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Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup

January 9, 2025 by Julie - The Recipe Life Leave a Comment

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This Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup recipe is hearty browned ground beef with tender potatoes, carrots, and celery in a rich beef broth infused with softened cream cheese for a savory soup perfect for cold winter evenings!

Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup with a sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese in a white bowl.

Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup is a family-friendly soup recipe everyone can enjoy! Its hearty beef, fresh vegetables, and a mild but savory creamy beef broth are the perfect amount of flavor for both kids and adults. It’s an easy soup recipe that’s made with common ingredients and pantry staples. Plus, this hamburger soup with cream cheese has no hidden ingredients or leafy greens that might scare kids away. This soup makes a great main dish! Then add a fresh side salad and warm homemade peasant bread for a fantastic, complete meal. This creamy hamburger potato soup is comfort food reinvented into soup form!

Stock pot of finished hamburger potato along side empty bowls, spoons, and a helping of this delicious soup sprinkled with shredded cheddar cheese.

As we hail from a Midwestern farm family, this Creamy Hamburger and Potato Soup is our jam. It’s quick and easy for busy weeknight dinners and boasts classic beef flavors and fresh vegetables. A requirement for growing families. This is a soup our kids love! It’s not full of surprise vegetables and has a mild but rich flavor. Finally, this winter soup warms you up on a long day! (I hate being cold!) Creamy hamburger potato soup is a delight of simple ingredients that, after one bite, will quickly become a staple in your family’s meal rotation!

How to Make Easy Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup

Creamy Hamburger Potato soup is a one-pot meal idea that satisfies the belly and warms the soul. The hard work is in prepping the veggies; however, then it comes together with simple steps for a delicious soup recipe your whole family will love!

Creamy Hamburger and Potato Soup in a bowl. It's hearty beef, tender vegetables, and a creamy beef broth base. It’s a thick and savory soup perfect for winter months!

Ingredients for Hamburger Potato Soup with Cream Cheese

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 5 cups  or 4 large russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 4 cups beef broth
    • A rich and flavorful beef broth is essential to this soup. We use this beef broth base and love how it compliments this delicious soup! Having a beef broth base on hand ensures you will never be out of broth, making it easier to throw together recipes with a busy schedule!
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened and cubed  OR 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup OR 2 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup OR 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons avocado or olive oil
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (for garnish)
The ingredients for the BEST creamy hamburger potato soup with cream cheese: Ground beef, diced onion, cream cheese, minced garlic, flour, carrots, celery, peeled and cut potatoes, beef broth, oil, and seasonings.

Instructions for Hamburger Potato Soup with Cream Cheese

First, heat olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Then add the ground beef, onion, and garlic and cook the beef until the meat is no longer pink and browned. Constantly crumble the beef as it cooks.

Step one for a creamy hamburger soup with potatoes. Brown the beef in an oiled stock pot with the minced garlic and onion.
Browned beef with minced garlic and onions in a large stock pot.

Then stir in the carrots and celery, and cook for 5 minutes.

Chopped celery and carrots on top of browned hamburger in a stock pot.
Cooked tender carrots and celery with browned beef.

Next, sprinkle the flour over the mixture, stirring to coat the vegetables and beef evenly. Then, pour the beef broth, potatoes, salt, pepper, and paprika. Mix to combine and bring the soup to a boil. Then, reduce the heat to a simmer for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork-tender.

Flour sprinkled on top of the cooked beef and vegetables.
Stir the flour into the veggies coating them evenly.
Add the potatoes, beef broth, and seasonings to the cooked beef and vegetables in the stock. pot.
Stir the soup and bring it to a boil. Then simmer for 20 minutes.

Finally, gently stir the softened and cubed cream cheese until dissolved and heat through. Serve hot, garnished with shredded cheddar cheese.

Cubes of softened cream cheese added into the cooked beef soup.
Completely dissolved cream cheese in hamburger and potato soup making a creamy beef broth.

Storing Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup

Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup stores well. Please keep it in an airtight container for up to 5 days. The flavors often deepen after a day. Reheat in a pot on the stove or the microwave.

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A bowl of tender potatoes, carrots, and celery with browned ground hamburger in a creamy beef base with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.
Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup with a sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese in a white bowl.

Creamy Hamburger Potato Soup

Creamy Hamburger and Potato Soup is a one-pot meal idea of hearty beef, tender vegetables, and a creamy beef broth base. It’s a thick and savory soup perfect for winter months!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound ground beef lean
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 cup carrots chopped
  • 1 cup celery chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 5 cups russet potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 4 cups beef broth
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperture and cubed
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese garnish

Instructions
 

  • Heat olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Then add the ground beef, onion, and garlic and cook the beef until the meat is no longer pink and browned. Constantly crumble the beef as it cooks.
  • Stir in the carrots and celery, and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Sprinkle the flour over the mixture, stirring to coat the vegetables and beef evenly. Then, pour the beef broth, potatoes, salt, pepper, and paprika. Mix to combine and bring the soup to a boil. Then, reduce the heat to a simmer for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork-tender.
  • Finally, gently stir the softened and cubed cream cheese until dissolved and heat through. Serve hot, garnished with shredded cheddar cheese.

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