Spruced-Up Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 250 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

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.

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
2 (15 ounce) cans Southwestern-flavored pinto beans (such as Ranch Style®)
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans condensed minestrone soup
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, undrained
1 (15 ounce) can green beans, undrained
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as RO*TEL®), undrained

Directions

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.
2 Add pinto beans, minestrone soup, corn, green beans, diced tomatoes, and diced tomatoes and green chiles. Stir and close the lid.
3 Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 4 hours.