Taco Soup

Taco Soup is everything you know and love about tacos….in soup form! A quick and easy hearty soup made with taco flavoured ground beef, corn and beans, first timers are always cynical but with one bite, they are converted for life!

Don’t skip the toppings. They seal the deal. 🙂

Taco Soup

Even if you’ve never had Taco Soup before, if you enjoy Chili and Tacos, I guarantee that you will absolutely LOVE this.

Basically, it’s everything you know and love about beef tacos, toppings and all, except it’s in soup form. It’s kind of like Chili – thick and hearty with a fragrant broth that’s quite heavily flavoured with spices. Like any soup, it intended to be eaten with a spoon but to fully experience all that Taco Soup is intended to be, it should be served with at least a few corn chips for dunking!

This is a really quick and easy Taco Soup that can be made with either store bought seasoning OR a homemade taco seasoning

To make this super quick and easy, use a store bought packet of seasoning for convenience. But if you prefer, make your own – I don’t know about you, but I always have spices for taco seasoning in my pantry!

Homemade Taco Seasoning for Taco Soup

Quick and easy

This is a terrific quick and easy recipe. Kind of like making Bolognese – except we add taco flavourings! Cook onion and garlic until translucent, then brown the beef. Add taco seasoning, corn, beans, beef, canned tomato, beef or chicken broth, and canned green chili if you have it.

Simmer for just 10 minutes to bring the flavours together, then it’s ready to ladle into bowls.

Toppings for taco soup

Taco Soup is all about the toppings. You cannot skip the toppings.

Let me repeat – you cannot skip the toppings!!! You may omit one of the toppings. Leaving out two is really pushing my boundaries…. ?

But let me explain – I’m not being difficult, it’s what this recipe is! The soup itself is lovely, don’t get me wrong. It’s seasoned enough that you’d want to eat it plain.

But in all honesty, once you add the toppings…. woah. That’s when this Taco Soup goes from yum to Can’t-Stop-Eating-It-Delicious. THAT is when you will say “OMG! Where has this been all my life!”

A pinch of grated cheese plus sour cream or yoghurt is my absolute bottom line, preferably with some fresh coriander/cilantro leaves. This is the way I serve it most of the time.

But when I want to go all out, I add a handful of corn chips for dunking/scooping along with a few crushed to sprinkle over the surface really takes it to the next level. When you do this, it totally makes it irresistible. Think – the flavour of crispy taco shells in soup form. Nachos – in soup form.

Crazy irresistible!!  – Nagi x

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WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT

Easy Taco Soup recipe video!

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Easy Taco Soup

Author: Nagi | RecipeTin Eats

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 30 minutes mins

Dinner, Soup

Tex-Mex

4.89 from 35 votes

Servings4 – 5 people

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Recipe video above. All the fixings of a taco – in soup form! Don’t skip the toppings – they totally make it! At least cheese and sour cream or yoghurt are essential.

Ingredients

Homemade Taco Seasoning (Note 1)

• ▢ 1 tsp EACH garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne pepper
• ▢ 2 tsp EACH dried oregano and paprika
• ▢ 2 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• ▢ 3/4 tsp salt
• ▢ 1/2 tsp black pepper

Soup

• ▢ 1 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves , minced
• ▢ 1 onion , finely chopped (brown or yellow)
• ▢ 500 g / 1 lb ground beef (mince), lean
• ▢ 400 g/ 14 oz can black beans (1 can) , drained and rinsed (Note 2)
• ▢ 400g / 14oz can corn kernels (1 can) , drained and rinsed
• ▢ 120 g / 4.5 oz canned green chili (Note 3)
• ▢ 800 g / 28 oz canned crushed tomato
• ▢ 2 cups beef broth

Toppings (Don’t skip these!)

• ▢ Shredded cheese (essential!)
• ▢ Sour cream or yoghurt (essential!)
• ▢ Fresh coriander/cilantro leaves or shallots/scallions , finely sliced
• ▢ Corn chips
• ▢ Other options: diced avocado, squeeze of lime juice

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Instructions

• Heat oil in a pot over medium high heat. Add garlic and onion, cook until softened (3 min).
• Add beef and turn up the heat to high. Cook, breaking it up as you go, until it all changes from pink to brown.
• Add remaining Soup ingredients and Taco Seasoning. Bring to a simmer then turn heat down to medium.
• Simmer for 10 minutes to bring the flavours together. Adjust thickness with water if desired.
• This is how I like to serve it: place a handful of corn chips in the bowl. Ladle in soup. Top with sour cream, cheese, coriander and a few crushed corn chips. For a healthier option, skip the corn chips in the bowl and/or serve more on the top / side of the soup.

Recipe Notes:

1. Can be substituted with 1 packet of store bought taco seasoning.

2. Can be substituted with any other beans of choice.

3. Canned green chillis are widely available in the US but are not sold in Australia. I brought back loads the last time I was in the US! They aren’t spicy, they just have chili flavour with some smokiness. If you are in Australia, just leave it out.

4. Nutrition excludes toppings because I cannot be held responsible for how much you load it up! Nutrition is per serving (5 servings).

Nutrition Facts

Easy Taco Soup

Amount Per Serving (562 g)

Calories 413 Calories from Fat 90

% Daily Value*

Fat 10g15%

Saturated Fat 3g19%

Cholesterol 70mg23%

Sodium 1587mg69%

Potassium 1686mg48%

Carbohydrates 45g15%

Fiber 12g50%

Sugar 11g12%

Protein 37g74%

Vitamin A 500IU10%

Vitamin C 34mg41%

Calcium 143mg14%

Iron 8.7mg48%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 562gCalories: 413cal (21%)Carbohydrates: 45g (15%)Protein: 37g (74%)Fat: 10g (15%)Saturated Fat: 3g (19%)Cholesterol: 70mg (23%)Sodium: 1587mg (69%)Potassium: 1686mg (48%)Fiber: 12g (50%)Sugar: 11g (12%)Vitamin A: 500IU (10%)Vitamin C: 34mg (41%)Calcium: 143mg (14%)Iron: 8.7mg (48%)

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This Taco Soup recipe was originally published in February 2017, updated September 2018 for housekeeping matters. No change to recipe – readers love it as is!

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