Hamburger Soup

Name: Hamburger Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Yield: 10
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

Prep Time15 mins
Total Time8 hrs 15 mins
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.

This article was originally published on Mar 01, 2017

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