Cabbage and Ground Beef Soup - Cabbage Soup With Hamburger and Kidney Beans

Cabbage and Ground Beef Soup is an old fashioned staple in many households. This easy cabbage soup has hamburger, kidney beans, and canned tomato basil soup of extra yummy flavor. Serve this up on a cold day with crusty bread or simple crackers.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cabbage and ground beef soup, cabbage soup with hamburger and kidney beans, cabbage tomato soup, ground beef cabbage soup, old fashioned cabbage soup

Servings: servings

Calories: 196kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 small onion, diced
1/2 large head green cabbage, diced
15 ounces red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
36 ounces canned tomato basil soup 2 19-oz cans work too

Instructions

Brown ground beef and onions, drain excess grease in needed.
In a large soup pan or saucepan, add diced cabbage, drained and rinsed kidney beans, tomato basil soup, and fried hamburger and onions. Stir to combine. Rinse out the tomato basil soup cans with a little water, and add that to the soup too!
Cook partially covered over medium/ low heat, letting the soup simmer until the cabbage is cooked to your desired texture, approximately 25-35 minutes.
Serve with crusty bread or simple crackers.

Notes

The original recipe calls for 1/2 a head of cabbage; if it's a small cabbage, I use the whole thing.
Dried, minced onion can be substituted for fresh, diced onion.
I always rinse out my soup cans with a little water to make sure I don't waste any of the soup. Add that water to the cabbage hamburger soup.
Do not sweat it if you have 19 ounce soup cans…a couple of extra ounces won’t hurt anything!
If your soup is a little thick, add more water during cooking.
Regular tomato soup works too instead of tomato basil; however, the added flavor from the tomato basil soup is well worth it.
Kidney beans could be omitted, or try swapping in another type of bean.
I also love making a milk based, creamier cabbage soup. Try this Amish Cabbage Soup Recipe too!
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