Tomato Macaroni Soup Recipe

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Published: January 18, 2022Author: Camille Beckstrand
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This Tomato Macaroni Soup recipe is a quick and easy soup that can be made in less than 30 minutes! A filling soup everyone will love.
Tomato Macaroni Soup Recipe

This Tomato Macaroni Soup is a copycat from one of my favorite restaurants from Logan, UT called Juniper Takeout.

Tomato Macaroni Soup in a white bowl with a spoon

Now that we don’t live there anymore, I tried to recreate it as close as I could. It turned out pretty good!

Ingredients needed for Tomato Macaroni Soup:

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 (15 ounce) beef broth
  • 14 ounces diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 6 ounces tomato paste
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 3 Tablespoons steak sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 ½ cups elbow macaroni cooked
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How to make Tomato Macaroni Soup:

In a skillet over medium high heat, brown ground beef and diced onions; drain and set aside.

In a large stock pot, mix add beef broth, diced tomatoes, ketchup, tomato paste, carrots, steak sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire, basil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper and cook over medium high heat.

Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low. Add beef and onion and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add cooked macaroni and serve.

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Serves: 6

Tomato Macaroni Soup Recipe

A delicious and hearty soup that's ready in less than 30 minutes.
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 25 mins
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Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 (15 ounce) beef broth
  • 14 ounces diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 6 ounces tomato paste
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 3 Tablespoons steak sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 ½ cups elbow macaroni cooked

Instructions

  • In a skillet over medium high heat, brown ground beef and diced onions; drain and set aside.
  • In a large stock pot, mix add beef broth, diced tomatoes, ketchup, tomato paste, carrots, steak sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire, basil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper and cook over medium high heat.
  • Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low. Add beef and onion and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add cooked macaroni and serve.

Notes

  • If you don’t want to use ketchup you can use tomato paste instead

Nutrition

Calories: 355 kcal · Carbohydrates: 55 g · Protein: 24 g · Fat: 5 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 47 mg · Sodium: 817 mg · Potassium: 1031 mg · Fiber: 4 g · Sugar: 21 g · Vitamin A: 4304 IU · Vitamin C: 18 mg · Calcium: 73 mg · Iron: 4 mg

Equipment

  • Skillet
  • Stock Pot

Recipe Details

Course: Soup
Cuisine: American

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  2. Samantha says:
    October 27, 2013
    How crucial would you say the ketchup is?? I'm not a fan at all and a cup seems like a ton but if it's noticeably different without the ketchup I can suck it up, lol.
    Reply
    • Cyd says:
      October 28, 2013
      May not be as thick if you don't add ketchup. Maybe you could replace it with an ingredient you like!
      Reply
    • Barbara says:
      January 7, 2014
      Agree about the ketchup...all that corn syrup! I doubled up on the tomato paste and skipped the ketchup. It was fine.
      Reply
      • BJ Morton says:
        January 4, 2017
        I buy ketchup w/o high fructose corn syrup.
        Reply
        • Deehobbs says:
          January 4, 2017
          Where do u buy ketchup with out fritrose
          Reply
    • Leigh Ann says:
      January 24, 2014
      I made this for dinner tonight. I didn't use the brown sugar and the soup was still way to sweet. If I make this again, I will use 1/4 cup or less of the ketchup.
      Reply
    • Leigh Ann says:
      January 24, 2014
      I made this for dinner tonight. I didn't use the brown sugar and the soup was still way to sweet. If I make this again, I will use 1/4 cup or less of the ketchup. My family just didn't care for it. I added more broth and another can of tomato paste, but this was not a winner for us.
      Reply
  3. Lashele Warren says:
    October 28, 2013
    Can'5 wait to try this. I used to work @ Juniper Take Out in college & I loved that soup. It is even better the next day. You even got the ketchup. :)
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  4. Diane Christensen says:
    October 28, 2013
    I love this soup.
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  5. Sandra says:
    October 28, 2013
    I'm making this for dinner right now! The only question I have is whether I start with 1 1/2 cups dry macaroni or if it's 1 1/2 cups already cooked :-? I'm going with dry, because i can always set some aside for another recipe...
    Reply
    • Cyd says:
      October 28, 2013
      In the ingredients next to elbow macaroni it says cooked. Hope you get this in time!!
      Reply
  6. Steph says:
    October 29, 2013
    Tasted like sloppy joes soup! It was way too sweet for my liking, but I liked it in general. I think I'll tweak it next time. Less ketchup and no brown sugar. Maybe plain tomato sauce instead.
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    • Barbara says:
      January 7, 2014
      Skip the ketchup and use two cans of paste. And just plain skip the brown sugar. In my opinion, just my two cents.
      Reply
      • donna says:
        January 16, 2014
        Or use spag sauce in place of the ketchup
        Reply
  7. BEV says:
    October 29, 2013
    Making it tonight-- hubby thought the picture looked good!
    Reply
  8. Nola says:
    October 31, 2013
    My Mother use to make something very similar to this recipe, she didn't use brown sugar, she used regular sugar, just a small amount to lessen the tang from the tomatoes. I love it, it's great on a cold day, plus it's quick and easy to make. It's also relatively cheap to purchase all the ingredients, with the exception of the ground Beef of course.
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  9. Kathy says:
    November 1, 2013
    Made the soup for supper. Husband loved it. would not change a thing.
    Reply
  10. Emily says:
    November 2, 2013
    Shut the front door. I CRAVE this soup from Juniper Take-out and I always wanted to re-create it. Thank you thank you thank you!!!
    Reply
  11. Kris McMichael says:
    November 5, 2013
    My family absolutely loooooved this!!!! Thank you so much!!!
    Reply
  12. nana says:
    November 5, 2013
    in your recipe there's written you should use ground beef, but there are chunks on the picture ? So which is it...
    Reply
    • Cyd says:
      November 6, 2013
      It's ground beef. When it is cooking you can naturally let it cook in clumps. Not breaking it all the way up. That is what we did.
      Reply
  13. ramona white says:
    November 6, 2013
    I know this is gonna sound strange but I think am gonna love this site. Your recipes sounds so good am making it tonight. I will post u tomorrow and tell how the ganged like the soup. ramona white
    Reply
  14. LaDeana says:
    November 11, 2013
    Fantastic ! Didn't have tha A1 but it was still fantastic
    Reply
  15. Carly says:
    November 13, 2013
    Our whole family loved this soup! It was very good! It had really good flavor! We would even like it without the hamburger. We will definitely make it again! Great for cold day!
    Reply
  16. smriti says:
    November 16, 2013
    I would deffinately try this out
    Reply
  17. Valerie Thompson says:
    November 18, 2013
    This soup was filling a lot of flavor happening and I tasted a little of all the ingredients a great fall and winter soup . I have just added you to my face book and loving your recipes thanks
    Reply
  18. renee says:
    November 20, 2013
    This is a great recipe! I did change a few things and next time I make I may change a few more, but it's pretty fabulous. Changes: I used 4 cloves of garlic instead of garlic powder, I used twice the amount of grated carrots, I used Italian sausage instead of ground beef, I used Italian seasoning instead of dried basil. I also went ahead and sauteed the onion and garlic with olive oil before adding the sausage to brown. Next time I'll probably use about half the ketchup and half the A1 and Worcestershire because it was a tad "saucier" than I like. Not bad at all, I mean I'm eagerly eating it as is, but I think I'd prefer it with a little less tang. Also want to add that I'm pretty sure this soup saved me from a pretty bad cold that I was trying to catch. I was feeling really crappy, sore throat, body aches, the beginning of a fever, and I ate a big bowl of this soup, which felt great on my throat, and next morning I was feeling waaaay better than I thought I would. So I say, better than chicken soup for a cold cure!!
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  19. Kirsten Heft says:
    January 16, 2014
    How many servings does this make...and what size servings? Thanks! Looks fantastic!
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    • Cyd says:
      January 17, 2014
      Hi Kirsten, just click on the MAGIC button under the picture and then on NUTRITION. This is our new sister site - MyRecipeMagic.com. It will give you servings and all nutritional info on our recipes. There are over 20,000 recipes here. Perfect place to go when looking for something to make!
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  20. Sally says:
    January 19, 2014
    Just made it & ate it! Yummy!! However, I agree just a bit too sweet. I won't toss it but do you think adding another can of tomato paste & some beef broth would help? Any suggestions...I'd appreciate it. Thank you! :)
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  21. Lanette says:
    January 23, 2014
    Just fixed this for dinner. My family thought it was way too sweet. It was very hard to finish the bowl. Not sure what to do with the leftovers. I'd like to try it again but will use less than half the sugar and decrease the amount of Worcestershire and A1 sauces.
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  22. Laura says:
    February 5, 2014
    Yes, agree it is way too sweet. Family didn't like it. I would use tomato paste instead of ketchup and reduce or remove the brown sugar. I think that would fix the sweetness.
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  23. Erin says:
    March 3, 2014
    Made this tonight. I skipped the brown sugar. Did 2 tablespoons instead of 3 for A1 and worcestershire. Did about 1/2 cup of ketchup and added about 2 tablespoons of mustard. I did add the optional carrots. Also, I added 5 leaves of fresh basil and let them simmer with the soup and removed when finished. I also used about 3 cloves of fresh garlic.
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  24. Christal says:
    March 5, 2014
    We make this soup all the time, but ours is a lot simpler. Macaroni, ground beef, but we just mix it with tomato sauce and tomato juice, seasoned with salt and pepper, garlic, and onion if you want. I usually add onion salt or powder. Sometimes we add diced tomatoes as well, just depending on the mood. I will have to try this one though too, it sounds good! :)
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  25. Bridget says:
    April 23, 2014
    Making this now but I was wondering could you also try to make Juniper's Cauliflower soup? I'd love to give that a try as well.
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  26. Bridget says:
    April 23, 2014
    Ohh I forgot does it matter what kind of noodles is used, I was thinking of using Spaghetti O's instead Elbow noodles.
    Reply
    • Cyd says:
      April 23, 2014
      We have only made this soup using elbow macaroni.
      Reply
  27. Dana Hulak says:
    September 4, 2014
    This soup is way way too sweet. Please review the recipe and reconsider the ketchup and brown sugar. I feel like I just wasted a bunch of great food.
    Reply
  28. Rhonda says:
    September 7, 2014
    Just made this recipe today. Did not change a thing. It was a big hit with the whole family! Will be keeping and making it again!
    Reply
  29. Carrie Peck says:
    September 17, 2014
    This was very good. I used 32oz off Beef stock instead of 45oz of beef broth. I liked the hardy taste of the A1 sauce and Worcestershire sauce.
    Reply
  30. chris says:
    September 17, 2014
    This looks yum. I live in Australia and dont know what a1 sauce is. Can someone tell me please or can I leave it out.
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    • Cyd says:
      September 22, 2014
      A1 sauce is a steak sauce.
      Reply
  31. Lindsey says:
    October 21, 2014
    Can you do this in a crock pot?
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    • Cyd says:
      October 29, 2014
      It should work just fine in a slow cooker.
      Reply
  32. Kenn says:
    December 3, 2015
    I'm going to make this tomorrow, but I think I'm going to skip the ketchup and brown sugar and replace it with a can of condensed Campbell's Tomato Soup.
    Reply
  33. Kelly says:
    January 27, 2016
    I was wondering if you could put this in a crockpot?
    Reply
    • Cyd says:
      January 28, 2016
      You could keep it on warm all day in the slow cooker after preparing it as directed on the recipe.
      Reply
  34. Jean says:
    September 29, 2016
    This soup is fantastic! Thank you for sharing your recipes. Definitely making this again real soon.
    Reply
  35. WillowG says:
    December 15, 2016
    Just the recipe I was looking for to use up leftover cooked pasta and chunky pasta sauce. So I followed the recipe with the exception of using the pasta sauce instead of the canned tomatoes, the ketchup, and the tomato paste and then did not use A1 or brown sugar. The grated carrots were a great addition but I also added some baby spinach for extra veggies. Topped with parmesan cheese. Thank you - great recipe that I'm sure will be made again!
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  36. Sharon Deckard says:
    September 14, 2020
    Cant wait to try this. I love A1. It sounds so yummy. I'm always disappointed to see negative comments. Why do folks feel the need to do that.
    Reply
  37. Donna says:
    November 24, 2020
    Can this be frozen? I made this for my husband. I didn’t add the burger and I only used 1/2 cup of ketchup I also used real garlic that I sautéed with the onions. I also left. Out the sugar because it was sweet enough. It was very good.
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    • Momma Cyd says:
      November 25, 2020
      Yes, it should freeze well in a freezer container.
      Reply
  38. Diane says:
    April 7, 2021
    I'm trying to find the nutritional info - you mention in the comments to click on the "magic" button...but I don't see it! How many calories per serving?
    Reply
    • Momma Cyd says:
      April 7, 2021
      The MAGIC buttons have been gone for a long time. We are slowly adding nutrition facts to all of our recipes. I went ahead and updated this recipe. So the nutrition facts are now there for the Tomato Macaroni Soup. Hope this helps. This is for 6 servings with this recipe. If you get 8 servings, it will be fewer calories.
      Reply
  39. Cheryl B says:
    January 3, 2022
    This sounds wonderful! I need a recipe to serve 70 tho!
    Reply
    • Momma Cyd says:
      January 4, 2022
      If you have a big roaster oven or borrow a few slow cookers, you could make multiple batches and keep it warm until ready to serve.
      Reply
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