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Our Crockpot Vegetable Beef Soup is loaded with savory ground beef and hearty vegetables. It’s perfect for busy days when you want a warm, filling dinner waiting for you. Just toss the ingredients into your Crockpot and let it do the work.
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Best Crockpot Vegetable Soup Recipe
You’ll love this recipe because it’s:
- Easy: Minimal prep, just brown the beef, prepare the vegetables, and throw it all in the slow cooker.
- Healthy: Packed with vegetables and protein.
- Comforting: A hearty, warm meal for chilly days
Serve it with garlic bread or our favorite homemade dinner rolls for a complete, satisfying dinner. Once you try this, you’ll never go back to canned soup again!
How to Make Crockpot Vegetable Beef Soup
Ingredients
Here’s everything you need for this simple and delicious soup:
- Ground beef: You can also use ground turkey or plant-based beef (like Impossible or Beyond Beef brands).
- Onion: Yellow or white for flavor.
- Beef broth: The savory base for this soup.
- Vegetable juice: Adds depth and tang. Tomato juice works too.
- Potatoes: Russet, Yukon Gold, or red for heartiness.
- Carrots: Baby carrots or thick slices of whole carrots.
- Frozen corn and peas: Fresh or canned can also be used.
- Seasonings: Bay leaf, celery salt, garlic powder, kosher salt, and black pepper.
Instructions
- Brown the Beef: In a skillet, cook ground beef with onion until browned. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add to Crockpot: Combine the beef and all other ingredients in the Crockpot.
- Slow Cook: Low setting for 6-8 hours, or high for 3-4 hours until potatoes and carrots are tender.
That’s it! Your house will smell amazing, and dinner will be ready to serve.
Stove Top Vegetable Beef Soup
No time to wait for the Crockpot to do the work? No problem! This vegetable beef soup recipe can also be made by browning the beef and onion, adding the remaining ingredients and simmering for 30 minutes on medium-high heat. I have prepared it both ways and it is delicious both ways.
“This was so easy to put together. I used V-8 juice and it turned out excellent.
-Frances A. Warren
Thank you for sharing this recipe. Tasted just like my mom used to make. So good!!”
Gather your family around the table and enjoy this warm, hearty meal. Nothing brings people together like a bowl of homemade soup!
Crockpot Vegetable Beef Soup
Equipment
- Crockpot Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 quart vegetable/tomato juice click here or store bought works fine
- 4 medium potatoes diced (you can peel them if you prefer, but leaving the skin on is good too)
- 1 cup frozen corn canned corn works well too.
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2-3 carrots sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste (start with 2 teaspoons of each)
Instructions
- In a skillet cook ground beef with onion until browned and season with salt and pepper.
- Place cooked ground beef mixture and remaining ingredients in a large slow cooker and cook on high for 2 to 3 hours or low for 4 to 6 hours or until potatoes are fork-tender.
- *If you do not want to use a slow cooker, brown beef and onion in a large pot or Dutch oven and add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are fork-tender.
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Customize Your Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup
One of the best things about this recipe is how adaptable it is. Here are some ideas:- More Veggies: Add green beans, zucchini, bell peppers, mushrooms, celery, or leafy greens like spinach or kale.
- Noodles or Rice: Swap potatoes for pasta or rice. We recommend adding these cooked just before serving.
- Beans: Kidney beans, navy beans, or lentils add extra protein and fiber.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Try adding a splash of Worcestershire sauce, red wine, hot sauce, or a pinch of smoked paprika. Fresh herbs like thyme or rosemary also add flavor.
Yes, just double check that the beef broth you are using is gluten free.
This vegetable beef soup freezes beautifully! Freeze it in airtight containers for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge before reheating.
Storing and Reheating
To store, allow the soup to cool to room temperature, and then transfer to an airtight container.
- Refrigerator: Store in the refrigerator for up to 4 to 5 days.
- Freezer: Freeze up to 3 months.
- Reheating: Warm on the stovetop, in the microwave, or in a slow cooker. Add a little broth if need to adjust the consistency.
More Crockpot Soup Recipes to Try
Soup is a comforting and loving dinner that hugs you from the inside out. Here are some more recipes to try:
My husband, I love the soup. We put stew meat instead of hamburger. added onions and we put vegetable broth instead of tomato juice. Very delicious. Highly recommend this recipe.
Thank you for sharing your variation of the recipe, Cheryl! I will give it a try. It sounds delicious!
I made this recipe to serve friends at a dinner party. It was a huge hit! Everyone enjoyed its delicious deep flavours! This is a keeper for sure!
So glad you liked this! I am literally making it TODAY too. It’s such a great soup for cold weather!
A wonderful recipe
A wonderful recipe
If you add celery, admit the celery salt? Thanks
Since I have a garden I added some fresh skinned and diced tomatoes instead of tomato juice, celery instead of celery salt, some cut up zucchini, and green and yellow beans to the soup. That was in addition to fresh dug potatoes and carrots, picked peas fresh onions, and frozen corn. I also minced a couple cloves of garlic instead of using powdered. I added beef consommé, also. I can’t rate the recipe as printed because I changed so many things and added the veggies according to their cooking time. The recipe gave me a great starting point and it’s delicious.
That sounds delicious! Glad that you made it your own. We will have to try it that way too!
This was so easy to put together. I used V-8 juice and it turned out excellent.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. Tasted just like my mom used to make. So good!!
I added extra veggies so it took a little longer, but well worth the wait.
I forgot the tomato juice. I have tomato paste and tomato soup on hand… can I substitute with either of those?
Yes! If you use the tomato paste, add a little water or chicken broth to thin it out.
This was an easy delicious recipe that tastes just like my grandma’s favorite soup. I’ll be making it again!
There’s nothing better than beef soup in the crockpot in the fall. Thanks for sharing your recipe!!
Definitely perfect for the cooler weather we are starting to have! I love the minimal prep time and how everything can just be thrown into the slow cooker. Yum!
I love vegetable beef soup! I’m so glad I found this recipe so that I can make it easily in the crock pot!
I have never made vegetable beef soup with ground beef and it’s so good! Love using my crockpot again now that the weather is cooler! Thank you!
I used Veg all. And V8. I also put in some large Elbow noodles. Was the best.
At what point did you add in the noodles so they weren’t over done?
What a delicious recipe! We loved it! This is the time of year when we love soup recipes, we will definitely be making it again soon!