Ham soup filled to the brim with soft, tender potatoes, carrots, celery, onion and garlic. You can even make your own ham broth using a leftover ham bone. Everyone is guaranteed to fall in love with this dish, even picky eaters!
HAM AND POTATO SOUP
There’s nothing more comforting than a hearty bowl of hot soup. If you’ve tried our Cauliflower Soup, Pumpkin Soup and Cream of Mushroom Soup, you’d know that we like to think we know a good soup when we taste one. That’s why we know you’re going to LOVE this creamy ham and potato soup! All up, it takes under 45 minutes (including prep time) to have a pot of full flavoured soup ready and on the table. Perfect for busy weeknights or for when you’re craving a wholesome meal!
HOW TO MAKE HAM AND POTATO SOUP
If you’re not a pro in the kitchen, have no fear! Ham and potato soup pretty much takes care of itself, simmering away on the stove, thickening into a delicious creamy base. This is a no-fuss ham and potato soup recipe – just have all of your veggies cut up before you start, a small glass of wine on your kitchen countertop, and you’re ready to get into it! Sauté onion, carrots and celery in butter. Also referred to as soffritto or mirepoix — the holy trinity of cooking. We start off with these three aromatics to build a wonderful flavour and depth to your soup. Cook leftover ham along with potatoes in the soffritto to start drawing out the flavours in the ham. Sauté the garlic for 30 seconds – 1 minute, which is enough time to release its flavour into the base of your soup.
HOW TO MAKE A ROUX
Instead of making a roux (or white sauce) separately, we are going to do it all in the same pot. It’s much easier to do it this way in soups leaving little chance of messing up. It also tastes significantly better than using heavy cream in this ham and potato soup. All you need to do is: Mix flour through the veggies and ham in the pot and let it cook for 2 minutes to get rid of the ‘flour’ taste and brown it ever so slightly. Stir in a low sodium chicken stock (you could also use beef) and bouillon powder. Let the ham and potato soup thicken, then reduce the heat to medium-low before adding in your milk. Once your milk goes in, let it cook while gently stirring until it thickens. Much easier than a traditional roux.
SEASONINGS
Taste test your ham and potato soup first before seasoning with salt, as ham has plenty of sodium.
HOW TO MAKE HAM BROTH
You can make your own ham broth for ham and potato soup using leftover ham bone:
Simmer the ham bone in a stock pot filled with enough water to cover the bone halfway (about 2 quarts/litres, depending on size of bone). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover with a lid and let simmer until very fragrant (about 1 hour). Discard hambone Replace the chicken stock with your ham broth.
Either way, you’re in for a delicious treat with this ham and potato soup!
WHAT TO SERVE WITH HAM AND POTATO SOUP
Nothing beats a warm piece of bread dipped in a hot bowl of soup! We recommend heating up a few pieces of Artisan Bread or some Soft Dinner Rolls. For extra flavour, lather some Garlic Butter onto your warm bread before dipping.
LOOKING FOR MORE HAM RECIPES? TRY THESE!
Honey Baked Ham Brown Sugar Mustard Glazed Ham Breakfast Casserole with Bacon, Sausage OR Ham
IF YOU LOVE CREAMY SOUP, TRY THESE:
Creamy Zuppa Toscana Easy Broccoli Cheese Soup Skinny Slow Cooker Potato Soup … Read More
