lunch · beef
Cheeseburger Soup
Creamy soup with ground beef, potatoes, and cheddar — eats like a burger.
10
Serves
30–60m
Prep
$4.30
Per person
Scale to
10
Ingredients
- Ground beefmeat/protein2.5 lb$15.00
- Russet potatoproduce5 potato$3.50
- Sharp cheddardairy2 cup$10.00
- Yellow onionproduce2 onion$2.00
- Carrotproduce5 carrot$2.50
- Celeryproduce5 stalk$1.50
- Beef brothpantry7.5 cup$3.00
- Whole milkdairy2.5 cup$1.00
- All-purpose flourpantry10 tbsp$0.50
- Dill picklespantry10 pickle$4.00
Instructions
- 1
Brown beef, drain. Sauté onion, carrot, celery in pot 8 min.
- 2
Add diced potatoes and broth. Simmer 15 min.
- 3
Whisk milk and flour, stir in to thicken.
- 4
Stir in cheese off heat until melted. Return beef.
- 5
Top with diced pickle, serve.
Prep Timeline
T-50Brown beef, sauté veg
T-30Simmer potatoes
T-10Thicken, add cheese
T-2Pickle topping
Firehouse Notes
- Add cheese off heat — direct heat = grainy soup.
- Pickle on top sounds weird, tastes essential.
Estimated total
$43.00
$4.30 per person