Julie Clark
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Meatball Potato Soup
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Comforting slow cooker meatball potato soup has a mild flavor and is full of veggies! Use frozen meatballs for a quick dump and go dinner recipe.
For all of you busy moms out there, you’re going to love this meatball soup with potatoes! It is quick to throw together and easily made in the slow cooker. The best part of about this meatball soup recipe? My kids like to take the leftovers in their lunch! Healthy school lunch win.
Although this recipe uses frozen meatballs, you can make your own ground beef meatballs, cook them and freeze them, then use them in this recipe.
Ingredients in Meatball Potato Soup
Key ingredients:
- Start with frozen meatballs. Find a quality frozen meatball made from ground beef, ground pork or even ground turkey. I prefer gluten free meatballs. When you find a good quality meatball, they can be great to keep on hand for a quick protein boost.
- Red potatoes are best in soup. Red potatoes are waxy and tend to hold their shape well during cooking. Russet potatoes will fall apart as they cook. My family prefers when I peel potatoes, but leave skins on if you’d like.
- Celery, onions and carrots. The base of any good soup recipe!
- Salt, pepper and fresh thyme. Thyme is the unique flavor and fresh herbs is what its all about.
How to Make Meatball Potato Soup
- Dice all of the veggies and place them in a slow cooker.
- Add the meatballs, potatoes, Worcestershire sauce, beef stock and seasonings.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
Meatball Potato Soup in the Instant Pot
Yes! Add all of the ingredients to the Instant Pot. Seal and set on high pressure for 15 minutes, then use a quick release to release the pressure.
Meatball Potato Soup in a Dutch Oven
This meatball soup with potatoes can also be made on the stove top in a dutch oven or other large soup pot with a lid.
Place all of the ingredients in a soup pot, then place over medium high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce temperature and allow the soup to simmer, covered, until the potatoes and carrots are tender.
What to Serve with Soup
Some of our favorite breads are buttery soft rolls, buttermilk bread, honey wheat bread, and fluffy biscuits.
Soup is good served with salad also. Try our antipasto salad, broccoli salad, strawberry spinach salad or cucumber tomato salad.
Storage Instructions
Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
You can also place leftovers in the freezer for up to 6 weeks.
Other Potato Soup Recipes
Love meatball recipes? Try our pizza meatballs, healthy Italian meatballs or Instant Pot meatballs.
Meatball Potato Soup
Comforting slow cooker meatball potato soup has a mild flavor and is full of veggies! Use frozen meatballs for a quick dump and go dinner recipe.
Servings 6
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 6 medium red potatoes (peeled and chopped)
- 15-20 frozen meatballs
- 1 yellow onion (chopped)
- 3 carrots (peeled and chopped)
- 2 stalks of celery (chopped)
- 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cups beef stock
- 6 sprigs of fresh thyme
Instructions
- Chop all of the veggies.
- Add all of the ingredients into a slow cooker. Mix together and cover.
- Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
- Serve warm.
Notes
This soup is simply flavored, but if you’d like more flavor, try a couple cloves of garlic, Italian seasoning, a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and a garnish of fresh parsley.
The calories shown are based on the recipe serving 6 people, with 1 serving being ⅙ of the recipe. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information.**
Nutrition
Calories: 273kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 695mg | Potassium: 1296mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 5110IU | Vitamin C: 21.9mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2.4mg
What could be used instead of Worcestershire sauce?
Loooove the sound of this! I could eat soup every day…always thrilled to find something different!
Thanks, ladies!