This is the BEST Taco Soup Recipe! A little spicy and delicious, this soup that’s made with pantry staples! If you can open a can – you can make this fabulous soup!
Easy Taco Soup Recipe
This is a recipe to keep in your back pocket for busy days or if you’re trying to stretch a buck.
It’s great for a beginning cook because if you can brown ground beef and use your can opener …..you can make this soup!
This is a simple soup packed with flavor.
This is my Mom’s recipe, and she’s been making it for years. It’s a recipe I make probably once a month because it’s easy, good and pretty good for you too! That’s the trifecta in my opinion!
It freezes great and tastes even better on day two! I’ve tweaked it a bit by adding diced onions and hominy, but you can sub green beans if you’re not a fan of hominy.
Ingredients and steps to make the soup
Ingredients for Easy Taco Soup
- ground beef – for meatiness in the soup, you can also use ground turkey.
- onion – I like the sweetness of a yellow onion.
- pantry items – canned olives and corn, kidney and pinto beans, hominy and/or green beans, canned chopped jalapenos, fire-roasted tomatoes.
- taco seasoning – use a packet or your own homemade spice mix.
What kind of beans go in taco soup?
Black Beans, kidney beans and pinto beans would be my first choice. However, if all you have in the pantry was cannellini or
This is a great pantry staple meal!
Easy Recipe for Taco Soup
Can you make Taco Soup in the Crock Pot?
Absolutely! Just brown the meat first. Then add all of the ingredients to the slow cooker.
Taco Soup Recipe
Steps to make Easy Taco Soup Recipe
- Brown ground beef.
- Add the chopped onion and taco seasoning packet and saute.
- Open the cans – DO NOT drain.
- Add all of the remaining ingredients in with the taco meat and onions.
- Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil, stir well. Reduce heat to low, stirring occasionally.
- Simmer for an hour – serve and enjoy!
Crock Pot Directions
- Brown the meat in a sauce pan and drain well.
- Add it to the slow cooker.
- Top with the remaining ingredients – stir to combine.
- Cover & cook on low for 4 hours.
Optional Garnishes for Soup
If desired, serve this soup garnished with;
- chopped tomatoes
- jalapenos
- Monterey jack or cojita cheese
- sour cream
- chips
But seriously, this soup can stand on its own without any garnish – it’s just delicious!
Leftover soup? No problem – here’s what you make on day two!
- Don’t forget this soup freezes great, so freeze a quart for later. Then on day two….
- Easy Nachos! Just drain the excess liquid and top your favorite chips, add some cheese and toss it into the oven to get the cheese all melty.
- Top off a baked potato.
- Delicious on a big salad
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More delicious Mexican flavored soups to enjoy!
I love all of the big hearty flavors in Mexican cuisine and soup? That definitely brings it! Some of my favorites include Mexican Meatball Soup, Authentic Posole and Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup. A few more include:
More of my favorite hearty soups!
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Ladle – this one is on my wishlist because it’s so whimsical! Plus it comes in a variety of colors and makes eating a great soup that much more fun!
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Easy Taco Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 can sliced olives
- 1 14.5 oz can kidney beans
- 1 14.5 oz can pinto beans
- 1 14.5 oz hominy don’t like hominy? substitute a can of green beans
- 1 14.5 oz can corn
- 2 tablespoons canned jalapeños chopped *
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 2 14 oz cans fire roasted tomatoes
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Brown hamburger meat and drain well.
- Add the chopped onion and taco seasoning packet. Sauté for a couple of minutes. Open all of the cans – do not drain – and dump everything (juice and all!) in with the taco meat.
- Increase the heat to high and bring everything to a boil, stir well.
- Reduce heat to low, stirring occasionally. Simmer for one hour covered. Serve with chopped cilantro, sour cream & tortilla chips.
Notes
- Brown the meat in a sauce pan and drain well.
- Add it to the slow cooker.
- Top with the remaining ingredients – stir to combine.
- Cover & cook on low for 4 hours.
Psychic Nest
Hi Debra,
What a full of flavor recipe! I do it as well to my mom’s recipes, I change them so as to fit my taste. Your taco soup looks really easy to make and I can’t wait to try it. Thank you for sharing!
Zaria
Bowl Me Over
Wonderful, thanks Zaria – we’ve enjoyed this soup for many years, I hope you do too! Thanks for stopping by!!
Healing Tomato
This looks so hearty and delicious. I have always wanted to make a taco soup. I think I will try using some homemade sofritos in place of the beef.
christine
My son just discovered his love for tacos. This will be an awesome way for me to switch up taco night. I can only eat tacos so many nights – this will be a great way for him to still have the flavors but in a soup!
Bowl Me Over
Thanks Christine – I just love this soup, my Mom has made it for years. It’s so good!
Angela @marathonsandmotivation.com
Soup season is here…can’t wait to try this, Pinned 🙂
Bowl Me Over
Awesome – let me know what you think Angela!
Michelle Turner
I know what’s for dinner tonight. Perfect after TOO MUCH TURKEY.
Liza
My husband loves Mexican flavors! And I’m always nervous about making Mexican because I’m not familiar with this cuisine! But this recipe sounds so doable! I HAVE to make it! Thanks!!