about 7 hours or high 4 hours until potatoes and carrots are done.
If you like this, you will love this Hearty Potato Soup as well.
Hamburger Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 – 2 lbs hamburger
- 3 or 4 carrots sliced
- 1 large onion chopped
- 6 or 7 medium potatoes peeled and cut up
- 2 or 3 stalks of celery chopped
- 1 pkg frozen corn
- 1 pkg frozen okra
- 1 48 oz. can tomato juice
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- water or chicken broth
Instructions
- Brown hamburger in skillet, drain. In a large soup pot, add all the ingredients except tomato juice. Add enough water to just cover the vegetables and simmer until potatoes and carrots are soft. Add tomato juice and continue to simmer on low heat for about 30 to 45 minutes.
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Have made soup similar to this for many years and it’s always good. Will try adding the potatoes instead of pasta!!!
This is my new favorite soup recipe. Thank you so much
Am I understanding this correctly that you do NOT drain the water before adding the tomato juice? Thanks!
That is correct. You do not drain the water.
I made this tonight for my family and it was a big hit. Every recipe of yours that I have tried has become favorites 🙂
My grandmother use to can soup like this. Can this be canned, she also made this with chicken
my husband hates okra can I substitute or just leave it out
You can do either.
Can you use a can of plain tomato soup instead of tomato juice?
Yes, I think you could do that.
Can you let me know what size bag of okra. I have only seen the large bag. Same with the corn.
thanks!!!
You can use as much or as little as you like, Kim. I usually buy a 16 ounce size bag. You could use a cup or more. It is up to you. We like a okra so I usually use about 2 cups.
I added less tomatoe juice and added a can ov beef broth really good left out the potatoes .
My kind of soup have been making this for years but without the chili powder, will start adding it.
Can I use tomato sauce in place of the tomato juice?
Does the chili powder give it more of a chili taste?
I made this and it was delicious. I served it with cornbread. I am already making a second pot of this since my family enjoyed it so much!
Made it this weekend. AMAZING!!!!!
My grandma used to make this for us in the winter when we were small, I have tried to make it but it has never turned out the same but now I know why I use beef broth instead of tomato juice.
the school where I taught for 22 years made soup like this, with hamburger. I often did the same thing at home. Love it.!
Yummy! I’m gonna make it this weekend 🙂