The Slow Cooker Ham and Potato Soup simmers away on its own, melting the vegetables into this delicious creamy base. A quick mash, a bit of heavy cream and sour cream and dinner is served!
The best part of slow cooker meals like this Slow Cooker Ham and Potato Soup is that they’re perfect for weeknights now that everyone is back to school or for those hearty meals you’re going to need after a day spent out at the soccer fields watching the little ones run around in a pattern that almost resembles soccer.
This Slow Cooker Ham and Potato Soup can be ready, waiting for you to come home, peel off the grass covered uniforms and eat!
Ingredients:
8 cups russet potatoes , diced
1 yellow onion , diced
2 large carrots , peeled and chopped
1/2 cup chopped celery
16 ounce Cubed Ham 2 packages of packages Smithfield Anytime Favorites™ Cubed Ham
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
1/4 cup flour
4 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups heavy cream (you can also use milk – I used whole milk)
½ cup sour cream
Directions:
Add the potatoes, onion, carrot, celery, ham, Kosher salt, pepper chicken broth to your slow cooker and cook on low 7-8 hours, or high 4-5 hours.
Using a potato masher, mash about 1/3 of the potatoes (don’t worry the ham won’t really mash that much)
Add the flour, heavy cream/milk and sour cream and stir everything together.
Cover and cook on high for an additional 15 minutes.