How to Prepare Homemade Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese)

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Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese) estimated approx Approx. 1 hour, depends on individual.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
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Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese):
- 16 small red potatoes, or 8 medium russet, or whatever potatoes enough to equal that
- 1 lb. box Velveeta Cheese or store brand, whatever flavor you like
- 1-2 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.)
- 1 (16 oz.) container of sour cream, or more depending on if you like it creamy
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted margarine or butter
- 1 cup instant mashed potatoes (Idahoan brand is my favorite)
- 8 cups 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)
- 1 lb. fresh sliced carrots
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 1 lb. cooked cubed ham (approximately)
- 1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
- Salt and pepper to taste (optional)
- Crackers and bacon bits (optional)
Steps to make Potato Soup (made with ham and cheese)
- 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.



- Sauté over medium heat, onions and celery in margarine or butter just until tender and add the to the pot.



- 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.

- Add instant potatoes to pot and stir until dissolved.

- Add sour cream to pot and stir.

- 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.


- Sit back and relax, you’re done, enjoy with/without real bacon bits and/or crackers (I like Ritz).


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