This Slow Cooker Macaroni Hamburger Soup Recipe will make everyone at the dinner table happy when it’s suppertime! This recipe is large enough for leftovers the next day – if you can resist eating two bowls!
Love using your slow cooker? Try our Honey Garlic Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs or our Rich & Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes.
For a delicious stove top version of this soup, try this macaroni hamburger soup!
Easy Crockpot Macaroni Hamburger Soup
This has become a new favorite to make in our slow cooker! I love a good hamburger soup, but adding noodles to it turns this into a really hearty meal. On its own hamburger soup is filling but once you get those elbow macaroni noodles in there, you almost have a plate of pasta!
Which Crockpot should I use to Make Slow Cooker Macaroni Hamburger Soup?
For this recipe, we recommend the following slow cookers. While this recipe will certainly work in other styles, these ones afford the right amount of space for just the right amount of food.
Tips for Making the Best Slow Cooker Macaroni Hamburger Soup
- Use your favourite frozen vegetable mix, I happen to love the one with lima beans! You an use just peas and carrots, just corn and carrots, really this is such an an easy soup to customize that you really can’t go wrong with any choices!
- The tomato soup is what gives this classic soup that really retro taste like what your Mom or Grandma used to make. If you don’t want to use it, you can add a can of diced tomatoes and a little extra salt instead.
- You can definitely sub in ground turkey for the meat if you want!
- This is an easy recipe to double if you have a large crockpot.
- This is a hit at parties, make it and let guests help themselves!
Hope you enjoy the slow cooker macaroni hamburger soup!
Happy cooking!
The Fast and Slow Cooking Team
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You’ll need
Ingredients
Instructions
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Fry the ground beef and onions together until the ground beef is cooked and the onions are translucent. Add in the garlic and fry until brown. Drain the fat and place in the bottom of a crockpot.
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Stir in the tomatoes, tomato soup, beef broth, bay leaves, thyme, frozen vegetables, sugar and pepper.
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Simmer on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 8-10.
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Right before serving, cook the macaroni to al dente according to the package directions. Drain and add to the hamburger soup.
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Remove the bay leaves. Ladle into bowls and serve.
Nutrition per serving: 334 calories
- Calories
- 334 kcal
- Carbohydrates
- 44 g
- Protein
- 27 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
- Polyunsaturated fat
- 1 g
- Monounsaturated fat
- 2 g
- Trans fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 53 mg
- Sodium
- 680 mg
- Potassium
- 958 mg
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 7 g
- Vitamin A
- 2583 IU
- Vitamin C
- 20 mg
- Calcium
- 76 mg
- Iron
- 5 mg
Nutrition is an automatic estimate and will vary with the brands you use.
What about the sugar in the recipe?
What do you do with the sugar?
Updated the instructions, thanks!
Can this be prepped the day before?
Made this for super bowl weekend. It’s was so so good. I added the uncooked macaroni in at the the last hour of cooking and it turned out perfect.
Fixed
I don’t see an amount for the sugar, just you add the sugar with the pepper. ??
Loved the soup. The whole family did. Do you have nutritional info for this soup?
Stir it in as per the instructions
This soup is delicious and super easy. However forgot to lower the number from 8 to 4…so there’s a lot there. Do you think I can freeze some?
Yes absolutely
This is similar to my veggie soup – sometimes I put hamburger in and sometimes I don’t (only because when I eat beef several days in a row, underneath my eyes swell and dr said it’s a sensitivity to beef when one is sensitive to it. I do not put tomato soup either – only because I have to watch the acid) – but I will put fresh tomatoes in, whorestershire (*sp), celery and potatoes – and all other veggies. I can eat it everyday – and did once when I was trying to lose weight and got down to my idea weight which was smaller than I was in my early 20’s. Thi sis a great soup – I do not put as much noodles in mine, but I do put some in.
Was in the mood for veggie soup and came across this gem! Me and the husband are eating this for dinner tonight. It smells delicious and was super easy to make! Thank y’all for the recipe!
Tried it out for the first time. I used beef and pork. My husband and son both enjoyed it. We did use something different from your recipe we used some
V-8 Juice . Love it
Just made this today. Raining n cold. My husband enjoyed it and said to make it a favorite.
I was raised on this type veggie soup, only we called it “Slumgullion” . This was before slow cookers and instant pots were popular so we just dumped in any leftovers from the fridge that we wanted and let it cook till the pasta was done. Very hearty with cornbread during cold weather. My kids were raised on it also!!! Quick n easy. Thanks for sharing.
Patricia Marter,I havent herad anyone call it that in
YEARS!!!!..We called it the same thing growing up but if i say it now nobody knows what I am talking about!…I ate alot of it growing up and still love it to this day!
Great recipe and it makes a lot! We love all of the vegetables in it. Great with cornbread on a cold winter day. My husband loved the macaroni added to it.
Can’t you just add the raw macaroni and let it cook in the crockpot?
You can certainly try but this recipe we do not.
This sounds amazing. I will be adding some hot Hatch green chile as well 😋
I have made the soup before but i have not used a crock pot. My question is will the noodles cook if it is in with everything else? 🤔
Any idea if it freezes good with the macaroni?
It should!
Made it for a birthday party last night and everyone loved it.
haven’t tried yet, but will do it on stovetop. Love the idea of leftovers from fridge, too. As far as the sugar… I’m sure it doesn’t matter when you add it. I believe it is for cutting the acidic taste from the tomatoes or tomato soup. Too bad the person who posted this soup doesn’t answer the questions from readers…
I’ve actually been answering most of these. What question did you have?
I tried this soup according to the recipe and it was very good. I will use this recipe next week for a soup kitchen I work at and multiply X 12 to cook for 100. It’s a hearty soup, I will serve it with crackers, grilled cheese sandwich’s, salad, and fruit. Thank you for a good soup recipe that is easy and nutritious.
Could you also put the pasta in and let it cook with the rest of the soup?
No. You put it in the last 30 or 40 minutes. Other wise it will be mushy . I cook my macaroni in a separate pot and add it in as I’m ready to serve or add it to individual bowles n pour soup on top.
I don’t like garlic in my soup, so I omitted it and used Italian Seasoning. The soup was VERY tasty. Next time I will either halve the amount of macaroni or use more beef broth, as I found it not brothy enough for my liking. Very good, though. My first time making hamburger soup.
I made this tonight for supper and it was delicious. I added a teaspoon of Mrs. Dash for extra flavor. Yum. Will definitely make again soon.
Can I use potatoes instead of macaroni
Can chicken broth be substituted for beef broth even though I’m putting burger in the soup?
Sounds yummy. I have a bunch of canned vegetables could I use them instead of frozen?
Should be fine
Why do you cook it for so long since everything’s pre cooked except vegetables is this something you could cook in like 30 min?
You can try but this is how we have always cooked it and it’s perfect every time.
The point of this recipe is that it cooks all day while you are at work, there aren’t any stovetop recipes on this website! Check the post for the link to a stovetop hamburger soup version!
I made the mistake of adding the noodles to the crockpot and letting them cook the whole time. 🤦♀️ The noodles were all mushy and not good. Next time I’ll know.
Fantastic soup I did it in the slow cooker!!
What is one serving size.?
I made it today but did not do pasta cut up potatoes and used instead ,also bell peper and Tabasco with Rotel Tomatoes and a sliced Jalapeno
I made the mistake of putting too much ground beef, now I had to dip some out. my mistake for not paying attention
Can the extras be pressure canned? If so how would I do it?