127 Reviews of Bestest Hamburger Soup

From: MrsSPheonix

On May 23, 2006

Outstanding soup that I'd make again! Hubby even said it should have more than 5 stars I left out the salt & seasoning salt as I didn't think it was needed, used a jar of pasta sauce for the tomato sauce, added fresh onion & garlic because we like them, but everything else I followed. Delicious flavours, simple to pull together & I loved the addition of the split peas. I didn't add extra water as I liked the consistency, but found that the leftovers are much thicker because the pasta has absorbed all the liquid. Next time I may add noodles separately, but no real problems here Thank you for sharing your wonderful family recipe.

From: Chef #228345

On Oct 26, 2005

Loveit! I didn't have dried, split peas so I added frozen peas in the last 15 min and it didn't hurt a bit. I will make this again and again. It's "The bestest" The kid was right!

From: sweetp

On May 23, 2004

Thanks Jude for posting this recipe. I've cooked it twice already. A sure keeper. I did add a teaspoon of garlic powder, 1/4 cup uncooked white rice, and 1/2 teaspoon celery-salt. And left out carrots, celery, and salt.

From: Kim127

On May 25, 2003

Very yummy soup! I will admit I went to add the basil to the soup and realized I didn't have any, oh well. I did add an extra 2 cups of water towards the end and 2 beef boullion cubes. Jude Thank you! And it was simple to make!!!

From: Bone Man

On May 9, 2007

If I owned a restaurant, this would be my soup-of-the-day EVERY day! No kidding — WONDERFUL, BEST-EVER soup! I was a little concerned at first that it would be slightly light on herbs/spices/salts but, no, it is perfectly seasoned as listed (I like moderate salt, my wife likes very light and we were both happy with the seasoning) — I stayed exactly with the recipe, measuring amounts precisely, except that I had no dried split peas so I used dry LENTILS instead. Perfect. The cooking time on the lentils was just right. I don't know what more to say except that I feel strongly that this is one of those rare recipes which could not possibly be improved. As suggested, I did add a couple of extra cups of water near the end of cooking time and it did not dilute the flavor in the slightest. You could add chicken stock instead but I think it would be remiss to mess with this recipe. It already has BIG flavor and does NOT need the stock, an ingredient which I use quite often in soups, along with bouillon, to boost flavor. My wife (my biggest food critic) gave it a big two thumbs up and said, "Make it again," which is the very pinnacle of her food rating system. For the ground beef, I would definitely recommend using good ground chuck instead of ground round because you drain the fat off anyway and the ground chuck yields much more flavor. Beyond that, all I can say is you're a darling, Hey Jude, and thank you SO much for posting this MAGNIFICENT recipe. I'll be making this at least twice monthly in the future. pat, the old bone man.

From: Pegger1

On Mar 3, 2004

My family loved this soup! Even Hubby who doesn't like soup at all. It was easy to make,seasoned just right and had just the right amount of noodles in it. Its also even better the next day.

From: Roxygirl in Colorado

On Mar 25, 2005

I made this for lunch. I had cooked beef in the freezer, so it went together quickly. I did my noodles separately, and added everything else in my pressure cooker for 12 minutes. I really liked the creaminess the split peas added! I'm sure my family will enjoy it. They'd be crazy if they didn't! Roxygirl in Colo.

From: Akikobay

On Sep 26, 2004

We all loved this soup recipe and have made it twice in 10 days! The flavor was just right and it was a fairly quick meal to put together. I thought I had everything to follow the recipe the first time, but halfway through I discovered that I only had lentils (worked out just fine) and egg pastina (teeny tiny little pasta stars, which also worked fine and cooked in only 5 minutes). I also omitted the seasoning salt. The second time I made this, I used ground turkey, which my kids liked even better! Thanks so much for posting this recipe, it'll be enjoyed often.

From: RecipeNut

On Oct 7, 2003

This is a very good soup! Easy to make but so tasty. Thanks Hey Jude

From: Claudia Dawn

On Oct 6, 2004

A pleasing soup for these chilly fall nights. I think next time I'll add more of the split peas - they just didn't pop out like I would have liked. Thanks for posting.