By Becky Hardin
Published Jan 9, 2019
Philly Cheese Steak Soup is the most delicious soup recipe you’ll eat this season. If you like cheesesteak sandwiches, then you’ll love this bread bowl soup recipe. It’s filled with all of the same ingredients and flavors, but it’s in soup form, in a bread bowl, with plenty of extra cheese!
Philly Cheese Steak Soup Recipe
Philly Cheese Steak Soup brings together all of the best flavors from a cheese steak sandwich, and turns it into a cheesy, delicious, irresistible bread bowl soup!
A Philly Cheese Steak sandwich is all about the meat, the cheese, and the bread. I’ve made Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes before, and let me tell you: it makes a great sandwich!
But it’s so easy to turn this classic into the perfect soup too. All you need is the roast beef, the cheese, and a bread bowl, and you’ve got the most comforting homemade meal.
I just love the way this soup melds together inside of the bread bowl. Everything comes together so perfectly to create the most delicious dish.
That last slice of cheese broiled on top of the bread bowl really makes all the difference too, so you get a final bite of cheesiness as you pull a spoonful of soup out of the bowl and put it into your mouth!
This Philly Cheese Steak Soup recipe is one of my favorite soups of the season. I’ve got plenty of chicken soups and healthy soups , but this soup is alllll about the flavor and comfort. A great thing to serve on a cold winter night!
This Philly Cheese Steak Soup in a Bread Bowl is perfectly cheesy and so incredibly delicious!
Best Cheese Steak Soup Recipe
I never thought to turn a cheesesteak (one of the best sandwiches) into a soup until recently, but now I’m hooked. The ingredients are just PERFECT for a hot and hearty soup, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it sooner.
Meat and cheese cooked together and served in a bread bowl….I can’t think of anything better! Now I’m determined to turn every delicious food ever into a soup, because soups are the ULTIMATE comfort food.
Philly Cheese Steak Soup Ingredients:
- Roast Beef (thinly sliced)
- Provolone Cheese
- French Onion Soup
- Onions
- Green Pepper
- Mushrooms
- Garlic
- Red Wine
- Beef Broth
- Heavy Cream
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Butter
And of course you can’t forget the bread to make your own bread bowls for this soup! Any small round loaves will work.
How to Make Philly Cheese Steak Soup
The thing I love about soup is that prep time is usually short, so they’re pretty easy to make…and they’re DELICIOUS. Anything hot, bubbly, savory, and cheesy is good in my book.
How to make philly cheese steak soup:
- Season the beef and set it aside.
- Heat butter and oil in a large skillet, then add in the onions and green peppers & cook 3 minutes. Add in the mushrooms and cook another 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook 30 more seconds. Then transfer it all to a bowl and set aside.
- Brown all of the beef slices in the skillet, then transfer to a plate.
- Slowly add in the red wine, beef broth, French onion soup, and Worcestershire sauce and stir.
- Next, add the vegetable mix and the beef back in and bring the soup to a boil. Then reduce heat and let the soup simmer for 30-60 minutes. (Make the bread bowls while it cooks)
- Add in heavy cream and let the soup simmer another 15 minutes, stirring often.
To serve in bread bowls:
- Take the baked bread bowls and fill up each one with soup.
- Place a slice of cheese over the top of each bowl.
- Place the bread bowl soups (on a baking sheet) into the oven and broil until the cheese melts.
Serve them while they’re hot and fresh out of the oven!
You can jump to the recipe card for full ingredients & instructions!
How to Make a Bread Bowl
Making your own bread bowls is super easy. For some reason they seem so fancy, but there’s really nothing to them. Just get some small round loaves of bread at the store (any type of bread you prefer; get loaves that make a good bowl size).
Make these while the soup is simmering so that they’re ready to fill when the soup is done.
How to make a bread bowl:
- Cut 1/2 inch to 1 inch off the top of each loaf.
- Hollow out the inside of the bread, leaving a 1 inch wall as the bowl.
- Place the bread bowls (along with the tops that you removed) on a baking sheet, and brush all over with olive oil.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 350°F.
That’s it! After baking, set them aside until the soup is ready to pour in. You can make these and fill them with any kind of soup you like.
Bread Bowl Soup Recipes
Bread bowls are kind of amazing. What’s not to love about a bowl made out of a bread? A bowl that you can EAT with dinner? They’re great for soups and dips, but I’ll use them for basically anything that you eat out of a bowl.
Bread bowl soups are my favorite, because they just add an extra level of comfort to comfort foods. Exactly what I need in the winter!
More bread bowl soups and other bread bowl recipes:
- Crockpot Broccoli Cheese Soup (the perfect soup for bread bowls)
- Warm Crab Artichoke Dip in a Bread Bowl
- Baked Brie Bread Bowl Recipe
- Mini Bread Bowls with French Onion Dip
This Philly Cheese Steak Soup recipe is just heavenly…assuming heaven is filled with meat and cheese in a bread bowl. I’m not sure. But I AM sure that you’ll love this soup, so make some a get to eating!
Try some of our other DELICIOUS soup recipes this season:
- Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup
- Crockpot Taco Soup
- Healthy Crock Pot Potato Soup Recipe
- Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Chicken Pot Pie Soup
- Cheesy Parmesan Meatball Soup
- Minestrone Soup with Pancetta
If you make this recipe be sure to upload a photo in the comment section below or leave a rating. Enjoy!
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For the Bread Bowls:
- ▢ 4 small round bread loaves to make bread bowls
- ▢ Olive oil for brushing
For the Soup:
- ▢ 2 pounds thinly sliced roast beef
- ▢ 2 tablespoons canola oil
- ▢ 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ▢ 2 medium onions chopped
- ▢ 1 medium green pepper chopped
- ▢ 1 pound button or cremini mushrooms caps with ½-inch stems, sliced
- ▢ 2 cloves garlic minced
- ▢ ¼ cup red wine cabernet sauvignon works well, optional
- ▢ 4 cups beef broth
- ▢ 1 10.5 ounce can French Onion Soup
- ▢ 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- ▢ ½ cup heavy cream
- ▢ 4 slices Provolone cheese or 8 ounces shredded
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Instructions
For the Soup:
- The best and easiest way to get the beef as thin as needed is to ask your butcher to slice it across the grain and 2-3mm (1/16th inch thick).
- Heat oven to 350°F (for the bread bowls).
- Season the beef with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the oil and butter. Add the onions and green pepper and cook 3 minutes or until softened.
- Add sliced mushrooms and cook and additional 3 minutes or until mushrooms have softened. Add the garlic and cook another 30 seconds – just long enough for the garlic to bloom and become fragrant. Transfer the vegetable mixture to a separate bowl and set aside.
- If needed, heat a little more oil to the skillet and add enough meat just to cover the inside of the skillet. Brown the beef on both sides, about 1 minute per side (the beef may still be a little pink inside). Transfer the beef to a paper towel-lined plate, and repeat until all beef is browned.
- With the heat set to medium-low, slowly add the wine while deglazing (scraping the browned bits off) the pan. Add the beef broth, French onion soup and Worcestershire Sauce. Stir well.
- Add the vegetables and the beef back to the pot and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer 30-60 minutes to thicken the soup.
- (*Note – while the soup cooks, make the bread bowls.)
- Add the heavy cream and simmer an additional 15 minutes, stirring often so the cream won’t scorch.
- When ready to serve, fill each bowl with soup and top with 1 slice of provolone or mound with shredded provolone.
- Set oven to broil and place the bowls of soup on the middle rack. Watch the soup carefully, so the cheese doesn’t burn. Broil until the cheese has melted and just beginning to toast.
- Serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
For the Bread Bowls:
- Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Use a serrated knife to cut ½-1 inch (depending on the size of your bread) off the top of the loaf.
- Hollow out the inside of the loaf, leaving about a 1-inch edge of bread around the perimeter.
- Place the bread bowls and their tops on the prepared baking sheet and brush the insides, the edges and the tops of the bowls with olive oil.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and set aside while soup cooks.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Philly Cheese Steak Soup Recipe
Ingredients
For the Bread Bowls:
- 4 small round bread loaves to make bread bowls
- Olive oil for brushing
For the Soup:
- 2 pounds thinly sliced roast beef
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 medium onions chopped
- 1 medium green pepper chopped
- 1 pound button or cremini mushrooms caps with ½-inch stems, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ cup red wine cabernet sauvignon works well, optional
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 10.5 ounce can French Onion Soup
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 4 slices Provolone cheese or 8 ounces shredded
Instructions
For the Soup:
- The best and easiest way to get the beef as thin as needed is to ask your butcher to slice it across the grain and 2-3mm (1/16th inch thick).
- Heat oven to 350°F (for the bread bowls).
- Season the beef with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the oil and butter. Add the onions and green pepper and cook 3 minutes or until softened.
- Add sliced mushrooms and cook and additional 3 minutes or until mushrooms have softened. Add the garlic and cook another 30 seconds – just long enough for the garlic to bloom and become fragrant. Transfer the vegetable mixture to a separate bowl and set aside.
- If needed, heat a little more oil to the skillet and add enough meat just to cover the inside of the skillet. Brown the beef on both sides, about 1 minute per side (the beef may still be a little pink inside). Transfer the beef to a paper towel-lined plate, and repeat until all beef is browned.
- With the heat set to medium-low, slowly add the wine while deglazing (scraping the browned bits off) the pan. Add the beef broth, French onion soup and Worcestershire Sauce. Stir well.
- Add the vegetables and the beef back to the pot and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer 30-60 minutes to thicken the soup.
- (*Note – while the soup cooks, make the bread bowls.)
- Add the heavy cream and simmer an additional 15 minutes, stirring often so the cream won’t scorch.
- When ready to serve, fill each bowl with soup and top with 1 slice of provolone or mound with shredded provolone.
- Set oven to broil and place the bowls of soup on the middle rack. Watch the soup carefully, so the cheese doesn’t burn. Broil until the cheese has melted and just beginning to toast.
- Serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
For the Bread Bowls:
- Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Use a serrated knife to cut ½-1 inch (depending on the size of your bread) off the top of the loaf.
- Hollow out the inside of the loaf, leaving about a 1-inch edge of bread around the perimeter.
- Place the bread bowls and their tops on the prepared baking sheet and brush the insides, the edges and the tops of the bowls with olive oil.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and set aside while soup cooks.
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By Becky Hardin
Published Jul 12, 2017
This Essential Grocery List is an absolute life saver for my family on the busy weeks. When I started this journey to learn how to cook, I quickly realized that the first step in cooking is having staple ingredients on hand. I want to avoid having to run out to the grocery store every single time I prepare a new recipe. Having a well-stocked pantry has made my life in the kitchen so much simpler, because when it’s time to cook, I have what I need.
Essential Grocery List
It’s so helpful to have a basic grocery list to help me remember which foods to buy at the store. This food shopping list is my go-to!
It’s better to stock up on things like grains, seasonings and spices, baking essentials, oils, condiments, canned and frozen foods, etc. so I can just grab them when I need them. These things have a long shelf life , so I keep them in my kitchen for convenience.
However, I do have to go to the supermarket sometimes, and there’s a way to make that trip easy and hassle-free: I keep a grocery list! If I go in blindly, I’ll leave with things I don’t need, and nothing that actually helps me prepare a good meal.
In the list below, I’ve compiled everything I always have on my stock-up grocery list.
I’ve got you covered! I created an easy grocery list filled with all of the essentials. Plus there’s a free printable version that you can take with you to the grocery store. It has everything you need to stock your pantry, your freezer, and your refrigerator.
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What to Buy at the Grocery Store
This is the perfect grocery list filled with all the basics and essentials. It should help get you going if you’re new to cooking, or if you’re just left staring helplessly at an empty pantry and don’t know how to fill it.
When I first started cooking, things could seem overwhelming. I quickly realized that they more prepared I could be, the more confident I felt. If you already have the basics in your kitchen, then you can shop stress-free.
So print out our easy grocery list, stock up your pantry and fridge, and you’ll be cooking in no time!
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Fresh Produce
- Apples
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- Avocados
- Bell Peppers
- Carrots
- Broccoli
- Garlic
- Lemons/Limes
- Onion
- Parsley
- Cilantro
- Basil
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Tomatoes
GRAINS
- Breadcrumbs
- Pasta
- Quinoa
- Rice
- Sandwich Bread
- Tortillas
MEAT/PROTEIN
- Chicken
- Eggs
- Ground Beef
- Sliced Turkey
- Lunch Meat
DAIRY
- Butter
- Sliced Cheese
- Shredded Cheese
- Milk
- Sour Cream
- Greek Yogurt
BAKING GOODS
- Baking powder
- Baking Soda
- Granulated Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Flour
- Honey
- Vanilla Extract
- Dry Yeast
- Chocolate Chips
- Cocoa Powder
- Powdered Sugar
FREEZER
- Fruit and Berries
- Frozen Veggies (Corn, Peas, Broccoli, etc)
- Juice Concentrate
- Pizza or Other Convenience Meals
- Pie Crust
- Cookie Dough
CANNED/DRIED GOODS
- Chicken stock/broth
- Salsa
- Diced Tomatoes
- Jam/Jelly
- Peanut Butter
- Pasta Sauce
- Beans (Black Beans, Chickpeas, Baked Beans, etc)
- Soups
- Tuna
- Green Chiles
- Canned Veggies
- Coffee or Tea
Get more details on the best non-perishable and pantry foods
CONDIMENTS/SPICES
- Black Pepper
- Chili Powder
- Cinnamon
- Crushed Red Pepper
- Cumin
- Garlic Powder
- Ketchup
- Mustard
- Mayo
- Nutmeg
- Paprika
- Salt (Course Sea Salt and Kosher Salt)
- Soy Sauce
- Steak Sauce
- Hot Sauce/ Buffalo Sauce
- Salad Dressings
OILS/VINEGARS
- Apple cider vinegar
- Balsamic vinegar
- Coconut Oil
- Olive Oil
- Vegetable/Canola Oil
- Red Wine Vinegar
- White Vinegar
- Cooking Wine
- White Wine Vinegar
SNACKS
- Crackers
- Nuts
- Quick Oats
- Popcorn
- Tortilla Chips
- Cereal
Click to get my Free Printable Grocery List for the perfectly stocked pantry and freezer!
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I hope this essential grocery list can help you buy what you need and make your home cooking so much easier!
Stock Your Kitchen
Find more ideas for your grocery list, stock up your kitchen, and print more cooking guides and charts to keep handy!
Non-Perishable Foods to Stock Up On
Frozen Vegetables to Stock Up On (and Recipes to Make)
Ultimate List of Cooking Herbs for Your Kitchen
Ultimate List of Cooking Spices for Your Kitchen
Cooking Oil 101: Types of Cooking Oils to Use
26 Types of Pasta and When to Use Them
What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season?
Meat Temperature Chart (Free Printable)
How to Meal Prep (Guide for Beginners)
Basic Cooking Measurements & Kitchen Conversion Chart
