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!
Related Posts: Whole30 Compliant Almond Milk Brands, Target Whole30 Compliant Items, Walmart Whole30 Compliant Items
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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Melanie says
Really good! I have to add a little spice (chili powder or hot sauce) to spice it up but we’ll worth saving in my recipes. Is the nutritional information available?
Kathleen says
This is an absolute family favorite! We made it when we were doing Whole30, but we continue to make it on a regular basis. I usually make it on the stovetop. LOVE IT!
paleobailey says
I’m so glad you enjoyed!! Thank you so much!
Annie says
Second time I’ve made this, stovetop both times. Whole family loved it both times. Say if tastes like the first bite of a McDonald’s hamburger.
KT says
This soup is so good! My whole family loves it, including the choosiest little one among us! We do like mustard on our burgers so we doubled the mustard.
Jody says
Can this be made on stove top?
paleobailey says
Sure!
Amber says
Delicous! My husband loves it and my picky eater son will eat it too. A great healthy option. This is the second recipe of your’s that I have tried. Both were fantastic. I’m becoming a big fan of Whole30.
paleobailey says
I’m SO happy to hear this! Thank you so much!!
Nikki says
Do you have to put potatoes in it?
paleobailey says
It’s what helps make it thicker!
Cortney Selander says
I was sure what to expect with this, but honestly I’m blown away!! Such a great flavor and honestly tastes exactly like a cheeseburger!! Will definitely be making this again!!
paleobailey says
I’m SO glad to hear this! Thank you so, so much!
Jennifer C Jardine says
Delicious flavor! The whole family loved it!
paleobailey says
I’m SO glad to hear this! Thank you so much for giving it a try and taking the time to come back and leave a review!
Jolene says
Can you sub out the almond milk for something else? Nut allergy
paleobailey says
Any other type of milk would be fine!
Katie Marie Anderson says
Is nutritional yeast necessary if I don’t need to be dairy free? Having a hard time finding it.
paleobailey says
It does make it have a “cheesey” nutty type flavor, but you can omit. It will change the color a bit too. Depending on where you’re located, they have it at both my super target near me and walmart.
Katie says
Love this recipe! It was so so easy to make. Substituted celery with bell peppers as I didn’t have any celery on hand. Both my husband and I went back for seconds… and thirds! Highly recommend!
Meg says
This was DELICIOUS!! Can you freeze it?
Cassie says
Made this in the instant pot – sauteed the ground beef & garlic and then cooked it all on manual for 25 minutes. It turned out great, though I haven’t made it in the slow cooker so maybe it’s even better like that. I was out of parsley so I swapped in basil… turns out basil is 100% not a good substitute for parsley – moral of the story, if you don’t have parsley, just leave it! Thanks for another great recipe!
Renma says
This is SO good!!! Does it freeze well or is that not recommended because of the Almond milk? Would love to have some of this “on demand” if possible.
Nicole dipaola says
Should the potatoes be peeled?
paleobailey says
It’s a personal preference, really. I don’t, but you certainly can!
Judy says
I must admit I was a bit skeptical of this recipe but for some reason was drawn to it. So glad I made it! It will definitely be a regular in my rotation! I shared it with a friend and she totally agrees.
Erica Voll says
When you say “can of tomatoes” what size can?
paleobailey says
14.5 oz (or standard can size)
Lauren says
Hello! Do you have any idea how you could do this in the Instant Pot instead of a slow cooker? Thank you 🙂 Looking forward to trying it.
paleobailey says
Hello! I haven’t tried / tested it in the instant pot, so I would hate to give instructions based on a guess and have it not work out correctly. The IP has a slow cooker function though, if you wanted to try that.
Kayli says
I used the instant pot to make mine, put it on high for 15 minutes and a quick release. Worked out perfectly!
Kayli Arjes says
I did it in the instant pot! 15 minutes on high with a quick release, turned out great!
Shayna says
Can I do this in the Instant Pot?! ?
paleobailey says
Sure!