Looking for some comfort food? This hamburger stew has a bit of an Italian twist and can be made with any ground meat that you prefer. If you do a couple of things ahead of time, you can have this on the table in 30 minutes!
Why this recipe works
This is a no-fuss, easy to make ground beef dinner idea. And an easy addition to your regular dinner rotation!
If you end up with leftovers, you can easily store this in the fridge for several days or freeze for a couple of months.
Ingredients you will need
How to Make Italian Hamburger Stew
These step by step photos and instructions are here to help you visualize how to make this recipe. Please scroll down to simply print out the recipe!
- In a large skillet or Dutch oven, cook the beef, sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
- Add cannellini beans, green beans, canned tomatoes, vegetable broth, tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Ladle into serving bowls and sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Serve with our favorite homemade Italian bread, pull apart dinner rolls, or homemade biscuits!
Expert Tips & FAQs
If you would like to make some things ahead of time I suggest doing the following and refrigerating them until ready to cook:
- Trim and cut up the green beans
- Combine the canned tomatoes, tomato paste and oregano
- Brown the ground beef, Italian sausage and onion, drain
Hearty, delicious, simple, and comforting. That’s hamburger stew with an Italian twist! I hope you enjoy it.
More Stew Recipes
- Crockpot Beef Stew
- Homemade Goulash
- Slow Cooker Hungarian Goulash & Noodles
- Crockpot Beef Burgundy
- Beef Carbonnade
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Hamburger Stew
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- ½ lb bulk mild Italian sausage
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 15 oz cannellini beans or white kidney beans, drained
- 2 cups cut fresh green beans
- 14.5 oz Italian stewed tomatoes
- 15 oz vegetable broth
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Things You'll Need
Before You Begin
- Trim and cut up the green beans
- Combine the canned tomatoes, tomato paste and oregano
- Brown the ground beef, Italian sausage and onion, drain
Instructions
- In a large skillet or Dutch oven, cook the beef, sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
- Add cannellini, green beans, tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
This post was originally called Italian Stew and first appeared here on Oct 9, 2008. It has since been updated with new photos and tips and the name has changed to Hamburger Stew.
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Amanda says
Thanks all!
Sortinitallout – That’s cool! I love when recipes evolve. Since I made changes to their original recipe, I guess mine was an evolution as well LOL
Sortin'ItAllOut says
Hi Amanda, I tried this recipe and the funniest thing happened! It is no longer Italian Stew–it is Ground Beef and bean soup :)
My husband doesn’t like tomatoes (but he’ll eat tomato soup) so I thought I’d make it 2 ways, for myself and the kids I was going to do it “right” and for my husband I was going to use tomato soup instead of tomatoes and tomato paste.
Well, when I dumped the broth in (I used beef broth) I thought, “I’ll just leave it like that.” And so it is Ground Beef and Bean Soup ( with a little italian sausage for a surprise I guess) :)
I did double the broth, then and add some xanthan gum (I was out of cornstarch) to thicken it up a bit. I served it with some garlic cheese bread.
It tastes good–so I’m sure we’ll all enjoy it! Thank-you for the “starter” recipe!
It’s funny how recipes can turn out sometimes!
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Bridgett says
This looks and sounds yummy! I like those quick meals.
Aggie says
This looks really good! Total comfort food and sounds so tasty!
Carmen Cooks says
yum, this looks great for a cold day!
The Blonde Duck says
I was wanting to try this! I’m glad it worked out.