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Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup is a thick and hearty soup with chunks of ground beef, shredded carrots, sliced celery all cooked together in a creamy base topped with onions and bacon bits. All of the goodness of a cheeseburger packed into an amazing hearty soup!
Cheeseburger Soup
This Cheeseburger Soup is my favorite soup on the blog.
It is also very popular and gets rave reviews every single time.
I don’t think I have ever had a bad comment about this delicious soup.
But I do get a lot of comments asking me if it can be made in the slow cooker. I had to test it our for myself!
Me and my slow cooker are BFF’s.
Especially when it is busy around the holidays.
Who am I kidding. It is always busy.
That is why I love using my slow cooker year round.
It was so nice to just throw all of the veggies and potatoes in this soup right in the slow cooker.
Let it cook all day and have a delicious hearty cheeseburger soup for dinner.
This soup was just as incredible in the slow cooker.
And I love making it because I am reminded why this soup is so good!
All of the goodness of a cheeseburger is packed right inside this soup and it is incredible.
Whether you make it in the slow cooker or on the stovetop, you have to experience all of the goodness of this soup for yourself!
What you need to make slow cooker cheeseburger soup
- Ground beef
- Onion: chopped
- Carrots: shredded
- Celery: diced
- Basil:
- Parsley flakes:
- Butter:
- Chicken broth:
- Potatoes: peeled and diced
- Flour:
- Cheddar cheese: shredded
- Milk:
- Salt and pepper:
- Sour Cream:
- Toppings:
- Green onions:
- Bacon bits:
How to make slow cooker cheeseburger soup
- In your slow cooker, add diced potatoes, chopped onion, diced celery, carrots, parsley and basil. Add chicken broth. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high 4-6 hours or until potatoes and veggies are tender.
- About 30 minutes before it is done, cook the ground beef in a medium saucepan about 4-5 minutes until brown. Remove and set aside.
- In the same pan, add the butter. Melt the butter and add flour and cook until bubbly. Add the salt, pepper, milk and sour cream.
- Add cream mixture, cheese, and ground beef to the crockpot. Stir and and continue to cook until the cheese is melted. Serve with optional toppings.
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Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 4 cups peeled and diced potatoes
- ¾ cup chopped onion, about 1 medium onion
- ¾ cup shredded carrots about 1 ½ whole carrots
- ¾ cup diced celery about 1 ½ ribs
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter divided
- 3 cups chicken broth
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ cup sour cream
Optional toppings:
Instructions
- In your slow cooker, add diced potatoes, chopped onion, diced celery, carrots, parsley and basil. Add chicken broth. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high 4-6 hours or until potatoes and veggies are tender.
- About 30 minutes before it is done, cook the ground beef in a medium saucepan for 4-5 minutes until brown. Remove and set aside.
- In the same pan, add the butter. Melt the butter, add the flour, and cook until bubbly. Add the salt, pepper, milk, and sour cream.
- Add cream mixture, cheese, and ground beef to the crockpot. Stir and and continue to cook until the cheese is melted. Serve with optional toppings.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I know this recipe is older, so don’t know if you’ll see this comment. Can I substitute sour cream for plain Greek yogurt?
Hi Kristin, you can, it just won’t be as creamy.
Made this tonight. It is great. I added 15 oz diced tomatoes, drained. Loved it. Thinking about adding some mustard to the cream sauce next time.
Thanks Jim! I appreciate you taking the time to come back and leave a comment and review.
Could I use tortellini instead of potatoes?
Hi Chris, I haven’t tried it, but I think it would work. I would wait until the last 30 minutes or so of cooking to add the tortellini. Let me know how it turns out!
Is the nutrition information per serving? Or for the whole recipe?
Per serving! And the recipe serves about 8.
Absolutely delicious recipe! Tysm for sharing it. I used frozen shredded has browns that I had in the freezer. It was perfect 🤩
Excellent recipe. ThankYou for sharing. Used Idahoan instant hash browns and hydrated them before adding to crockpot to cook with other veggies. Super easy comfort food.
This was delicious! I used frozen hash browns! Will definitely make again!
Four cups of frozen hash browns, shredded or cubed ?
Can you tell me what kind of hashbrowns?
Is it ok to add the cooked hamburger while potatoes are still cooking? Any downside?
No, that works!
this was my first try at cheeseburger soup. This was the one recipe that I had all the ingredients on hand, to my happy surprise, mine can out better than was Zoup sells. I made mine with Velveta and added a can of petite dice tomatoes. Easiest part was having a $1 bag of Kroger from mirepoix onion, celery and carrots, so easy peasy tossed them in the power pressure cooker after browning the burger. Tossed everything else and set the cooker to slow cook for 4 hours. Amazing amazing.
Can I make this the day before for work the next day and just heat it up on-site?
Yes! This is a great make-ahead soup!
I washed but did not peel the potatoes. Turned out great and more nutritious!