Name: Cheeseburger Soup Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground beef; 4 Tablespoons butter (divided); 1 onion (diced); 1 cup shredded carrots; 3 celery stalks (diced); 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes; 3 potatoes (cubed); 3 cups chicken broth; ¼ cup all-purpose flour; 16 ounces Velveeta cheese (or 2 cups shredded cheese*); 1½ cups milk; salt and pepper, to taste (about ½ teaspoon of each); ¼ cup sour cream; fresh parsley (optional garnish)

Recipe Ingredient Notes

To make our cheeseburger soup recipe, you need the following ingredients:

Lean ground beef

Butter

Diced onion

Shredded carrots

Diced celery

Dried basil

Dried parsley flakes

Cubed potatoes

Chicken broth

All-purpose flour

Velveeta cheese

Milk

Salt

Pepper

Sour cream

Fresh Parsley

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

A pan containing chopped onions, chopped green bell peppers, grated carrots, and a pat of butter, ready to be cooked.

A metal pot filled with soup containing ground meat, potatoes, and vegetables, with milk being poured in from a measuring cup. A striped cloth is beside the pot.

How to Make Our Best Cheeseburger Soup Recipe:

Grab your large saucepan and add in the ground beef and brown it until it is no longer pink.

The drain the grease from the pan and set the meat aside in a small bowl for later.

In the same saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat.

Then, add in the diced onion, shredded carrots, diced celery, a sprinkle of basil and parsley on top and saute all of the vegetables together until they are tender. This should take about 8-10 minutes.

Next, you are going to add in the cubed potatoes, chicken broth, and cooked ground beef (that you set aside) to the saucepan and let the ingredients come to a boil.

Once it has reached the boiling point, turn down the heat and let it simmer covered until the potatoes are tender. Depending on the size you cut them it should take about 10-12 minutes.

While the soup is cooking, in a small skillet, place the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter and melt it over medium heat.

After the butter has melted, add in the flour and whisk it together until it begins to get nice and bubbly. Doing this you are creating your rue for the soup.

When the flour mixture becomes bubbly add it to the soup and mix it in.

Then, turn the temperature to slow and stir in the Velveeta cheese, milk, salt, and pepper.

Continue stirring it all together until the cheese has completely melted.

After the ingredients are all melted and combined, remove the soup from heat and serve it in a bowl with sour cream and some fresh parsley and enjoy!

A saucepan filled with soup ingredients, including ground beef, potatoes, and a large block of processed cheese, sits on a stovetop next to a kitchen towel.

A wooden spoon holds a portion of creamy soup with diced potatoes, ground meat, and vegetables over a pot of the same soup.

Healthy Ground Beef Alternatives:

I know not everyone is a fan of ground beef, and that is okay! Or maybe you are, but you want to change it up and make it a little healthier, then let’s find some great alternatives to using beef for this recipe. Take a look over at Better Homes and Garden’s list of Healthy Meat Substitutes on what you can use in place of the ground beef for this recipe.

We have only made this recipe using Velveeta. Shredded cheddar cheese will work, but it might not be as creamy as when you use Velveeta.

A bowl of creamy potato soup with ground meat, celery, and chopped herbs, served with a slice of bread and a small bowl of green garnish.

Three bowls of creamy soup with potatoes and herbs, a ladle in one bowl, a small dish of chopped green garnish, and a piece of bread on a light surface.

Three bowls of creamy soup with potatoes, ground meat, diced vegetables, and garnished with chopped parsley, placed in a row on a wooden board.

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Questions & Reviews

Jess says:

I used cheddar cheese and it worked beautifully to add it to the butter/flour mixture after it thickened. Just whisk until it’s all melted. Thanks for a great recipe!
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Celena says:

My whole family couldn’t get enough of this soup, and two of them don’t even like soup that much! They told me many times if we could please make this soup again. I used onion powder and a bag of shredded sharp cheddar cheese- because that’s what we had, and it worked out great.
Momma Cyd says:

So glad the family liked the soup!!
Karla Gray says:

Love this soup! Instead of making a rue, I thickened this soup with instant mashed potatoes flakes, and I added broccoli to make it a little heartier!