Now add enough butter to the bacon grease to make a couple tablespoons of fat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the bacon from the pan, reserving the grease. Start by browning your chopped bacon in a Dutch oven or heavy stockpot. Are you and your family big soup lovers? If so, grab that Dutch Oven, and let’s make some soup with so much flavor! How do you make Loaded Potato Soup? Stir in ham then taste soup and add salt and pepper if necessary (remember ham will add a bit of salt to each bite of soup.) Let sit and thicken off the heat for 10 minutes then serve.Fall is in the air, and with it comes so many delicious soups! Of course, we make and eat soup all year round, but at this time of the year, I really don’t need any excuse for having soup three times a week. Remove pot from heat then stir in small handfuls of cheese one at a time, stirring until completely melted before adding more.Add remaining mashed potatoes then whisk until smooth. Add half the mashed potatoes then whisk until smooth. Turn heat down to medium then cook, stirring frequently, until soup is slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes. Add milk then turn heat up to medium-high and bring soup to a simmer, stirring frequently. Slowly pour in chicken broth while whisking to create a smooth sauce. Sprinkle in flour then saute for 1 minute.Season with salt and pepper then saute until vegetables are tender, 8-10 minutes (place a lid on top to help speed up softening if vegetables are taking too long.) Add garlic then saute for 30 more seconds. Add carrots, celery, shallot, and dried thyme. Melt butter in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat.8oz freshly shredded sharp cheddar cheese.3 cups prepared mashed potatoes (from 3 large Russet potatoes).2 large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced.I’m telling you – there is nothing better than this decadent, thick and cheesy soup. Let the soup sit off the heat for 10 minutes to thicken, taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary, then ladle into bowls. Finally add cubed ham then stir to combine.įYI – if you’re going the ham steak route you’ll want a 1-1/2 – 2lb ham steak.
Last step is to pull the soup off the heat then sprinkle in freshly shredded sharp cheddar cheese a little bit at a time, stirring until the cheese is completely melted before adding more. Note that these prepared mashed potatoes already have butter, milk, and salt mixed in – vs being plain cooked potatoes that have been mashed. Next add prepared mashed potatoes (made from 3 large russet potatoes,) then whisk vigorously until smooth. Then turn the heat back down to medium then simmer until the soup is slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes. Add splashes of chicken broth and milk while stirring to create a smooth sauce then turn the heat up to medium-high to bring the soup up to a bubble.
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Next, sprinkle in gluten free flour (or all-purpose flour if you don’t need to eat GF,) then stir to combine and cook for 1 minute. Add minced garlic then saute for 30 seconds. Season with salt and pepper then saute until the vegetables are softened 8-10 minutes. Start by adding chopped carrots, celery, shallot or onion, and dried thyme to melted butter in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. It’s decadent, thick, and creamy, and the ham bobbing in each spoonful is such a treat. Trust me and steer hungry Uncle Jim away from taking thirds of ham and mashed potatoes at the holiday dinner table this year – you’ve got soup to make! If you like cheesy soups, this one is going to be your jam. Vegetables are sauteed in butter then simmered with a combination of milk and chicken broth, thickened with prepared mashed potatoes, then jazzed up with freshly shredded sharp cheddar cheese and cubed ham. I gave my Mom a bowl of it to take home after watching the boys for a bit earlier this week and got a text two minutes after she got home saying “ soup is sooooo good!!”Ĭheesy Ham and Potato Soup is truly a cinch to stir together, and made even easier if you have leftover ham and mashed potatoes on hand. I created this luscious, cheesy soup recipe to use up leftover Christmas ham and mashed potatoes, but holy buckets I will not be waiting for another holiday to make it again.
Not when Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup is what you’re dreaming of! Is it strange to be more excited about the recipes you can make with holiday leftovers than you are about the holiday meal itself?
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