Name: Ham and Potato Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 85 min
Ingredients: 4 Med-Lrg Russet Potatoes, diced (Or your preference); 3 Cups Diced Ham; 2 Cans Cream of Potato Soup (10 1/2 oz cans); 2 1/2 Cups Milk; 1/2 Tbsp Onion Powder (Sub Garlic Powder, if desired); 1 Tsp Salt; 1/4 - 1/2 Tsp Pepper, Black; Shredded Cheddar/Colby Jack Cheese (OPTIONAL); Bacon, crumbled (OPTIONAL); Green Onions, chopped (OPTIONAL); Sour Cream (OPTIONAL)

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1 How do you make potato soup?

2 How do you add flavor to potato soup?

3 What potato is best for soup?

4 Ham and Potato Soup

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This Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup is to die for. It’s a lot like Loaded Potato Soup with some ham thrown in there. Topped with cheese, green onions, and bacon!

Updated 05/20/2020

Top image shows a spoonful of ham and potato soup close up. The bottom image shows a bowl of ham and potato soup with the toppings in smaller bowls in the background.

I made this two days ago, but had leftovers because there is only 4 of us living here and this was a 6 man batch. When I started editing my photos for this post/recipe, I stopped and went and heated a bowl up. This time though, I added those french fried onions (you know, the ones you use in the green bean casserole) in lieu of the green onions. Loved the crunch and taste.

How do you make potato soup?

First you boil some diced potatoes and drain them. In the same pot, you’ll add cream of potato soup (for the creaminess), some milk and some seasonings. Let it cook on low until warm. After it is warm, add the cooked diced potatoes. This is when I added my ham in too. See the recipe and instructions below.

How do you add flavor to potato soup?

Seasonings. All I used was onion powder, salt and pepper. If you want you can go further with some garlic powder, as well.

What potato is best for soup?

Gold potatoes are actually best for potato soup. However, with this Ham and Potato Soup, I used Russet. Use whatever potato you like the taste of the best. You can leave the skin on or off when making soup.

I mean just looking at it makes you want it, right?

Not sure if you can tell which type of pot I am cooking with, but this is a Copper Chef pot/casserole dish. You can do so many things with this one pot like this. My husband bought this for me and turns out, I use it more than I thought I would.

Instead of throwing some more soup dishes out there, I decided to give you more potato recipes to try…

Crockpot Potato Soup

Potato Salad – my hubs favorite

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Ham and Potato Soup

This Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup is to die for. It's a lot like Loaded Potato Soup with some ham thrown in there. Topped with cheese, green onions, and bacon!

Course Main Course, Soup

Cuisine American

Keyword cheesy ham and potato soup, easy ham soup, ham and potato soup

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Cool Down 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 213.06kcal

Equipment

6-8 quart pot

Ingredients

4 Med-Lrg Russet Potatoes, diced Or your preference
3 Cups Diced Ham
2 Cans Cream of Potato Soup 10 1/2 oz cans
2 1/2 Cups Milk
1/2 Tbsp Onion Powder Sub Garlic Powder, if desired
1 Tsp Salt
1/4 – 1/2 Tsp Pepper, Black
Shredded Cheddar/Colby Jack Cheese OPTIONAL
Bacon, crumbled OPTIONAL
Green Onions, chopped OPTIONAL
Sour Cream OPTIONAL

Instructions

Boil the diced potatoes for 10-15 minutes, or until tender. Drain. Set aside.
In the same pot, add the soup, milk and seasonings. Whisk until combined. Heat on medium heat.
Once the soup mixture is warm, add the potatoes and ham. Stir.
Continue to heat on medium/medium low (depending on your stove) for 30 minutes – 1 hour.

Notes

ITEMS/INGREDIENTS USED IN RECIPE – If you are interested in any of the items I may have used (or are similar to the items I used) in making this recipe, I have listed all or some of them above within the post. NOTE: These links are affiliate links of which I receive a small commission from the sale of certain item. This does not affect your price, it remains the same.