This Whole30 slow cooker cheeseburger soup might be dairy-free, but you won’t notice with how creamy and full of flavor it is. It’s an easy weeknight dinner to toss in the crock pot, or a simple paleo and gluten-free recipe to meal prep for the week because the leftovers are so delicious! Using ground beef and tons of vegetables, this Whole30 soup is sure to be a new favorite!
Whole30 Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup Ingredients
For this slow cooker soup, you’ll need two pounds of ground beef, a few common spices such as garlic powder, dijon, beef broth, nutritional yeast (which gives it that cheesy flavor!), and almond milk. You’ll also need vegetables, including a can of diced tomatoes, white onion, celery, and potatoes. Don’t skip the dill pickles! Many grocery stores carry Whole30 compliant options!
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How to Make this Slow Cooker Soup
This Whole30 cheeseburger soup is really easy to make. You’ll first want to brown the hamburger and mix in the garlic powder. While it’s browning, go ahead and add all of the vegetables into the slow cooker, but leaving out half of the potatoes. Once the beef has browned, drain out the grease so it doesn’t end up in the slow cooker. Then, stir in the mustard with the beef and transfer it to the slow cooker.
Add everything else remaining into the slow cooker with the beef and vegetables, except for the water and the almond milk. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours. With the leftover uncooked diced potatoes, you’ll add them to a bowl with the water. Place them in the fridge until the soup is almost done.
When it’s just about ready, remove the bowl of water with the potatoes and microwave them to cook them quickly. You’re then going to add the almond milk and either use your immersion blender, or add the water, potatoes and almond milk into a food processor, or high speed blender. Blend it up until it’s smooth, thick and creamy. Pour it into the slow cooker and stir in to incorporate with the soup.
Add some burger toppings once you dish it out, such as shredded lettuce, more pickles, green onion or additional chopped white onion!
Other Whole30 Soup Recipes You’ll Love:
Instant Pot Sausage Supreme Pizza Soup
Best Whole30 Chicken Soup (Instant Pot & Stove Top)
Chicken Taco Soup (Instant Pot & Slow Cooker)
Mexican Albondigas Meatball Soup
PrintSlow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup: Whole30, Paleo, GF, Dairy-Free
This Whole30 slow cooker cheeseburger soup might be dairy-free, but you won’t notice with how creamy and full of flavor it is. It’s an easy weeknight dinner to toss in the crock pot, or a simple paleo and gluten-free recipe to meal prep for the week because the leftovers are so delicious! Using ground beef and tons of vegetables, this Whole30 soup is sure to be a new favorite!
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: Serves 8
- Category: Soup
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 can diced tomatoes with liquid
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1/3 cup chopped dill pickles
- 1 cup diced celery
- 3 cups diced russet potatoes, divided
- 3 cups beef broth (can sub chicken broth)
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast (or 1/2 cup for a more “cheesy” flavor)
- 1 tbsp dried parsley
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups almond milk
Instructions
- In a large skillet, brown the ground beef and add the garlic powder. Once it’s browned, drain the grease well. Return it to the skillet and mix the mustard into the cooked ground beef.
- Add the diced tomatoes, diced onion, chopped pickles, diced celery, 1.5 cups of the diced potatoes, broth, nutritional yeast, parsley, salt and pepper into the slow cooker and then add the ground beef. Stir to combine and place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or low for 6-8 hours.
- While it’s cooking, store the remaining 1.5 cups of diced potato in a bowl with the 1 cup of water in the refrigerator.
- 30 minutes prior to serving, remove the diced potato and water bowl from the fridge and microwave for for 6 minutes, or until the diced potato chunks are fork tender. Remove from the microwave and either use an immersion blender to blend in the bowl, or pour them into a regular blender/food processor. Add the almond milk to the bowl or blender and blend until thick and smooth which creates a creamy base for the soup. Lastly, pour this into the slow cooker and stir to combine.
- Add any additional salt and pepper to taste and serve with shredded lettuce or green onion topping.
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Meredith says
Do you think you could substitute coconut milk for the almond milk? I’m allergic to almonds 🙁
paleobailey says
Yes! I think that would be fine 🙂
Sarah says
I used coconut milk today and it was amazing!
McKenzie says
This was so good!
DJ says
Wow this soup really surprised me. I wanted to try something new to us and let me tell you this will no longer be new… we will make all the time!
Betsy says
This was really yummy! Ended up doing it on the stove and it turned out great. Also, subbed cauliflower mash for the potatoes. I cooked frozen cauliflower rice and pureed it with almond milk in the blender!
paleobailey says
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you for sharing about the cauliflower. This is super helpful info to have for when others ask me about a potato substitute, so I really appreciate the feedback! <3 - B
Abbie says
This is the best soup recipe on the planet
Emily says
Can I use yukon potatoes in place of Russet potatoes?
paleobailey says
Sure!!
Christine says
SO delicious- comfort food in a bowl!!
paleobailey says
I’m so glad you loved it!! Thank you so much!
Christine says
SO delicious- serious comfort food in a bowl!!
paleobailey says
I’m so glad you loved it! Thank you!!
Briana says
Do you have any recommendations for potato replacement? I can’t have potatoes and didn’t know if daikon radishes could be used?
Thanks!
Wendy says
This is THE best soup I’ve ever made! Thank you!!
paleobailey says
You’re so welcome! Thank you for giving it a try!!
Katherine says
This was awesome! I have had to go dairy free for both my little ones and my husband has had to deal with no dairy for meals I make as well. My husband was very skeptical about the meal, but he loved it. He said it’s in his top 10 meals ever! Thank you so much for posting this!
paleobailey says
Woo!! This is amazing to hear! Thank you so much for giving it a try, and taking the time to come back and let me know it was a hit! It’s so appreciated! <3 - B
Kathy says
I made this tonight and we all looooooved it! My family gave it a 12! The flavor was spectacular! One question: Any clue what the calorie count would be? I’ll be definitely filing this with my favorites to make often. Especially if it ever gets cool here in AZ! Thanks so much!!
paleobailey says
I’m so glad you love it!! Thank you so much!
Kate says
Absolutely delicious! Our entire family loved it!
paleobailey says
Woo!! Thank you so much for giving it a try!! I’m so glad you all enjoyed it! <3 - B
whitley says
We made this soup tonight and loved it! I used a mixture of canned coconut milk and a coconut/almond milk blend because I didn’t have 2 cups of one of them and it was great! Loved the creamy potato as the thickener at the end! Dairy is one thing I know I don’t tolerate well so I’m glad to have this soup in my recipe box as I work towards re-intro and food freedom 🙂
paleobailey says
I’m so, so glad to hear this!! Thank you so much for giving it a try and taking the time to let me know how it turned out – it’s so appreciated!!
Kallye Brannon says
This soup was terrific! Thank you so much 🙂 This was my first successful meal using nutritional yeast
paleobailey says
Oh good!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know and leave a review – it’s so appreciated! 🙂 – B
Ally says
Can you use coconut milk instead of almond milk?
paleobailey says
That’s fine!!
Julie says
This soup is fantastic. My husband is already asking to have this again!
paleobailey says
So, so happy to hear this. Thank you!!
Kylie says
I was so surprised with this recipe! I was a little bit skeptical as was my husband but I made it and it was absolutely AMAZING! So delcious. Felt like a warm hug on a cold night. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Macy says
This is the best slow cooker recipe on the entire internet
Anita says
Holy crap this is amazing! Added bacon because why not? But truly so spot on with the flavors, the creaminess, all of it!!!