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One Pot Cowboy Soup

This one pot cowboy soup recipe is an easy and healthy dinner recipe, perfect for a delicious and hearty family meal! Makes DELICIOUS leftovers!
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 6 -8 servings
Author: The American Patriette

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 lb lean ground beef
  • 1 yellow onion diced
  • 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
  • 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with green chiles
  • 1 c salsa*
  • 1 15 oz can ranch style beans
  • 1 15 oz can corn drained
  • 1 12 oz bag frozen mixed veggies
  • 6 c beef broth
  • 1 c brown quick-cooking rice

Instructions

  • Brown meat in a large soup pot until it’s only about halfway pink. Add diced onion and saute until onion & beef are fully cooked.
  • Add remaining ingredients except the rice, cover, and bring to a soft boil - this will take about 20 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to a slower simmer and continue to simmer for about 15 minutes.
  • Add rice, place the cover back on, and continue to simmer for about 10 minutes.
  • Remove from heat, ladle into bowls, and serve topped with cheddar cheese, sliced avocados, and cilantro, as well as with cornbread!
  • Enjoy!

Notes

*For the salsa, you can use homemade salsa if you have it, or you can use store-bought chunky salsa. I've made it both ways, and as long as the salsa is yummy, your soup is in good shape! I just always use a salsa that's been made with tomatoes (rather than a salsa with a base of peppers or tomatillos).
Tips:
  1. Serve this cowboy soup with a batch of cornbread! You and your fam will LOVE it!
  2. This makes fantastic leftovers! No, the rice doesn't get too mushy at all after sitting in the soup for a couple of days.
  3. Yes, you can definitely freeze it! It thaws and reheats just fine.
  4. No, the frozen veggies don't taste frozen as long as you simmer it long enough! They get very tender in the soup.
  5. But, you could use fresh veggies if you really want to! I'm a big fan of fresh veggies in almost every dish, but I also like having healthy & hearty dishes in my meal planning routine that I can make directly from staples in my pantry & freezer, and this is one of those recipes!
  6. If you want to, you can sub 1lb of hamburger meat with ground turkey. That's how I used to make the soup, but now I just use 2lbs of lean ground beef.