We love soup in our house. Â This is a hearty soup, perfect for winter.
The recipe comes from an Amish Cookbook I have called Amish Friends Cookbook by Wanda Brunstetter. Â The original name for the soup was Cheeseburger Soup, but there’s something a little unappealing about that to me. Â So, I changed the name.
If you’ve got someone in your family who likes meat with a meal, this is a good soup to make for them. Â It’s full of ground beef and potatoes.
Here’s what you’ll need: Â
Cheesy Hamburger Soup
Servings: 12 -14 servings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. ground beef
- 1 onion
- 1 quart chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 4 cups peeled and chopped potatoes
- 1 lb. carrots diced
- 2-4 stalks celery diced
- 1 stick butter
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3 cups milk
- 1 1/2 lbs. Velveeta cubed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef with onion in a large pot. Drain and rinse under hot water. Set aside.
- In the soup pot, add broth, water, vegetables.
- Bring to boil and cook until potatoes are tender.
- In a sauce pan, make a white sauce by melting butter over medium heat.
- Whisk in flour and cook 1 minute.
- Whisk in milk.
- Add Velveeta and stir till cheese is melted and sauce is thickened.
- Add cheese sauce and hamburger to broth.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Notes
This filled a 5.5 quart pot to the top.
We were able to get two meals out of this for my family of six. Â I’m sure you could cut the recipe in half, if you don’t need to feed that many people.
We don’t buy Velveeta here………. can I substitute regular cheddar ? If so …how much and how please
Your soup looks amazingly delish
Laurie, I’d say 1-2 cups, depending on how cheesy you like it.
Thank you Tiffany
It was great except a little too much cheese. We all loved it and it defininetly went a long way.
Thank you Tiffany
Tried this tonight and it worked like a charm! My fiancée loved it and we had plenty of left covers (we are big eaters, too!) Thought the cheese was perfect! I think it’d taste great with just the onions and potatoes, but all the vegetables were good too. I used a cheap bag of frozen stew veggies, about $1.50 and they worked just fine. A lot less work and a lot less money. Just boiled them in the stock while I made everything else. Thanks so much for the recipe!
Great idea to use the stew veggies! I’m glad you liked it!