This comforting soup combines ground beef and vegetables and makes a great, quick dinner for any season.

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Soup is warm, comforting, and always delicious.

A hamburger soup in a blue decorative bowl

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The key ingredient is, of course, hamburger meat.

Brown the hamburger first, and then use the fat released by the meat to cook the vegetables.

This gives the veggies great flavor!

A Dutch oven full of hamburger soup

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Finally, simmer the soup with broth and diced tomatoes for just twenty more minutes and you’re done.

Serve it with some crustygarlic breadon the side for a perfect home-cooked meal!

Diced potato, canned/frozen corn, and green beans works great in this soup.

Hamburger soup with vegetables resting in a blue bowl

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Break it apart with a wooden spoon into large chunks.

When browned, use a slotted spoon to transfer the ground beef onto a paper towel-lined plate to drain.

Stir in the tomato paste and garlic, and cook about 30 seconds, until fragrant.

Ground beef cooking and being stirred in a Dutch oven

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Add in the oregano, salt, and pepper, and stir to combine.

Stir in the diced tomatoes, beef broth, and red wine (if using).

Lastly, add the cooked ground beef back to the pan.

Sautéing carrots, onion, and celery in a Dutch oven

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Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.

Bring the soup to a rapid simmer.

Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and cook for about 20 more minutes.

Diced Tomatoes being added to vegetable sauté

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Dole the soup out into individual bowls and serve hot from the pot.

Leftovers will keep up to 5 days refrigerated, or up to 3 monthsfrozen.

Cooked Ground beef on a plate

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Hamburger soup ingredients simmering in pot

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