Easy Taco Soup. Ground Beef, 5 cans of beans and vegetables and a flavorful tomato broth. You’ve got the easiest soup recipe ever. And it’s flat out delicious. Be ready to share the recipe because they’ll ask.
This past week, I needed a dinner that would be ready in a jif, and I mean a New York minute jif. And if I couldn’t come up with something that was quick, I knew I’d find myself at our local Oriental takeout place $40 plus lighter. Enter Easy Taco Soup.
Working late, God Daughter Stephanie scheduled for dinner, Monday night Footaball kickoff at 6:30….Good ol’ Easy Taco Soup to the rescue.
Taco Soup With Ranch Dressing
I bet it’s been fifteen years since I’ve made this soup. I remember we always called it Taco Soup with Ranch Dressing. Dice an onion and a clove of garlic, brown some ground beef, open five cans, season and you’ve got dinner. An oldie but a goodie, and a very flavorful one at that.
Just pay the canned beans and canned vegetables aisle a visit for these easy ingredients:
- Canned Black Beans
- Canned Pinto Beans
- Canned Kidney Beans
- Canned chopped tomatoes
- Canned corn
Grab a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix, some beef broth, some ground beef, garlic and onion. You’ll need taco seasoning if you don’t keep a batch of homemade on hand.
In my whirlwind trip through the canned aisle at the market, I forgot to pick up tortilla chips. This soup is so easy that I even had time to make my own baked tortilla chips from some leftover corn tortillas from a weekend meal.
How to make homemade baked tortilla chips:
Take four soft corn tortillas and brush them with olive oil. With a knife quarter the tortillas and lay the pieces out on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with sea salt and Chimayo chili powder. Bake at 375 degrees for fifteen minutes. Done.
Recipe for Easy Taco Soup
I hope you give this Easy Taco Soup recipe a try. And if you do, please come back and let me know how you liked it and give the recipe a star rating.
Your feedback is valuable to me for developing future recipes. And if you have a favorite taco soup recipe, let me know, I’d love to give it a try.
Tip: to make this Easy Taco Soup even more delicious, always keep a supply of Homemade Taco Seasoning on hand. You’ll be glad you did.
More easy soup recipes
>> FOLLOW ME ON PINTEREST, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM FOR LATEST RECIPE UPDATES!
IF YOU LIKE THIS RECIPE AND MAKE IT, SNAP A PHOTO AND SHARE IT ON INSTAGRAM! TAG ME @COOKINGONTHERANCH SO I CAN CHECK IT OUT AND LEAVE A COMMENT!
Easy Taco Soup
Ingredients
- 15 1/2 ounce pinto beans canned, drained
- 15 1/2 ounce kidney beans canned, drained
- 15 1/2 ounce black beans canned, drained
- 15 1/2 ounce yellow corn canned, drained
- 15 1/2 ounce chopped tomatoes canned, undrained
- 3 cups beef broth
- 1 package Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Seasoning 1 ounce package. Salad Dressing and Recipe Mix, on the dressing aisle
- 4 Tablespoons Taco Seasoning
- 1 1/2 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1/2 Cup water
Instructions
- Place a large colander in the sink. Open all cans of beans and corn, place in the colander all at once to drain. In the meantime, chop the onion and garlic. In a large heated fry pan, crumble the ground beef and cook until about half way done. Add the onion and garlic and cook until soft.
- Add in the drained beans and corn, the can of beef broth, the Ranch dressing, taco seasoning and stir well. Add water if the mixture is not soupy enough.
- Simmer for 15 minutes or until flavors are blended. Sprinkle with some chopped raw onion and shredded cheese. Serve with corn chips.
Nutrition
Taco Soup with Ranch, Easiest Soup Ever …It’s what’s for Dinner.
There truly is nothing better than a quick and simple meal like this on a busy night… heck, on any night!!!
my kind of soup! cant complain about food since this is one of the drawing cards of living in Lebanon but I sure miss Mex and TexMex goodies and that’s an easy one to reproduce at home any old time!
Yum! This is the sort of thing Mom would make the night before Thanksgiving when everyone was showing up at odd hours. You could always count on a warm bowl of soup mo matter how late you got in.
Hi Lea Ann! This soup looks awesome! Exactly my kinda soup. A definite must try!
Wow, that is fast! And it looks so good!
You did well to pull such a good meal together when you were short on time– this doesn’t look like it was a last minute thought, looks like you planned all week to make it and enjoy it with football and friends!
One of my closest friends who died almost 4 years ago, loved this soup. In fact this was one of the only things she ever cooked (she wasn’t exactly Martha Stewart). Shortly after she died I blogged about her and said in it I how I wished I would have gotten her favorite taco soup recipe. Somehow her sister saw it and sent me the recipe, which is like yours. Little did I know, all I had to do was ask you for it. One of these days I’ll make it.
Sounds like just the answer to some of my “tired” days.
Sam
You bet Sam. It was my answer.
Can you have taco soup on Taco Tuesday?
Absolutely
When I was under the weather recently, we brought out a lot of these old favorites that we hadn’t made in 10 years or more. Easy and it brought back some memories.
Love this taco soup and you can’t beat the prep times.
I agree Chris. Sometimes those oldie but goodies are fun to bring back. And also sometimes a necessity.
Looking good!
Thanks Adam
for a fast meal this sure looks a lot better than the balony sandwich I would have come up with – 1 slice of bread with mustard, 1 slice of bread with mayo, 1 slice bologna, 1 slice cheese – should you ever need the recipe.
LOL, I love bologna sandwiches. However, yours is fancier. Mine is white bread, Miracle Whip and bologna. no mustard or cheese please. and always a leaf of Iceburg Lettuce.