Thick & Creamy Potato Soup

This is a delicious easy to make potato soup recipe. I make this with a ham stock, made from boiling a ham bone. But it turns out well if you use a pre-packaged chicken soup stock or water and bouillion to taste. It goes really nicely with some nice fresh buns or bread. We never have any leftovers.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 8  cups  diced potatoes
• 1⁄2-1  cup  diced celery
• 1⁄2 cup  diced onion
• 1⁄2-1  cup  diced carrot
• 1  lb  diced ham
• 6 1⁄2 cups  ham stock (made from ham bone) or 6 1⁄2 cups  chicken soup base
• 2  cups chicken broth
• 2  tablespoons chicken bouillon (or to taste)
•  salt and pepper
• 4 -6  bay leaves
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 10  tablespoons flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups milk

Directions

1. Combine potato's, celery, onions, carrots, ham, bay leaves and soup stock in large stock pot. Bring to a boil.
2. Cook over medium heat until potato's are tender, 10-20 minutes.
3. Stir in chicken bouillon, salt, and pepper.
4. In separate pot melt butter over low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork and cook stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute.
5. Slowly stir in milk, continue stirring until thickened slightly.
6. Add hot milk mixture to soup slowly, cook until hot and thickened, serve.