This 30-minute Vegetable Beef Soup is the perfect quick and easy meal! It’s loaded with cabbage, carrots, celery, onion, tomatoes and green beans plus ground beef and black beans. A hearty, comforting dinner that our whole family loves.
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I started making this soup recipe last fall. It came about like so many of my recipes do. I had found a tasty-looking recipe for homemade vegetable soup that I wanted to try for dinner, but I didn’t have some of the ingredients that it called for.
So I started substituting things and also tweaked some of the seasonings to get it to taste like a recipe that I thought we would love. And the result?
An easy vegetable soup recipe that my husband raved over and my children gulped down as fast I remember gulping down my own mom’s vegetable soup!
Why We Love This Recipe
Quick to Make. Takes just 30 minutes from start to finish.
Healthy. Full of nutritious veggies plus a bit of protein from the hamburger and black beans!
Makes a Lot. Perfect for cooking once and enjoying twice. Also works well for nights when you are having extra people at your table!
Freezes Well. Pop leftovers into the freezer to pull out on a busy day!
Easy Vegetable Soup Ingredients
- Ground Beef. Can substitute with ground turkey if preferred.
- Onion, Carrots and Celery.
- Green Beans. I use frozen, but canned would work just as well.
- Water.
- Broth. You can use chicken, beef or vegetable broth.
- Diced Tomatoes. Any diced tomatoes, including seasoned ones, will work great.
- Tomato or Spaghetti Sauce. Use your favorite brand!
- Black Beans. I think kidney beans would also work well.
- Chicken Bouillon. Beef bouillon can be used instead.
- Salt, Basil, Parsley, Oregano, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper.
- Cabbage. You’ll want to use green cabbage.
How To Make Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup
STEP 1: Brown the ground beef and onions together in a large stockpot until it’s no longer pink. Drain off the grease if needed.
STEP 2: Add all of the other soup ingredients except for the chopped cabbage.
STEP 3: Cover the pot with a lid and bring the soup to a boil.
STEP 4: Stir and reduce the heat to simmer once it boils. Keep it uncovered until the carrots are tender. You can simmer longer if you would like, the flavor will be even better!
STEP 5: Add the cabbage and stir. Continue cooking until the cabbage has wilted. Enjoy!
Helpful Tips
Save Time. I like to use this awesome chopper for recipes like this- it literally cuts my vegetable chopping time in half!
Freezing. To freeze, allow the soup to cool completely then transfer to a container, mason jar, or plastic bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
Reheating from Frozen. Allow to thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Reheat in the microwave or cook on the stovetop over medium heat until it’s warm all the way through.
Frozen Vegetables. If you don’t have fresh veggies on hand you can use frozen, it may just take a little less time to cook.
To Thicken. Since this is a broth-based vegetable soup it will not be super thick. If you want to thicken it up more, make a cornstarch slurry and pour it in. Then simmer until it is the consistency you would like.
Pair With. This soup is perfect for serving with rolls or biscuits. I love pairing with my easy Garlic Butter Swim Biscuits!
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Easy Homemade Vegetable and Beef Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 onion, finely chopped
- 2 c. carrots, thinly sliced
- 2 c. celery, diced
- 1 c. frozen green beans (can use canned instead)
- 5 c. water
- 14.5 oz. can chicken or beef broth (or scant 2 cups if not using a can)
- 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes with juice
- 2 c. tomato or spaghetti sauce
- 15.5 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. chicken bouillon (or beef bouillon)
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- 1 tsp. dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 2 c. cabbage, chopped
Instructions
- In a large pot, cook ground beef and onions together until beef has browned.
- Add remaining ingredients, except for the cabbage.
- Cover the pot with a lid and bring to a boil.
- Once soup is boiling, stir and then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15-20 minutes or until carrots are tender. If you can simmer longer, do! The flavor will become even better!
- Stir in the cabbage and simmer a few minutes more until the cabbage has wilted.
Kristin
If I would be cooking the soup in a slow cooker how long do you think I should cook it
Lydia Beiler
I have never done that, but if the ground beef is pre-cooked, I think you could cook it on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 7-8 hours. I don’t know how you would adjust things to make it work with raw ground beef or if that’s even possible as I don’t make that kind of thing in my slow cooker. Hope that helps!
Kristin
Thank you! I am cooking the ground beef first and then putting it in the crockpot. I’ve had this soup many times before and we all love it what a great recipe
Lydia Beiler
I hope it works well! (I think it should.) And so happy to hear that you love the recipe. It’s such a great, easy and delicious soup!
Julie
The vegetable beef soup was so easy to make and tasted great! It was even better the next day reheated.
Lydia Beiler
So happy to hear that you all enjoyed it, Julie! And we love this soup as leftovers too. It’s like the flavors kind of meld together even more than they did initially!
Glenda
I can’t believe how much flavor I got in this soup in only 30 minutes! It’s absolutely delicious!