Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese)
Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese)

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, potato soup (made with ham and cheese). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

A thick and luscious soup that is perfect for the cold winter months. Potatoes are simmered with onions, processed cheese, ham and milk. Combine potatoes, celery, carrots, onion, ham, and water/broth in stockpot and bring to boil. Then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have potato soup (made with ham and cheese) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese):
  1. Make ready small red potatoes, or 8 medium russet, or whatever potatoes enough to equal that
  2. Make ready box Velveeta Cheese or store brand, whatever flavor you like
  3. Take onions any kind, depending on how much you like onions. (Obviously use more than 2 if you like pearl onions, just get at least a lb.)
  4. Make ready container of sour cream, or more depending on if you like it creamy
  5. Take unsalted margarine or butter
  6. Take instant mashed potatoes (Idahoan brand is my favorite)
  7. Take low sodium chicken or vegetable broth (or make it with 8 cups water and 8 bouillon cubes) plus ~4 cups extra water (enough to cover)
  8. Take fresh sliced carrots
  9. Make ready sliced celery
  10. Make ready cooked cubed ham (approximately)
  11. Take Italian seasoning
  12. Prepare Salt and pepper to taste (optional)
  13. Prepare Crackers and bacon bits (optional)

Although this step is not absolutely necessary, it will make your soup creamier. Add the shredded cheese and ham cubes to the soup and stir until the cheese is completely melted and the ham is heated through. Ham and potato soup is a rich, creamy and comforting soup that is perfect as cold weather comfort food. This hearty soup is full of soft potatoes, vegetables, flavorful ham, whole milk, and sharp white cheddar cheese!

Steps to make Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese):
  1. Wash and cube potatoes (1 inch thickness and add them with seasoning, carrots and ham to a covered ~12 qt. pot to boil over medium to medium-high heat in the broth until tender. (I like to cheat here and microwave the potatoes before I cut them up to help them along). Make sure you add just enough extra water to cover ingredients (~4 more cups). Stir occasionally.
  2. Sauté over medium heat, onions and celery in margarine or butter just until tender and add the to the pot.
  3. After potatoes are really fork tender (may need to taste one), melt the cheese in the microwave or a sauce pan following package directions. (I cube it and microwave 1 min. stir, 1 min. stir and 1 min. more and stir in a splash of milk to loosen it up if necessary). Add to pot and stir.
  4. Add instant potatoes to pot and stir until dissolved.
  5. Add sour cream to pot and stir.
  6. Add salt and pepper to taste and let the soup thicken by simmering over low heat, probably ~10 mins depending on the amount of extra water added.
  7. Sit back and relax, you’re done, enjoy with/without real bacon bits and/or crackers (I like Ritz).

Ham and potato soup is a rich, creamy and comforting soup that is perfect as cold weather comfort food. This hearty soup is full of soft potatoes, vegetables, flavorful ham, whole milk, and sharp white cheddar cheese! If you want another great soup to use up some leftover ham, don't miss my Instant Pot Ham and Bean soup! I removed bone and veggies and discarded. I then took out ham and chopped.

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