Crock Pot Southwestern Hamburger Soup recipe is a perfect crock pot meal for dinner or lunch. It has all your favorite flavors of a Mexican dish with cumin, tomatoes with chilies and beans. Hamburger soup is a tasty way to use ground beef to stretch those food budget dollars to feed the family.
Open the canned beans and drain then rinse in a colander.
Brown the ground beef in a skillet and drain well.
Slow Cooking
Place all the browned ground beef, drained beans and corn kernels into a 7 or 8 quart crock pot.
Pour the can of undrained tomatoes into the slow cooker.
Add the garlic, cumin, chili powder, and black pepper to the crock pot.
Pour the beef broth in and mix the ingredients to combine.
Heat the ingredients on high for one hour.
After one hour add the uncooked elbow pasta to the crock pot and stir.
Cook on high for 3-4 hours or until the pasta has cooked and the soup is piping hot.
Top each serving with shredded cheddar cheese before serving.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Recipe Expert Tips
Pasta: Cooked pasta can be substituted for the uncooked pasta in this recipe. If using cooked pasta stir the el dente pasta into the soup 30 minutes before serving.
Topping suggestions: Top with shredded cheese, sour cream, sliced jalapeno peppers if desired.