My friend sent me the recipe for this ham and potato soup. It is delectable and simple to prepare. What’s best? It still tastes fantastic even if you add extras like extra ham and carrots.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups peeled and diced potatoes
- 3 ¼ cups water
- ¾ cup diced cooked ham
- ⅓ cup diced celery
- ⅓ cup finely chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
- 1 teaspoon ground white or black pepper, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
Instructions
- Combine potatoes, water, ham, celery, and onion in a stockpot. Bring to a boil; simmer over medium heat until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in chicken bouillon, pepper, and salt.
- Melt butter in a separate saucepan over medium-low heat. Add flour; cook and stir until thick, about 1 minute. Whisk in milk; cook and stir until thick, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Pour milk mixture into the stockpot; cook and stir until warmed through.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 195 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 30 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 394 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Absolutely delicious just the way it is. Well actually, does doubling the recipe count? I was just reading the reviews and it reminded me of the first time I made this. My sister told me you can’t use too much pepper. Well guess what, you can but it was still good. A perfect recipe for any time thank you so much. Diann
Delicious as is. But when my daughter asked for potato soup and I served her this, her reaction made me realize she meant baked potato soup. So I added a package of instant potatoes to thicken it and now she’s happy.
Like it just the way it is
I’ve been making this recipe as written since 2009. It’s a fall favorite!! Once in a while I will add carrots. 🙂
It’s delicious. “Go to” recipe to use up leftover holiday Ham.
I have used this recipe and absolutely love the soup. It is the best Potato and Ham soup recipe. Delicious.
Made this today for dinner. Everyone enjoyed it.
I had 3 cups of him left over from Thanksgiving. I know, it’s July. I had it in an outside refrigerator that gets really cold. My wife thought she was going to be killed by this. But it was the saltiest ham we had ever tried; I think it was intended to make it across the ocean on the Mayflower without refrigeration. Anyway, I was making the recipe when I saw that it called for 3/4 of a cup. I figured if I double the recipe I’d have twice as much ham per serving as I was supposed to have, so I just doubled the rest of it and used 3 cups of ham. Trust me, this was fine. I threw in about eight sliced up “baby carrots“ for color and I didn’t have any celery, so I used some leftover bok choy. It was fine. Speaking of which I didn’t have any onions so I used a teaspoon of onion powder. It still came out wonderful. Most of the people reading this by this point will think, “he didn’t even make this recipe.” But itcwas great. After two big bowls of soup for supper, we have five leftover portions that big for the future. My wife liked it enough that one quart portion is going in the refrigerator for tomorrow. Four completely filled quart-sized ziplock bags are headed to the freezer. I’ll be happy to have it again!
Delicious!! I added some herbs (sage and savory and parsley) Also added 2 garlic cloves and 1/3 cup chopped carrots.Best potato soup I’ve had!
So easy and delicious!!!!
I love this soup!! Only thing i did different is I doubled the water bc I like my soups with a lot of broth, not chunky. Thank you for a great recipe!
Love this recipe. Quick as easy
This is the best potato soup I have ever eaten, and I can’t believe that I’m the one who makes it! I used to work outside the house and never leaned to cook, now I cook all the time! Fantastic Recipe! Use Better Than Bullion product though. Mercy
It was really good,I didn’t want to stop eating. The only change I made was adding some frozen corn. num num
This is my go to soup. Everyone that has some, love it. To me, it is the perfect recipe. I make it quit often. I sometimes substitute the ham for Jimmy Deans hot sausage. Awesome!
I made as described and it turned out fantastic!!! Will definitely make again!
Excellent recipe . I used 2% milk and some Fat free Half and half. Family loved it.
I loved how the author of this yummy soup recipe suggested the best part of it was in the power of adapting it and it still turns out great! I followed basic recipe but added extra ham and onions. I also added a sliced carrot and a bit of garlic powder. I love white pepper and used a whole tsp and found I loved the zip it gave. My husband would have preferred I use 3/4 tsp. Easy and quick!
Great, easy recipe. Made almost as directed. I used 2 cups of bone broth I had in the fridge in place of 2 cups of water. Used up the rest of the Easter ham. The roux made a huge difference in the flavor, and I’m glad I did it right. It made a big pot, and I know it will taste even better later. I think I will freeze most of the leftovers. Definitely will make again!
I made this for the first time yesterday and it’s absolutely delicious! And since I am not a celery fan when it comes to soups I replaced the celery with leeks , equal measurement. To make it a little more creamier I used my hand blender for a few seconds and that’s it.
Couldn’t include a picture, it disappeared too fast. I share with my hospice dog so I used a touch of garlic instead of onion & threw in some bacon with the ham. No such thing as too much ham or bacon. Great stuff, will definitely make again.