Creamy Ham and Potato Soup
Creamy Ham and Potato Soup – so comforting and warm on a cold day!
CREAMY HAM AND POTATO SOUP
I’ve been playing nurse over at my house. All of my kids and my husband all of sudden got hit with 103 temperature and the chills. John was on his way to go golfing and came home so you know it had to be serious. They’ve been sleeping most of the day. I’ve been shuffling around my house making the rounds between taking temperatures, giving medicine, and trying to make them drink fluids. I’m just hoping that I don’t get it next but I feel like it’s inevitable. They would hardly eat anything but I did get them to eat this soup. This soup has 5 out of 5 stars on Allrecipes and over 4,000 people have rated it so what does that tell you! It’s definitely the best potato soup I’ve had. Thanks Becky for sending it my way…
OTHER SOUP RECIPES
- Panera’s Broccoli Cheddar Soup
- Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
- Easy Tomato Soup
- Creamy Chicken Potato soup
- Spicy Chicken Enchilada Soup
- Chicken Cordon Bleu Soup
- Egg Drop Soup
- Zuppa Toscana
Creamy Ham and Potato Soup
Creamy Ham and Potato Soup - so comforting and warm on a cold day!
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes
- 1/3 cup diced celery
- 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup carrot, diced (optional)
- 1 cup diced cooked ham (buy a ham steak in the deli section)
- 3 1/4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground white or black pepper, or to taste
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
Instructions
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Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, carrot, ham and chicken broth in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the salt and pepper.
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In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk so that lumps don't form and until all of the milk has been added. Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes.
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Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through.
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Top with cheddar cheese, chives, and bacon if desired. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Source: adapted from Allrecipes
This was so easy and very yummy! I made this tonight! it was a hit! I did not have ham on hand but I used bacon instead! YUM!!! This will be added to my recipes. The house smells so good!
This sounds so good! I even have some extra diced onion, celery and carrots I just froze after having too much in a “Black-eyed Pea recipe I made that also used diced Ham. So I am positive I will be trying this Potato Soup recipe next!
Great recipe! I subbed a parsnip for one of my potatoes. I also added mashed potatoes to thicken it
soup was delish! wish I would have doubled the recipe for lleftovers. I put carrots in also, great for a pretty color too!
Amazing! Already made it twice, the first round was eaten up so quickly that my fiancé requested a round two! Thanks for all of your wonderful recipes, I love your site 🙂
This soup was so delicious, I made it tonight and my family is going back for seconds! Thank you, Nettie
Thanks for the recipe.Of all the soups,Potato Soup is my favorite. I have ham,and lots of potatoes.You just made my supper,thanks. Weezy
Really good with the addition of roasted garlic
yum yum yummy!!!!! Easy and delicious!
love this! i absolutely love these kinds of soup! 🙂
This is excellent! Simple and tasty the way potato soup is supposed to be. I also added some fresh thyme and a little parsley and if you don’t know about white pepper, there really is no substitute in potato soup!
Thank you for sharing this. We really enjoyed it.
SOOOOOOO tasty! 🙂
I loved this soup. So good!! Thanks.
Thanks for the inspiration (again!). I featured a low sodium version of this recipe on my blog – http://blogfoodbetter.blogspot.com/
Keep up the yummy recipes!
This looks great! I’m not a big ham fan, but I might try this without it and see how it comes out!
potato soup is one of my FAVORITES! this looks amazing!
thanks for a great recipe!
Just made this tonight and it was awesome!!! Thanks for all your great recipes, we always check out your blog first for fun new things!!
I just made this for tonights dinner and snuck a bowl before the family gets home….and it was wonderful!
ohhhh this looks soo good! Will be trying it very soon!
I made this tonight and OMG! yum. I did a fridge crisper clean-out so I added a bunch of kale I had and I also added the suggested can of corn. This was such an easy recipe. We also put crumbled bacon, cheese and green onion on top.
This looks really good. I want you to know I have been following your blog for a few months now—I can’t even remember how I can across it. But I LOVEE it! I can’t wait to see what you are going to post next & you always have a good story to go along with it. I’ve made several of your recipes…you’ve got a fan in the Midwest 😉
Hey Christy, I am definetely try this today. My husband likes to eat early on Sundays, so when I get done with this, I ‘ll get it started. I have to agree, you share some amazing recipes and stories to go with. Very fun. I hope everyone is feeling better , that crap is floating in the North West to and I have about had it. Do you by any chance have any tips for substitutions for gluten free ingrediants? The more info. the better off I can cook for my husband. Thanks again and take care.
Dianna,
I definitely need to get more educated on gluten-free since it’s becoming very common these days. I wish I knew more. Sorry!
@Crystal,
Good. I’m so glad they liked it. It’s definitely a keeper.
Ah-maz-ing! Made this tonight for my family and they raved about it. Repeat for sure! I put in some creamed corn and it was a good addition. Thanks for sharing!
this looks divine, we have a sold floating around here too. No real sickness just fever & the chills!
I totally need soup recipes! I can’t wait to try this one. sick kids are bad but add in a sick husband and it takes it to another level! I hope they get well soon….
oh, sorry to hear about your family! I’ll cross my fingers that you wont get it! This soup looks so delicious! Perfect for a fall dinner!
Looks nummers!!!! Love the new look of your blog!1
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I read this just in time…I have lots of potatoes and some ham at home that I didn’t know what to do with, this sounds yummy!
I made this same recipe not too long ago as well! It is really the best potato soup I’ve had, my whole family absolutely loved it!
Potato Soup!! Oh, definitely one of my favorites!.. Only thing is, I’ve always made it with bacon bits, but to make it with ham looks good too! I’ll have to try out your recipe! Thanks for sharing it!… and have a great day! ~tina