Creamy Taco Soup Recipe (2024)

Creamy Taco Soup: Get ready to add this comforting fall and winter soup to your weekly dinner menu! It’s easy to make, ready in under an hour, kid-friendly, and uses just a few ingredients! It’s definitely one of our favorite go-to soup recipes to make at home.

Taco recipes, like this taco chicken casserole and these crispy chicken tacos, are another way to enjoy tacos for dinner, by using chicken if you have that on hand as well!

Recipe originally published in 2018, and recipe completely renovated and updated in 2023.

Soup recipes like this classic chili, white chicken chili, and lasagna soup, are amazing during the cooler months. However, taco recipes are delicious all year long, so having tacos in soup form, during the fall and winter is a wonderful bonus.

🧾 Ingredients Needed

As you can see below, the ingredients are pretty basic and they’re great to keep on hand for a last-minute dinner idea.

📖 Substitutions

If you find that substitutions are needed, such as you’re missing an ingredient or you prefer to leave something out, that’s perfectly fine! Here are some suggestions that can help:

• Ground beef – Ground chicken, ground pork, ground venison or even tofu can be used in this taco soup recipe. Or, you can also leave the meat out if you prefer, and save it for this fun walking taco casserole!
• Broth – Vegetable broth, chicken broth, or a low-sodium broth can be used instead.
• Taco seasoning – We love making our own chicken taco seasoning and that can also be used in this recipe, instead of the packet.
• Rotel – There are versions of “hot” diced green chilies and tomatoes that you can use also, to add more heat.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to Make Creamy Taco Soup

Would you believe there are only two parts to making this soup? Cooking the ground beef, and then combining that with the rest of the ingredients, allowing it to simmer and cook together. It doesn’t get much easier than that!

*Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list & instructions!*

STEP 1. Cook the ground beef.In a stockpot, brown ground beef until fully cooked. Drain excess grease (Image 1).

STEPS 2 & 3. Add the remaining ingredients to cooked ground beef (Images 2&3).

STEP 4. Cook and simmer. Cook on medium heat for 25-30 minutes or until cream cheese has melted and blended in, stirring occasionally. Note: Sometimes using a whisk at the end of the cooking time, speeds this up. (Image 4.)

Serve warm, and as is, or top with your favorite toppings! See ideas below:

📋 Recipe FAQs

🍽 What to Serve with this Soup

Taco side dishes can go great with this taco soup, such as hot taco dip, guacamole or even a crusty Italian bread for dipping. Or, go all out for taco night and make this fried taco recipe to serve with the soup.

However, easy sandwiches such as this peanut butter and syrup sandwich offers a sweet combo with the salty soup.

❄️ Storage

Leftovers: If you have leftover creamy taco soup, once it has cooled, you can store it in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.

Freeze: If you prefer to freeze the leftovers, or saving for meal planning freezer meals, this soup freezes really well. Once it has cooled, place it in a freezer-safe container and freeze for up to 3 months.

Thaw: To thaw this soup, place in the refrigerator to thaw, or place frozen soup in a stock post and reheat/melt over low heat, slowly.

🍲 More Recipes You’ll Love

If you love easy soup recipes, that feature similar ingredients, then you’re also going to love this easy ham and beans recipe too! Or if you find that you like using ground beef for a lot of your dinners, then you’ll love this list of ground beef dinner ideas.

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