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Cheddar potato-beer soup with shredded ham
photo by kzbhansen
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 10 baby carrots
- 5 red potatoes, peeled,cut into large pieces
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- fresh ground pepper, red pepper flakes
- 1 (12 ounce) bottle beer
- 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth or (14 1/2 ounce) cans vegetable broth
- 1 1⁄2 cups grated cheddar cheese
- 1 cup cooked ham, shredded or julienned
directions
- Heat butter in a large, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Add carrots, potatoes and onion; cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper and red pepper flakes to taste.
- Add beer; heat to a boil, stirring to scrape up any browned bits.
- Add chicken broth; heat to a boil.
- Cook until potatoes and carrots are tender, about 12 minutes.
- Pour soup, in batches if necessary, into blender or food processor (or use a hand-held'boat motor' blender).
- Puree and return to saucepan.
- Stir in cheese; heat, stirring, until cheese is melted, about 2 minutes.
- Taste for seasoning; add more pepper flakes if needed.
- Ladle into bowls.
- Top each with shredded ham.
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Reviews
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I have got to hand it to ya, just looking at the recipe I was unsure of what the end result was going to be, but WOW!!! I had my Mom and brothere over for dinner and we loved it!! I wouldnt change a thing. I have a hand held mixer "wand" and so I just blended it still in the pot. This will be a family favorite from now on. Thank you!!
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This was very good - I used a good pinch of red pepper, and added just a bit of salt, as I used my own chicken broth with this. I added just a bit of broth towards the end, I am sure it all depends on how big your potatoes are. I used white cheddar cheese and this was a pretty apricot color. I also added a good spoonful of mascerpone that I happened to have, which added just a touch of creaminess.I think a little celery leaf might be a good addition. I opted not to add the ham, and garnished with some chopped scallion.
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Tweaks
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This was a big hit with the kids and my dinner guest. I had to skip the carrots and onions because I didn't have time to go to the store. Also used bacon instead of ham. I put my favorite beer, Shiner Black in there...minus a drink...or two. The flavor held very well. Since the DH doesn't like my beer, he didn't like the soup, but the rest of us really enjoyed it. Only four stars because, no offense, but it didn't blow us away. I will be cooking it again, maybe with a beer more suited to DH's taste....and when he's away, my faithful Shiner Black! It's definitely going to be a staple recipe...for my guest as well, he stole my print-out! Thanks for posting!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Hey Jude
Winter, Wisconsin