Cheeseburger Soup

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups chicken broth
1 T dried onion (or 1/2 medium onion, chopped)
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 cup milk
12 oz Velveeta, cubed
2 potatoes, cut in 1-inch cubes
2 small garlic cloves, minced
Tabasco sauce, optional
crumbled bacon, optional

DIRECTIONS:

1. Brown the ground beef. Drain the fat/liquid and add to crockpot.
2. Add all other ingredients to crockpot (except for tabasco sauce and bacon).
3. Cook on low for 5-7 hours.

NOTES:

I used soy milk. It's recommended not to use any milk higher than 2%...or else it will curdle in the crockpot. I also used 16oz of Velveeta. I didn't want to save just 4oz of Velveeta and I figured it wouldn't hurt the recipe to add a bit of extra cheese.

RESULTS:

Very good!! I thought it would be thicker, but it was soupy. We ate it with some bread, but I could've done without it. The potatoes in the soup were good enough starch for me. We also added some bacon bits since we had a bottle of it. It's good with the bacon, but don't add too much or else it will be salty.

Oh, and this recipe made enough to fill about 7-8 bowls. Vuong and I each had two bowls for dinner...then ate it again for lunch the next day.

I will definitely make this again!

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