Cheesy Soup With Ground Beef Mexican

This easy, Cheesy Taco Soup is a completely satisfying, full-flavored soup that is made in one pot in under 30 minutes, then garnished with all your favorite taco fixins'!

We love a big ol' pot of soup when the weather turns cold! Other reader favorites include Zuppa Toscana, The Best Loaded Baked Potato Soup, and Homemade Tomato Basil Soup.

There is nothing like a good bowl of soup to warm you up on chilly days, and this Cheesy Taco Soup is loaded with wonderful flavors and textures that make it one of our go-to meals during the cooler months of the year. Plus, I can have it ready in less than 30 minutes, with minimal fuss, which is a huge help on busy, blustery days.

I have made plenty of taco soup recipes in the past, including the 7 can version where you basically just dump a bunch of canned stuff into a pot along with a packet of taco seasoning and heat it all up. But none of them hold a candle to this thick, cheesy taco soup that is hardly any more work!

I remember when my oldest daughter, who is 6 ½ now, wouldn't eat soup no matter what kind I offered to her. Which really bummed me out, because I'm a big soup fan and I love to eat it all fall and winter long!

But she has come around and now she loves soup just as much as I do, I think. Potato Corn Chowder, Homemade Chicken Noodle & Dumpling, Zuppa Toscana, and especially this easy, Cheesy Taco Soup are her favorites!

One thing that I think is really important to note when making cheesy soups is that you really need to use freshly grated cheese, rather than the pre-grated stuff that you can buy at the store.

Pre-grated cheese is coated with a powder to prevent it from clumping and sticking, and it doesn't melt into the soup nearly as well as when you grate the cheese off the block.

I debated calling this cheesy enchilada soup or beef enchilada soup instead of cheesy taco soup, mostly because the recipe calls for a 10 oz. can of red enchilada sauce. But ultimately I decided that one of the bigger factors for me in enchiladas are the tortillas, which this soup does not have.

And I actually have a favorite chicken enchilada soup that has corn tortillas in it that I will share with you at some point too, so cheesy taco soup it is!

I typically use whatever brand of enchilada sauce I find at the store, and sometimes can only find the large cans, in which case I use half of it and refrigerate or freeze the other half for future use.

One of these days I'll get around to sharing an recipe for homemade enchilada sauce, which isn't hard to make at home, but sometimes I don't want to mess around making an ingredient to go into another recipe, and using store-bought enchilada sauce just speeds up the process and makes it so I can get this cheesy taco soup on the table in under 30 minutes, which I love.

Possible toppings for your cheesy taco soup include:

• tortilla chips or strips
• avocado slices
• cilantro
• lime wedges
• diced red onion or chopped green onion
• additional grated cheese
• diced tomatoes
• sour cream or Mexican crema

Or you can just eat it plain, which is entirely delicious too, although I really think adding some of the fresh ingredients like the diced tomatoes and onions are a great idea to balance out the cheesiness of the soup and add texture as well as flavor.

More Soup Recipes for Soup Lovers

• Easy Minestrone Soup
• Zuppa Toscana
• Creamy Leftover Turkey Wild Rice Soup
• Slow Cooker Tuscan White Bean Soup
• Creamy Irish Leek and Potato Soup
• One Pot Lasagna Soup
• Smoked Salmon Chowder
• San Francisco Cioppino Seafood Stew
• Chicken Avocado Lime Soup

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• ▢ 1 lb lean ground beef
• ▢ 1 medium onion chopped
• ▢ 1 teaspoon chili powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cumin
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ▢ ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• ▢ 1 red bell pepper diced
• ▢ 4 cloves garlic minced
• ▢ ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 15 oz. can kidney beans rinsed and drained
• ▢ 1 15 oz. can black beans rinsed and drained
• ▢ 1 4 oz. can mild diced green chilies
• ▢ 1 cup salsa
• ▢ 1 10 oz. can mild enchilada sauce
• ▢ 6 cups chicken broth
• ▢ 1-2 cups water
• ▢ 4 oz. reduced fat cream cheese cubed and softened
• ▢ 1 cup freshly grated sharp cheddar cheese
• ▢ 1 cup freshly grated Pepper Jack cheese

Optional garnishes

• ▢ Avocado sliced or diced
• ▢ Cilantro chopped
• ▢ Green or red onions chopped
• ▢ Lime wedges
• ▢ Sour cream or Mexican crema
• ▢ Tomatoes diced
• ▢ Tortilla chips
• ▢ Additional shredded cheese

• In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, brown the meat with the onions until fully cooked.  Add all of the spices and seasonings, chopped bell pepper, and garlic and stir well to combine.  Sprinkle the flour over the ground beef mixture and stir to combine, then continue to cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 2-3 minutes.

• Stir in the kidney beans, black beans, green chilies, salsa, enchilada sauce, chicken broth and 1 cup of water (additional water may be added later to thin soup to desired consistency).  Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened.

• Over low heat, stir in the cubed, softened cream cheese until completely melted.  Remove the soup from the heat, then stir in the cheddar and Pepper Jack cheeses until melted.  Add additional water to thin the soup, if desired.

• Serve with any or all additional garnishes, although I almost never skip the diced tomatoes, onions, and cilantro, which add both texture as well as flavor to the soup.

You could also make this in the slow cooker by first browning the meat and onions, then adding them to the slow cooker with all the remaining ingredients except for the cream cheese and the Pepper Jack and cheddar cheeses.  Cook on high heat for 3-4 hours, or on low for 6-8 hours, then stir in the cream cheese and other cheeses until melted as described in the recipe above before serving.

Adapted from Carlsbad Cravings.

Calories: 339 kcal | Carbohydrates: 13 g | Protein: 28 g | Saturated Fat: 11 g | Cholesterol: 93 mg | Sodium: 1059 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 4 g

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