Thick & Creamy Potato Soup

photo by jake ryleysmommy

- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- 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
- Combine potato's, celery, onions, carrots, ham, bay leaves and soup stock in large stock pot. Bring to a boil.
- Cook over medium heat until potato's are tender, 10-20 minutes.
- Stir in chicken bouillon, salt, and pepper.
- In separate pot melt butter over low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork and cook stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute.
- Slowly stir in milk, continue stirring until thickened slightly.
- Add hot milk mixture to soup slowly, cook until hot and thickened, serve.
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Reviews
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This was a satisfying soup. I really liked the addition of the bay leaves and all of the veggies. They made a tasty change to traditional potato soup. I omitted additional salt as both the ham & the chicken bouillon had plenty for us. I didn't find this particularly creamy. One could easily sub more milk for part of the broth if needed. Thank you for sharing your recipe! Made for Spring '08 Pick A Chef.
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