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    Home / Recipes / Main Dishes / Beef Recipes

    Quick & Easy Mexican Style Soup

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    White bowl filled with soup of beans, tomatoes, and beef, topped with shredded cheddar cheese, tortilla chips, and sour cream, garnished with cilantro; text quick and easy mexican style soup Add Salt & Serve formerly Menus4Moms

    If you keep cooked ground beef and sautéed onions in your freezer, you can have this easy soup on the table in under 15 minutes.

    White bowl filled with soup of beans, tomatoes, and beef, topped with shredded cheddar cheese, tortilla chips, and sour cream, garnished with cilantro.

    While we use canned beans and tomatoes, if you have the time and want a less expensive option, you can use cooked dried beans. You'll have extra cooked beans for the freezer, saving money over buying canned beans each time you need them.

    If you aren't using our method of cooking ground beef to stock the freezer, consider that it takes less time to cook 5 lbs. of ground beef all at once than it does to cook 1 lb. of ground beef 5 separate times. You'll do less dishes, save on freezer space (cooked meat takes up far less room than raw), and save time.

    Combining this method with stocking your freezer when you find a good price on ground beef can save you money as well. If you do no other bulk cooking, stocking cooked ground beef and cooked chicken when it's on sale results in major time and money savings.

    White bowl filled with soup of beans, tomatoes, and beef, topped with shredded cheddar cheese, tortilla chips, and sour cream, garnished with cilantro.

    Quick & Easy Mexican Style Soup

    This hearty one pot meal is ready in only 30 minutes (15 minutes if you keep cooked ground beef and sautéed onions in your freezer!).
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine Mexican
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 435

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 lb. cooked ground beef
    • ½ cup onion, chopped
    • 3 cups water
    • 2 16 oz. cans light kidney beans, undrained
    • 2 16 oz. cans stewed tomatoes, diced
    • 2 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
    • 2 tablespoon taco seasoning mix

    Additional condiments as desired:

    • avocado, peeled, pitted, and chopped
    • shredded cheddar cheese
    • sour cream
    • tortilla chips
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    Instructions

    • Place ground beef and onion in a soup pot and cook until beef is reheated and onion is tender.
    • Add water, undrained tomatoes, kidney beans, tomato sauce, and taco seasoning mix. Simmer, covered, until hot.
    • Add cheese, sour cream, avocado, and tortilla chips to soup if desired. Add jalapenos or salsa for a spicier soup.

    Notes

    If you keep cooked ground beef and sautéed onions in your freezer, you can have this easy soup on the table in under 15 minutes.
    Toppings not included in nutrition calculation.

    Nutrition per serving

    Calories: 435 calCarbohydrates: 50 gProtein: 34 gFat: 12 gSodium: 1288 mgFiber: 14 gSugar: 10 g
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    Posted by Mary Ann on July 29, 2019; Updated on September 16, 2021Filed Under: Beef Recipes, Quick & Easy Recipes, Recipes Using Cooked Ground Beef, Recipes Using Taco Seasoning, Soups and Stews, Stovetop Recipes

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    1. Blossom Smith

      August 26, 2019 at 7:50 am

      5 stars
      I’ve never made my own refried beans; they look and sound delicious! We’re such fans of cumin in my house so I’m sure these would be a big hit. Will have to make soon!

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