Slow Cooker Ham and Potato Soup is creamy, full of veggies and ham, finished off with milk and sour cream for an easy, delicious hearty soup.
Slow Cooker Ham and Potato Soup is a delicious set it and forget it meal your family will enjoy that tastes like you stood by the stovetop tending to it for hours.
Soups are a big part of the fall season, with their instant “warm you up” abilities and ability to freeze portions or take portions for quickly heated lunches. Slow cookers are such a great tool for making easy soups in the winter, especially this Slow Cooker Ham and Potato Soup.
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.
Ingredients
- ▢8 cups russet potatoes , diced
- ▢1 yellow onion , diced
- ▢2 large carrots , peeled and chopped
- ▢1/2 cup chopped celery
- ▢16 ounces Cubed Ham
- ▢1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- ▢1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- ▢1/4 cup flour
- ▢4 cups chicken broth
- ▢1 1/2 cups heavy cream , (you can also substitute whole milk)
- ▢½ cup sour cream
Instructions
- 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 ⅓ 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
