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Creamy Potato & Hamburger Soup Recipe

Creamy Potato & Hamburger Soup Recipe

Make Creamy Potato & Hamburger Soup Recipe for cozy weeknight comfort—ready in about 45 minutes.

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Yield6

Ingredients

Instructions

Step 1: Brown the hamburger

Warm a large, heavy pot and add the ground hamburger, breaking it up as it sears until the meat is fully browned and no longer pink. Work with a wooden spoon or spatula to crumble the beef so you end up with small, evenly browned pieces that will disperse throughout the soup and provide savory depth. Once browned, drain any excess fat, leaving just the flavorful browned crumbles behind in the pot to cling to the bottom and add toasted notes to the base.

Step 2: Add the vegetables, water, and bouillon

Return the pot with the browned beef to the surface and add the chopped potatoes, onion, celery, the measured water, and the beef bouillon cube, seasoning lightly with salt and cracked black pepper. Stir everything together so the starchy potato pieces nestle among the meat and vegetables, then bring the mixture up to a gentle boil—this is the moment the ingredients meet and the broth begins to bloom with beefy, vegetal flavor.

Step 3: Simmer until vegetables are tender

Reduce the heat and let the pot settle into a slow simmer, cooking until the potatoes are tender and the onions and celery have softened into translucent ribbons. The soup at this point has become a cohesive, homogenous broth studded with soft potato chunks and crumbled beef, the liquid slightly cloudy from released starch and the vegetables’ softened edges.


Step 4: Enrich with milk, cheese, and cream of potato soup

Stir in the milk, the shredded cheese, and the can of cream of potato soup, folding them into the hot broth so the cheese begins to melt and the cream soup emulsifies into a thicker, silkier body. Keep stirring gently so the dairy blends without separating—this transforms the earlier broth into a creamy, velvety base with glossy swirls and pockets of melted cheese.

Step 5: Finish gently and serve

Lower the heat to the gentlest setting and cook just until everything is heated through and the texture is uniformly creamy; the potatoes should hold shape but be tender, the beef dispersed as small crumbles, and the broth thick and smooth. Taste and adjust salt and pepper, then ladle into bowls and serve immediately for the most comforting mouthfeel and warm, savory aroma.


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