Easy Hamburger Soup Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Will raw ground beef cook in soup? ›

Can You Put Raw Ground Beef In Soup? If you cook it thoroughly in the liquid, yes you can. However I've found this beef takes better when it's cooked first and the broth and other ingredients are added after it's cooked.

Do you drain hamburger meat for soup? If your ground beef has a more fat than 90% lean beef, you will need to drain off the fat. For example, if you use 85% lean or 80% lean ground beef you will want to drain the fat after cooking the meat.

So, although the flavor still feels simple and familiar, it's not boring or flat. I also prefer to make this hamburger soup recipe without beef broth or stock; I prefer to use vegetable stock to balance the flavors out a bit.

Use fresh, good quality ingredients like vegetables and herbs. Add a little bit of vinegar or lemon juice to your soup to make it taste better. Use a high-quality broth or stock as a base for your soup. Roast or caramelize your vegetables before adding them to your soup to bring out their natural sweetness.

Probably not, but whatever you're making will taste better if you brown the beef before adding it to the soup. You season it & drain off the fat before adding it. To me it's more appealing if it's browned first.

Marinating the beef before adding it to the soup is not necessary, but it can enhance the flavor and tenderness of the meat. Consider marinating the beef in a mixture of olive oil, garlic, and herbs for at least 30 minutes before cooking.

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How to make Beef Soup. The key step here is to brown the beef well – aggressively is the term that I use. This adds a ton of flavour to the beef itself and the broth, from the brown bits on the bottom of the pot that dissolves into the broth.

Step 1: Add the ground beef to a hot, heavy bottomed pan. Step 2: After the beef has cooked for 3-5 minutes, add the salt. Step 3: Once the fat has rendered, add in the spice mixture.

Like beef broth, chicken broth is a kitchen staple and makes a good substitute if you are all out of the meaty broth. This savory, salty liquid has a milder flavor than beef broth but is a good one-to-one replacement. Chicken broth also has a similar nutrition profile to beef broth, low in calories and high in sodium.

What can I use in soup instead of broth? ›

Water. This simple swap should suffice in most recipes that call for broth. To give H2O more depth, you may want to compensate by adding more spices like salt, pepper and bay leaves to your recipe and a tablespoon or two of olive oil to mimic the richness of broth.

Yes, soup can be made with water instead of broth. Once the veggies and solid ingredients cooked, a water can be added and boiled which inturn gives you great taste and flavour as broth based soup. So any water based soup can also taste as good as broth based soup.

For clear, brothy soups, stock is your most important ingredient. If you want to make a good soup, you need to use an excellently flavored stock — otherwise, the entire pot could be tasteless.

For a basic beef soup using stewing cuts of beef, such as chuck or brisket, the cooking time can range from 1.5 to 3 hours. This duration allows the collagen in the meat to break down and become tender, resulting in a flavorful and satisfying soup.

Pour beef broth and water into a large soup pot. Stir in parsley, celery leaves, bay leaf, and marjoram. Stir in beef mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender, about 45 minutes.

Pho is often served with meatballs, sliced cooked brisket (don't be afraid to try it with smoked brisket, though it isn't traditional), and, as mentioned above, raw sliced beef that is added to the bowl to be cooked by the hot broth.

So, I'm finally happy to say the trick to tender beef soup is to simmer it long enough, for about two and half to three hours and use beef chuck instead of stew meat. I trimmed the hard fat off the beef chuck and chopped it into mostly even size pieces. It doesn't have to be perfect for it to be tender and delicious.