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    Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes

    Nov 6, 2021 · 8 Comments

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    This Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes (gluten-free) is a healthy and filling meal that the whole family will love. Simple ingredients like sweet potato, bell pepper and corn make this a winning recipe🏅

    A blue bowl filled with Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes
    This hamburger soup recipe with sweet potatoes is easy to make and delicious!

    Any soup on a weeknight can be a lifesaver but this soup with ground beef and vegetables checks all the boxes:

    • Easy to make
    • Needs simple ingredients
    • Gluten-free and delicious

    Inspired by a hamburger soup recipe I had growing up, this warm, delicious recipe is now a family favourite in my house now.

    If you're into soup recipes you can make on a weeknight, be sure to check out this one for Healthy Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup (no beans) too!

    Here's what you'll need to make this hamburger soup with sweet potatoes recipe:

    • 1 lb ground beef
    • Onion
    • Celery
    • Sweet potato - 1 medium
    • 1 red or orange pepper
    • 1 can diced tomatoes
    • 1 small can tomato paste
    • Frozen corn niblets
    • Beef broth - low sodium
    • Garlic
    • Dried basil, dried oregano and salt and pepper

    See recipe card below for quantities and instructions.

    Two blue bowls filled with Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes on a brown wood table
    With the tomatoes, bell peppers and corn, this ground beef soup counts as your veggie serving too!

    Here's how you'll make this hamburger soup:

    What makes this an "easy" hamburger soup recipe are the straight-forward steps:

    1. Cook the celery and onion in a little oil over medium heat in a large pot
    2. Add the ground beef, cook it (see below-some commenters cooked the beef first so no extra oil is needed.)
    3. Once the ground beef is cooked through, add the canned tomatoes, tomato paste, beef broth, diced sweet potato and peppers, garlic, basil and oregano to the pot. Stir to combine.
    4. Turn up heat to medium-high, cover and bring to a slow boil. Then reduce heat to low-medium, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are softened.
    5. After 10 minutes, add the frozen corn. While the soup simmers, add salt and pepper to taste.

    See recipe card below for detailed instructions.

    Substitutions

    Can I use regular potatoes instead of sweet potatoes in this recipe?

    Yep! If you don't the sweet potatoes, just replace them 1:1 with regular potatoes.

    This recipes calls for about 2 - 2.5 cups of diced sweet potatoes.

    Frozen vs. canned vs. fresh corn

    You can use frozen or canned corn for this recipe.

    If you have fresh, corn on the cob you can try using by carefully cutting the corn niblets off the kernel.

    Let any fresh corn you use cook a little longer in the soup as it will be pretty starchy, not being cooked at all.

    You can also use corn on the cob that was previously boiled or BBQ'd for this soup.

    Close up of Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes in a blue bowl with a silver spoon beside it
    Top this soup with shredded cheese and some sour cream - goes perfectly with the ground beef.

    I have a big package of ground beef? What can I do with the leftovers?

    A few ideas for your leftover ground beef:

    • You can make an easy meatloaf and freeze it for later
    • Try this delicious soup: Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes
    • Up for a salad? Check out this Healthy Taco Salad with Ground Beef and Kidney Beans
    • And if you really don't feel like making anything else, just wrap the ground beef tightly in saran wrap and pop into the freezer for up to 3 months. Take out the frozen beef the night before you want to use it

    Storage

    This recipe will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

    Once you make the soup and it's cooled down, store in a large container with a lid that seals shut in the fridge.

    When you're re-heating the hamburger soup, you can heat it on the stove-top in a small saucepan until warmed through.

    You can also re-heat the soup in the microwave but be careful when you warm it up.

    Be sure to cover the bowl of soup with a paper towel to prevent ground beef and tomatoes from being sprayed all over the inside of your microwave.

    Tips for freezing

    You can freeze this hamburger soup for up to 1 month. To freeze: cool the soup down and then place in a large enough container with a lid that seals.

    To thaw frozen soup, take out from the freezer the night before. Let it thaw out in the fridge overnight.

    Then re-heat as above.

    I hope you try this hamburger soup recipe it and love it like we do.

    If you make it, I'd love to hear what you think!

    Just leave your two cents in the comments below and I'll get back to you.

    ~April

    PS. Want more gluten-free and healthy recipes?

    Check out these out:

    • Easy Chicken Soup with White Beans
    • Spinach and Citrus Salad with Sweet and Spicy Almonds
    • Sheet Pan Maple Dijon Chicken and Broccoli Bake
    • Easy Winter Soup with Beans
    • Butter Lettuce and Pomegranate Salad
    • Easy Sweet and Spicy Shrimp
    • Healthy Banana Bread with White Beans
    • Easy Weeknight Ground Turkey Soup
    Two blue bowls filled with Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes on a brown wood table

    Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes

    This Easy Weeknight Hamburger Soup with Sweet Potatoes is great for a healthy and filling meal that the whole family will love. Plus, leftovers are super yummy too!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: hamburger soup, soup
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes
    Servings: 6
    Author: April

    Ingredients

    • 1 small sweet onion finely diced
    • 3 stalks celery diced
    • 1 lb lean ground beef 0.5 kg
    • 1 - 28oz can canned diced tomatoes 796ml
    • ⅓ cup tomato paste 1 small can (90ml)
    • 4 cups beef broth
    • 1 large sweet potato about 2.5 cups diced
    • 1 red pepper diced
    • 1 clove garlic minced
    • 2 tablespoon dried basil
    • 2 tablespoon dried oregano
    • 1 cup frozen corn
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • Pepper to taste

    Instructions

    • Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a dutch oven or other large pot on medium heat. Dice onion and celery.
    • Cook diced onion and celery in the oil for approximately 3-4 minutes, until the onions start to become translucent and the celery softens. Stir often. Season with a little salt.
    • Add ground beef and cook until the beef is cook through, about 6-8 minutes, breaking up the clumps with a wooden spoon. Again, season with some salt and pepper.
    • Once the beef is cooked through, add the canned tomatoes, tomato paste, beef broth, diced sweet potato and peppers, garlic, basil and oregano to the pot. Stir to combine.
    • Turn up heat to medium-high, cover and bring to a slow boil. Then reduce heat to low-medium, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are softened.
    • After 10 minutes, add the frozen corn. While the soup simmers, add salt and pepper to taste.
    • Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream and cilantro on top.

    Notes

    This recipe makes about 12 cups of soup. Leftovers are good in the fridge for 3 days.
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    Comments

    1. Kristen says

      May 28, 2020 at 8:48 pm

      5 stars
      This was delicious! I fried the hamburger meat first so that the drippings would be enough to cook the onions and celery. That way, no extra oil was needed.

      Reply
      • April says

        May 29, 2020 at 7:09 am

        Hey Kristen - so glad you enjoyed it! I love the idea of cooking the hamburger meat FIRST to cut the extra oil. Right on. Thanks for commenting ????

        Reply
    2. Sharon Hagglov says

      August 30, 2020 at 10:02 pm

      This sounds delicious , ....my husband &I aren't able to add tomato paste to recipes because of the acidity, heartburn, and stomach issues , any suggestions to boast the flavor ....I'll cook the hamburger first as well , ... we are great soup lovers so this will be on the menu , ...is it able to be frozen ., thinking about the sweet potatoes

      Reply
      • April says

        August 31, 2020 at 2:57 pm

        Hey Sharon,

        Thanks for the comment. I totally hear you on the heartburn (I have the same thing).

        To keep the flavour up and thicken the soup (as the paste helps here too), you could try stewed drained tomatoes for a similar flavour comparison (will give you a little more water - have to drain well) OR if more tomatoes isn't great for the heartburn too, some people will make a "paste" from red peppers - for a similar texture, one would de-seed, chop, puree and then simmered to reduce the moisture.

        Check this article out if you want more details: https://www.oola.com/life-at-home/2458892/5-possible-substitutes-for-tomato-paste/

        I've frozen half of the recipe once and it was fine. Yes, the sweet potatoes loose a little shape/texture naturally. It wasn't frozen long - maybe a couple weeks.

        Hope this helps!

        April

        Reply
    3. YtheWait says

      September 05, 2020 at 4:36 am

      Lovely!! Thanks for sharing.......

      Reply
      • April says

        September 05, 2020 at 6:02 am

        Thank you! I hope you love it 🙂

        Reply
    4. Order Food Online says

      January 18, 2021 at 10:42 am

      I Like this recipe I will try this at home.

      Reply
      • April Saunders says

        January 18, 2021 at 6:12 pm

        Thank you! Hope you enjoy it????

        Reply

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