How To Make Quick and Easy Ham and Potato Soup
Enjoy this ham and potato soup recipe if you want a creamy and starchy consistency to your soup with a fresh sweet and smoky flavor and crunchy texture.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3½cupspotatoes,peeled and diced
- ⅓cupcelery,diced
- ⅓cuponion,finely chopped
- ¾cupham,cooked, diced
- 3¼cupswater
- 2tbspchicken bouillon granules
- ½tspsalt,or to taste
- 1tspground white or black pepper,or to taste
- 5tbspbutter
- 5tbspall-purpose flour
- 2cupsmilk
Instructions
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Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham, and water in a stockpot.
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Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes.
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Stir in the chicken bouillon, 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.
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Slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added.
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Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick for about 4 to 5 minutes.
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Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 215.68kcal
- Fat: 11.71g
- Saturated Fat: 6.51g
- Trans Fat: 0.29g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.49g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.78g
- Carbohydrates: 20.27g
- Fiber: 1.85g
- Sugar: 4.21g
- Protein: 7.73g
- Cholesterol: 37.92mg
- Sodium: 629.42mg
- Calcium: 91.68mg
- Potassium: 462.11mg
- Iron: 1.01mg
- Vitamin A: 89.79µg
- Vitamin C: 13.57mg
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