Hamburger Soup
83
- Prep Time15 min
- Total Time8 h 15 min
- Makes10 servings
Photo: Erik Putz
A hearty soup that eats like a meal. Hamburger soup is loaded with veggies, nubby barley and chunks of beef. What's not to like?
Ingredients
vegetable oil
1 ½ lb lean ground beef
1 onion, finely chopped
4 carrots, chopped
3 celery stalks, chopped
1 bay leaf
½ cup pearl or pot barley
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
salt and black pepper, to taste
796-mL can whole tomatoes, with juice
3 ½ cups beef stock
2 cups water
1 ½ cups tomato sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
In a large skillet, heat a drizzle of oil over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until it starts to brown. Add onion and cook, stirring, until beef is browned and onion is softened. Scrape into a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker. Stir in carrots, celery, bay leaf, barley, sugar, cornstarch, salt, pepper, tomatoes, stock, water, tomato sauce and soy sauce. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hr. Discard bay leaf.
Tip
This soup freezes like a dream! Let it cool after cooking and ladle into a freezer bag. To thaw it in time for dinner, simply place it in the fridge in the morning. Originally published in the Today’s Parent March + April 2017 issue. Photo by Erik Putz.