Ground Beef Salsa Soup Recipe

"This was inspired from a Homemade Hamburger Helper recipe recently posted here by SwissMiss. I just made this very recently and was very happy to use up a half jar of picante sauce that was sitting in my fridge for a while. This turned out quite good!"

Original is 5 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (446.8 g)
Calories 1002.1
Total Fat - 41.8 g
Saturated Fat - 20.8 g
Cholesterol - 170.4 mg
Sodium - 1585.7 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 101.7 g
Dietary Fiber - 6.2 g
Sugars - 8.8 g
Protein - 50.4 g
Calcium - 500.4 mg
Iron - 5.4 mg
Vitamin C - 10.2 mg
Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

In a Dutch oven or 4-quart saucepan, cook the ground beef with bell pepper until browned (about 12-14 minutes, meat should be well browned). Add in garlic and next 4 spices the last 2 minutes of cooking.

Step 2

Add in Picante sauce and milk/cornstarch mixture; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer 1 hour uncovered stirring frequently (the liquid should be reduced by almost half). Mix in 2 cups cheddar cheese and cooked pasta the last 8-10 minutes of cooking time; heat through. Season with more salt and pepper if needed.