Easy Cheeseburger Soup

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Now you can enjoy your favorite sandwich off the grill in soup form! When it's too cold to fire up the grill anymore, satisfy your cheeseburger cravings with this easy, cheesy soup recipe.

Cheeseburger Soup
Photo: Jason Donnelly
Total Time:
45 mins
Servings:
6

Ingredients

  • 1 pound 93% or leaner ground beef

  • 2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms

  • 1 medium red or green sweet pepper, cut into thin bite-size strips (1 cup)

  • 1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges (1/2 cup)

  • 1 cup 50% less sodium beef broth

  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour

  • 3 ½ cup fat-free milk

  • 8 slices reduced-fat American-flavor process cheese product, torn (5 ounces)

  • teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 3 cup coarsely chopped fresh spinach (about 2 1/2 ounces)

  • 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced or chopped

  • 1 cup whole grain croutons

  • 2 tablespoon snipped fresh chives

  • ½ of a medium cucumber, sliced (optional)

Directions

  1. In a 4-quart Dutch oven cook ground beef, mushrooms, sweet pepper, and onion over medium heat until beef is browned and vegetables are tender, stirring to break up meat as it cooks. Drain off fat.

  2. In a small bowl whisk together broth and flour until smooth. Add broth mixture to beef mixture; bring to boiling. Stir in milk. Cook and stir until bubbly; cook and stir for 1 minute more. Reduce heat to low. Add cheese and black pepper. Cook and stir until cheese is melted. Stir in spinach just before serving. To serve, ladle soup into bowls. If desired, top with tomato, croutons, chives, and, if desired, cucumber.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

313 Calories
12g Fat
23g Carbs
29g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 6
Calories 313
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 12g 15%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 56mg 19%
Sodium 619mg 27%
Total Carbohydrate 23g 8%
Total Sugars 11g
Protein 29g
Vitamin C 35.4mg 177%
Calcium 464.5mg 36%
Iron 2.9mg 16%
Potassium 535mg 11%
Folate, total 68.5mcg
Vitamin B-12 0.8mcg
Vitamin B-6 0.2mg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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