Spruced-Up Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup

Condensed minestrone soup gets spruced up in the slow cooker with the addition of canned corn, beans, tomatoes, and ground beef, making it a hearty meal the whole family will love.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 385 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, undrained
• 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed minestrone soup
• 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as RO*TEL®), undrained
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (15 ounce) can green beans, undrained
• 2 (15 ounce) cans Southwestern-flavored pinto beans (such as Ranch Style®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.

Step 2

Add pinto beans, minestrone soup, corn, green beans, diced tomatoes, and diced tomatoes and green chiles. Stir and close the lid.

Step 3

Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 4 hours.