Mom's Creamy Ham and Potato Soup

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  • Number of Servings: 16
Ingredients
* Butter, unsalted, 2/3 cup* Onions, raw, 1 medium (2-1/2" dia)* Leeks, 1 leek* Carrots, raw, 6 medium peeled* Celery, raw, 1 stalk, medium (7-1/2" - 8" long)* Garlic, 2 TBSP Minced* Salt, 1 tsp * Chicken Broth, 1 Quart* Pepper, black, 1 tsp*Potato, raw, 4 medium (2-1/4" to 3-1/4" dia.) cut into cubes*Baked Ham Bone In, 2 lb. *Flour, white, 2/3 cup* Milk, 1%, 6 cup* Heavy Whipping Cream, 2 cups
Directions
-Sweat all vegetables (except potatoes) and garlic in butter until semi-soft.

-Add spices, chicken broth, milk and ham bone (with some meat on it- not a full ham, just about 2 lbs. of the leftovers from a ham) to the pot, cook approx. 1 hour until ham begins to fall off the bone.

-Add potatoes and cook 30 minutes more.

-Remove ham bone and meat from pot and cut up if necessary into bite sized pieces.

-Add flour (mixed with 1/4-1/2 cup water to form a slurry) and cream to the pot and cook until thickened.

-Add ham back to the pot, mix and serve hot.

Can be served alone or with cheese, bacon, sour cream, chives, etc. (not included in the calorie count).

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KRIBARRY.

Servings Per Recipe: 16
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 374.9
  • Total Fat: 23.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 96.8 mg
  • Sodium: 1,320.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 23.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
  • Protein: 18.8 g

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