Mexican Soup

Every spoonful of this soup is packed with flavours. This is great served with tortilla chips and a lime wedge!

A bowl of soup next to lime wedges and tortilla chips.

During cold months, I make big pots of soup all the time. Not only is a warm bowl of soup comforting on a winter day, it is also economical and can feed a crowd.

Today’s recipe is one of my favourite soups that I make. Our family loves the flavours in Mexican cuisine so this soup is always popular at our house. This soup has ground beef, black beans, corn, tomatoes and Tex Mex spices. It is so good!

A bowl of soup with ground beef, corn and black beans.

Ingredients You Will Need

  • ground beef
  • onion
  • red pepper
  • garlic
  • corn
  • black beans
  • can of diced tomatoes
  • tomato paste
  • vegetable or chicken broth
  • spices
  • hot sauce
  • cilantro

Expert Tip! This is not the first Mexican style soup on the website. While this soup uses ground beef, there is also a version that uses chicken and it can be found here: Chicken Tortilla Soup

A large pot with cooked ground beef, onions and red pepper.

How To Make Mexican Soup

To get started on the soup, the first thing you need to do is brown the beef in a large soup pot. Once browned, drain the grease.

Add the diced onion, pepper and garlic. Cook, stirring often, for 5-7 minutes, or until the vegetables are cooked and soft.

Expert Tip! Any time I am making soup, I like to make a big pot because it is so great for leftovers. The photos of this soup are actually the recipe doubled. Since I figured not everyone would want such a big pot of soup, I made the recipe half the amount I normally make. If desired, feel free to double it as well!

A ladle scooping soup out of a pot.

Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Once the soup starts to boil, lower the heat so that it is just barely boiling. Let the soup simmer for a good hour. This draws all the flavours together for a delicious soup.

A yellow bowl with soup with lime wedges  and a colourful napkin.

Ladle the soup into a bowl and serve. If desired, you can squeeze a little fresh lime juice on top.

This soup is excellent on a cold winter day and is excellent with crumbled crackers or tortilla chips in the soup.

More Mexican Recipes!

I love to cook Mexican food and over the years I have posted plenty of recipes. Here are a sampling of the many Mexican recipes I have posted:

  • Fiesta Salad – a delicious salad made with black beans, corn, peppers and onions with a sweet lime vinaigrette.
  • Chicken Flautas – one of my most popular recipes, these flats are great as an appetizer, or as part of a big Mexican dinner!
  • Fajita Seasoning Spice Mix – You don’t need to by the package of fajita spice anymore because this is so easy and has much better flavour!
  • Pico de Gallo – this is basically a fresh salsa and excellent on tacos, fajitas, and so much more.
  • Chicken Enchiladas – this is probably my favourite Mexican recipe on my site. I so love enchiladas.
  • Three Ingredient Guacamole – making guacamole could not be any easier and it tastes so good.

Here are some other different recipes for soup: Beef Barley SoupSplit Pea Soup with Ham BoneUkrainian Borscht and Corn and Potato Chowder.

Mexican Soup

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Easy to make recipe for soup full of Mexican inspired flavours. Ground beef, tomatoes, black beans, corn chili powder and more.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 medium onion peeled and diced
  • 1 red pepper cored and diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen corn
  • 1 can black beans rinsed and drained
  • 8 cups vegetable broth or water
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 28oz can diced tomatoes
  • 1 1/2 tbsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp hot sauce more or less depending on heat preference
  • 1/3 cup fresh cilantro minced

Instructions

  • Brown beef in a large soup pot over medium heat. Drain grease.
  • Add the onion, pepper and garlic and stir. Cook until the onions are transparent, approximately 5-7 minutes.
  • Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Lower heat to a simmer so that the soup is just barely boiling. 
  • Cook for an hour on low, stirring often, ensuring that nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan.

Nutrition

Per serving:

Calories: 182.13kcalCarbohydrates: 22.1gProtein: 16.77gFat: 3.59gSaturated Fat: 1.42gCholesterol: 35.15mgSodium: 1225.02mgFiber: 4.9gSugar: 4.08g

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  • 5 stars
    Very delicious recipe. Made it for my wife and she fell in love immediately with the result.

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    • So glad you and your wife enjoyed the soup!!

  • 4 stars
    I made it and the flavor was good but there was not much bulk to the soup. Next time I would and another can of beans or maybe rice to the soup so it would be more filling. I did serve it with some tortillas as a side for that purpose.

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  • Made it tonite….soooo good! Perfect soup for a Fall day. Just a little kick of spice to warm me up. Will definitely make again and share the recipe.

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    • So glad that you enjoyed the recipe!

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  • That looks delicious!

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