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Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Beef Taco Soup

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This colorful beef taco soup freezer meal can be cooked in the Instant Pot or slow cooker. It is so easy to throw together. Hearty soups are great for cold winter days or drizzly summer ones.corn, beans, and tomatoes in a clear bag and then in a bowl with broth and ground beefIt’s nice to have a few bags of this soup in the freezer. It’s such a simple but filling meal and I always love a meal that has multiple cooking options. Serve for lunch or dinner.

Beef Taco Soup Recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup ground beef, browned
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 12 oz. can kernel corn
  • 14 oz. can diced tomatoes
  • 14 oz. can pinto or black beans
  • 3 tsp. taco seasoning
  • salt, pepper
  • 1 cup water or beef broth*

Assembly Instructions:

  1. Place all the ingredients into a large resealable freezer bag.
  2. Remove the excess air, seal, and freeze. 

black beans, ground beef, corn, tomatoes, and broth in a clear bag

Instant Pot® cooking instructions:

  1. Add the bag contents thawed or frozen into the Instant Pot.
  2. Add 1 cup water or beef broth. Saute for 5 minutes.
  3. Lock the cover into place and seal the steam nozzle. Choose the soup setting and set it for 10 minutes.
  4. Let pressure release naturally for 5 minutes before releasing any remaining pressure.

Slow Cooker Cooking Instructions:

  1. Take the bag out of the freezer and thaw.
  2. Add at least one cup of water or beef broth.
  3. Cook in the crock-pot on low for 4-5 hours.

corn, beans, ground beef, and tomatoes in broth in a bag, then in a slow cooker, and then served in a bowl

Stovetop Cooking Instructions:

  1. Thaw.
  2. Add 1 cup water or beef broth.
  3. Bring to a boil and turn heat to low. Simmer 20 minutes.

What to serve with Beef Taco Soup:

This hearty soup goes well with cornbread, buns and butter, chips and salsa, or quesadillas. soup with corn, tomatoes, and broth visible in the slow cooker

Beef Taco Soup Variations:

Use ground turkey or ground sausage in place of the ground beef.

Top with shredded cheddar or Tex Mex cheese and crispy tortilla strips to make this more of a complete meal. 

If you find this too spicy, you can add a dollop of sour cream on top of each bowl.beans, corn, tomatoes, ground beef in broth in a bowl

beans, corn, tomatoes, ground beef in broth in a bowl
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Beef Taco Soup
Prep Time
12 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
32 mins
 
Course: Soup
Servings: 4
Calories: 395 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 cup ground beef browned and cooled
  • 1/2 cup onion diced
  • 12 oz kernel corn
  • 14 oz diced tomatoes
  • 14 oz pinto or black beans
  • 3 tsp taco seasoning
  • 1 cup water or beef broth
  • 1 pinch salt and pepper
Instructions
Assembly Instructions:

  1. Place all the ingredients into a large resealable freezer bag.

  2. Remove the excess air, seal, and freeze. 

Instant Pot® cooking instructions:

  1. Add the bag contents thawed or frozen into the Instant Pot. Add 1 cup water or beef broth. Saute for 5 minutes. Lock the cover into place and seal the steam nozzle. Choose the soup setting and set it for 10 minutes. Let pressure release naturally for 5 minutes before releasing any remaining pressure.

Slow Cooker Cooking Instructions:

  1. Take the bag out of the freezer and thaw. Add at least one cup of water or beef broth. Cook in the crock-pot on low for 4-5 hours.

Stovetop Cooking Instructions:

  1. Thaw. Add 1 cup water or beef broth. Bring to a boil and turn heat to low. Simmer 20 minutes.

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Sharla is a busy mom of 7 who is passionate about sharing her best secret to saving time, money, and stress… freezer meals. Read more…