Cheeseburger Chowder
There is one meal I make in which I have takers for leftovers. This is that meal. This is that soup. Typically my children are one meal wonders. They don’t like leftovers. At. All. Where I am always trying to make “just enough” for this reason, usually I am bringing lunches that clean out the fridge to work, which isn’t a bad thing. Thursday is usually leftover night, which has no fans at all. Except, maybe the puppy, who loves a leftover turkey slice or a hamburger warmed up in the microwave for a few seconds.
However, this Cheeseburger Chowder is the no soup left behind miracle in my house. Very easy, a recipe I have only recently started to make as a result of my friend Erika (of the Eggplant Rollatini), and Beth (of the mandatory fun), I make this chowder in the cooler months at least once every three weeks. In my world, that is a regular rotation. It still gets eaten, every time.
The one part of this recipe that I love is the chunks of Sweet Potato. So pretty, and healthy too.
Cheeseburger Chowder with Sweet Potatoes
The one part of this recipe that I don’t love but it literally makes the chowder and it is not the same without it, good old Velveeta Cheese. (Is Velveeta Cheese)?
Yes, this soup holds ground beef, onions, crumbled bacon, sweet potato, and processed cheese product. I have made this chowder with real cheddar and the consistency was different, the taste was just as good, but a chowder thats soupy isn’t really chowder in my son’s eyes, so off to two grocery stores to find the block of orange wonder that makes this chowder.
Essentially this whole chowder is made in the crock pot. I pre cook the ground beef and onions and bacon because I like the consistency and the sweet potatoes
Cheeseburger Chowder
cook in the crock pot with the melty cheese.
It can be prepped the night before, it is so yummy, and like I said, its a hearty well received soup in our house.
For serving, I either serve this with tortilla chips, or crumbled bacon, hot sauce, or extra shredded cheese. It’s also good with a fresh salad, so you feel good about basically eating a bacon cheeseburger with sweet potato fries in chowder form!
I hope you enjoy this recipe, and as always, thank you for coming to the table!
Chrissy
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PrintBacon Cheeseburger Chowder with Sweet Potatoes
Hearty Bacon Cheese Burger with chunks of sweet potato!
Ingredients
- 3 Pounds 80/20 Ground Beef
- 32 Ounces of Velveeta Cheese (The BIG BLOCK)
- 1/2 Package Thick Sliced Bacon chopped into 1/2 inch dice.
- 24 Ounces Beef Stock
- 24 Ounces Beef Broth
- 3 Sweet Potatoes, Peeled and Cubed
- 1/2 Sweet Onion
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Chop and saute 1/2 Sweet White Onion – set aside.
- In a fry pan, cook diced bacon until crispy. Drain off fat and add chopped onion
- Saute onion until translucent. Add bacon and onion to crock pot set on low.
- Fry your ground beef until brown and cooked. Drain off the fat and add meat to the crock pot.
- Add chopped sweet potatoes to the crock pot and season with salt, pepper, and Worcestershire.
- Add beef stock, and beef broth to crock pot.
- Cook on low heat 4 hours or until sweet potatoes are soft.
- Cube Velveeta cheese and put in crock pot. Turn heat up to High.
- Stir melted cheese throughout the soup until combined.
- Serve with tortilla chips, or soft rolls, and a smile.