25 Recipes That Start With a Can of Tomato Soup

Canned tomato soup is good for more than just microwaving. The store-bought staple is wonderful for elevating casseroles, pasta sauces, stews, and so much more. You can even use it to make a super flavorful spice cake! These recipes with canned tomato soup will quickly become staples in your rotation.

Stuffed Pepper Rice Bake

Yoly

“A simple recipe with the flavors of stuffed peppers but made on the stovetop. Essentially deconstructed stuffed bell peppers. You can use red, green, yellow, or orange bell peppers.” —Yoly

Ground Beef and Cabbage Casserole

lupini

“This is a proven family favorite. Tastes a lot like stuffed cabbage but much easier. If you do not tell them cabbage is included, they will not know what hit them until after they tell you they love it! Texas Pete® hot sauce is a good way to spice it up a bit on your plate.” —Paul

4-Ingredient Hamburger Casserole

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“This 4-ingredient hamburger casserole is so comforting and easy to make, and leaves plenty of room for you to doctor it up as you see fit.” —LaDonna Langwell

Cheesy Hamburger Stew with Rice

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“On busy nights this hamburger stew is easy and filling! It’s great over noodles too!” —MrsMolly

Easy Tomato Spice Cake

“No one will ever guess there is canned tomato soup in this moist and fluffy cake. Easy and quick to make with only 5 ingredients. Frost with your favorite cream cheese frosting, whipped cream, a simple glaze, or just dust with powdered sugar.” —Yoly

Instant Pot Hamburger Soup

France C

“Easy and delicious soup with a nice thickness. You can make it in the Instant Pot or on the stovetop. When this cools, it will be very thick, but it thins out when reheated. Freezes very well.” —Angela Giannetti Snyder

Meaty Stuffed Pepper Casserole

“My husband loves this casserole; he has nicknamed it ‘meat mountain.’ Much easier to make than the usual stuffed pepper.” —rebeccahayden87

Cabbage Roll Soup

Lexie

“I made up this recipe after having a craving for cabbage rolls but no time to make them. This is a healthy, hearty recipe. So simple to make and can be adjusted to your liking. You can easily double the recipe and freeze leftovers in portions.” —Lillian S

My Amazing Tomato Basil Soup (Like Applebee’s)

“If you like Applebee’s tomato-basil soup, this tastes just like it. The hubs loved it, so that’s saying something! Serve it with baked fries with seasoned salt and panini-style grilled cheese sandwiches with Gouda on thick crusty bread.” —Lainalee

Oven Beef and Potato Stew

“This beef and potato stew is a great cold-weather dinner. I decided to use a very good base recipe and add something to it. Serve with a loaf of crusty bread and a glass of red wine.” —Stan

Golabki (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)

Phillip

“Golabki are cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice, then simmered in tomato soup. This works great in the oven or a slow cooker. Serve them with the pan juices and a drizzle of sour cream, or mix the pan juices with sour cream and ladle it over the cabbage rolls.” —Rosey in Florida

Easy Meatball Casserole

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“This is a quick and easy dinner twist on an old-time favorite, meatball casserole. I have found that more rice increases the density and less rice makes it more like a soup.” —akashasway

Five-Can Soup

Tammy Lynn

“My family absolutely loves this can soup recipe. It’s great for football parties and definitely a new twist on chips and dip! Serve with your favorite corn chips.” —MegMarkR1

15-Minute Dinner Nachos Supreme

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“Easy to make and so customizable.” —SethWilliams

Copper Pennies

“This copper pennies recipe with carrots, celery, bell pepper, and onion is one my mom used to make in the summer for picnics.” —Donna

Tex-Mex Turkey Soup

MInbrow

“Not only is this Tex-Mex turkey soup yummy, it sure beats leftover turkey sandwiches for days on end following a holiday!” —SSTRAWDER

Colorado Buffalo Chili

Zndrson

“This spicy chili recipe uses ground buffalo. To step up the heat, use different peppers and experiment with the seasonings. This gets even better if you let it sit overnight. The chili is so good you’ll need to find another way to use up your cheese and crackers.” —Cornpop

Tangy Mustard Sauce for Ham

“I have been using a recipe similar to this for years! I originally received it from the ladies at the church where I grew up.” —midge

Amish Casserole

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“A satisfyingly rich and hearty casserole from the Pennsylvania Dutch country.” —deedledeet

Shipwreck Stew

Carrie C.

“This recipe is a wonderful, hearty meal for those cool Autumn days. Great for feeding friends on football Sundays.” —DebCroff

Butter Chickpea Curry

“Family of five all loved it served over rice. Perfect comfort food, flavorful without heat and it smelled amazing while cooking.” —Ms. Pickle

Laura’s Quick Slow Cooker Turkey Chili

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“This is an easy crockpot turkey chili recipe that you can quickly throw together in the slow cooker and forget about all day. Great topped with Cheddar cheese, crushed corn chips, and a dollop of sour cream.” —LauraKKH

Ground Beef and Rice with Cheese

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“I made this recipe quite a few years ago and it’s still one of my husband and my favorites. My husband calls it heaven on a spoon!” —CAMIMCC

Skillet Meatloaf

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“A very easy to prepare meatloaf that is always very juicy and flavorful.” —TJ Johnson

Fabulous Wet Burritos

“These wet burritos are very easy, yet very good. I got this recipe from a friend, and everyone I serve them to asks for the recipe. Serve with guacamole, sour cream, and salsa.” —Cindy Newell

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