How to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese)

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By cooking the ham and potatoes together you will get a heartier tasting potato great idea. I toasted bread cubes seasoned with parmesean cheese in the oven for a great UGC Reviews Modal. Reviews for: Photos of Ham, Potato, and Cheese Soup. This thick and chunky potato soup is made with the addition of ham.

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

The ingredients needed to make Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese):

1. Prepare 16 small red potatoes, or 8 medium russet, or whatever potatoes enough to equal that
2. Prepare 1 lb. box Velveeta Cheese or store brand, whatever flavor you like
3. Take 1-2 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. Get 1 (16 oz.) container of sour cream, or more depending on if you like it creamy
5. Make ready 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted margarine or butter
6. Get 1 cup instant mashed potatoes (Idahoan brand is my favorite)
7. Make ready 8 cups 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. Get 1 lb. fresh sliced carrots
9. Make ready 1 cup sliced celery
10. Prepare 1 lb. cooked cubed ham (approximately)
11. Take 1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
12. Get Salt and pepper to taste (optional)
13. Make ready Crackers and bacon bits (optional)

Greek yogurt or sour cream: To make the soup extra-creamy. Perfect for winter blues eating! :P DO NOT thicken this soup too much. With potatoes, ham, cheese, scallions, and yummy spices, this soup is FULL of flavor! We tend to have leftover ham after holidays like Christmas How to make Ham Potato Soup: Not only does it have simple ingredients, but the process for making it is just as simple!

Instructions 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).

With potatoes, ham, cheese, scallions, and yummy spices, this soup is FULL of flavor! We tend to have leftover ham after holidays like Christmas How to make Ham Potato Soup: Not only does it have simple ingredients, but the process for making it is just as simple! This hearty Ham and Potato Soup is made with a ham shank or leftover ham bone and russet potatoes. If you want to make the soup entirely with the broth that comes from a leftover ham bone, you can easily do that. Just cover the ham bone with water and pot, bring.

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