Cheeseburger Soup Recipe - Crockpot Style

This is soup is similar to potato soup, but it's a bit heartier with more veggies and meat!

Prep Time25

Cook Time4

Total Time4 25

Course: Slow Cooker, Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cheeseburger Soup Recipe - Crockpot Style

Servings:

Calories: 546kcal

1.5-2 Pounds cooked ground beef
1 onion diced
1 Tablespoon of minced garlic
2 Cans 14.5 ounce Diced Tomatoes
1 pound bacon cooked & broken into pieces
6-7 small to medium Potatoes Cubed (or can substitute shredded potatoes/hashbrowns if you want to freeze ahead)
1 Cup of chopped or shredded carrots
8 oz pkg of cream cheese Cubed
8 Cups of Chicken Broth
2 teaspoons of Salt
1 teaspoon of Pepper
2 cups of milk
1/2 cup of flour
3 cups of cheddar cheese shredded

Place cooked ground beef, garlic, diced tomatoes, 1/2 of the cooked bacon, onion, potatoes, carrots, cream cheese, chicken broth, salt and pepper into the slow cooker. Cook on low for 7 hours. One hour before done cooking, whisk milk and flour together and pour into the slow cooker. Add the 3 cups of cheese at this time as well. Let cook another hour or so. Top with shredded cheese and bacon pieces.

Cook bacon & ground beef.
Crumble the bacon & place half of it in a quart sized freezer bag.
Chop the carrots & onion.
Chop the cream cheese into cubes.
Substitute 6-7 potatoes for 3-4 cups of hashbrowns.
Add all ingredients except milk, flour and cheese to the gallon size freezer bag.
(Can freeze cheese in another freezer bag to make sure you have enough on cooking day)
Label & Freeze as flat as possible.
Get out of freezer the night before to let thaw. (If you forget, can cook frozen, just add an extra hour of cooking time to it)
On cooking day, follow instructions in original recipe.

Servings: 10-12 (made enough for our family of 8 to have at least 2 servings each)