Simple Way to Make Favorite Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese)

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, potato soup (made with ham and cheese). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese) is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook potato soup (made with ham and cheese) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

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

Steps 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).

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