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This hearty and delicious soup is full of ham, potatoes, veggies, and real cheddar cheese. It is so good and has become an instant favorite at our house!
If you love eating soups during these cold winter months then you should cook up this cheeseburger soup, this pasta e Fagioli soup, or this delicious chicken gnocchi soup. They are some tried and true favorites!
Ham and Potato Cheddar Soup
I couldn’t hold back on this soup any longer! It is one of the BEST soups that we have ever had! It’s a great soup to make too if you have any leftover ham. I loved how hearty this soup was. Full of ham, potatoes, carrots, and corn it all comes together so well and makes this soup delicious. Plus, it’s simple and easy to make and you can have dinner ready in less than 30 minutes.
But let’s talk about the cheese… The cheddar base of this soup was hands down my favorite part! You will not believe how amazing the real cheddar cheese tastes and how it adds such great flavor to this soup. As soon as I had a taste I couldn’t wait for my family to try it! It was such a huge hit at dinner that the soup pot was completely scraped clean. We loved it at our house and I know that you guys are going to rave about this recipe!
Ingredients to Make Ham and Potato Cheddar Soup
This list of ingredients is simple and easy. You probably already have all of these items in your kitchen! See the recipe card at the bottom of the post for exact measurements.
- Potatoes: Peel and dice your potatoes to put into the soup.
- Chicken broth: This adds in so much flavor to the base of the soup.
- Carrots: If you want to save some time then buy a bag of matchstick carrots from the store. Then you can just measure and dump them in!
- Onion: After you chop up this onion, it will add so much flavor to the soup!
- Butter: I used unsalted butter with this recipe.
- Flour: All purpose flour works great for this soup!
- Milk: I used 2% milk but whatever you have on hand will work just fine.
- Salt and pepper: Use these to taste to add to and enhance the other flavors.
- Sharp cheddar cheese: I like to shred the cheese from a block. It will melt better in the soup because it doesn’t have a coating on it like pre-packed shredded cheese does.
- Ham: Make sure that your ham is precooked. You can even by precooked ham that already comes cubed at the store if you want to save some time!
- Corn: I used frozen corn in this recipe.
Let’s Make Some Soup!
This ham and potato cheddar soup only will take about 30 minutes from start to finish. So get cooking and you will have a hearty and delicious soup ready in no time!
- Cook vegetables: In a large saucepan, combine the potatoes, chicken broth, carrot and onion. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Make a roux and then mix everything together: Meanwhile, in another saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add the milk, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir the mixture into the potatoes and chicken broth. Stir in cheese until melted. Add ham and corn. Heat though.
Bread for Dipping
Isn’t soup just that much better when you have some delicious bread to dip in it?! Here are some ideas of bread that you can make to go with this ham and potato cheddar soup.
- Bread: You can make up a loaf of homemade bread or even some sourdough bread. It will taste so good with this soup!
- Breadsticks: I love a good breadstick with some soup. Try out these Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks or these Homemade Breadtwists.
- Rolls: Homemade rolls just cannot be beat! You can make these super easy 1-Hour Rolls or these tried and true Lion House Rolls
How to Store Leftovers
This soup is great the next day for lunch or dinner. When the soup has cooled then place it in an airtight container and put it in the fridge. It will last 3-4 days.
More Delicious Soup Recipes
Soups are so good, especially during cold winter months. But let’s be honest. I love them so much that I cook them all year long! I’ve rounded up a few more of my favorite soup recipes that I think that you and your family will love! There are a bunch of different types and flavors so there should be something for everyone!
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Ham and Potato Cheddar Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cups potatoes peeled and diced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup carrot sliced
- 1/4 cup onion chopped
- 1/4 cup butter cubed
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups sharp shredded cheddar cheese 8 ounces
- 1-1/2 cups ham cubed cooked
- 1 cup corn
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, combine the potatoes, chicken broth, carrot, and onion. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Meanwhile, in another saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add the milk, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil and cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir the mixture into the potatoes and chicken broth. Stir in cheese until melted. Add ham and corn. Heat through.
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I have to say the soup looks amazing, I’ll have to try it soon!
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Delicious! I loved the addition of the corn. It added a crunchy aspect to the soup. Good way to use leftover ham and mashed potatoes
Made this with leftover ham, and diced potatoes from the frozen section at the grocery store. Was terrific. Will definitely make again.
Used leftover ham that I froze 4 months ago; used lactaid milk; used random leftover cheese that I had in my fridge; used Better than Boullion chicken flavor; sauteed onion in butter before adding flour. THIS WAS DELICIOUS and I was using old, leftovers! Super easy. This recipe is a keeper!
Really easy to make and very delicious! Sautéed my onions and carrots in butter first, than added garlic, once the garlic became aromatic I added my potatoes and broth and followed recipe from there. The balance of everything from vegetables/ham/cheese were perfect as well as the consistency in the sauce/broth was perfect! Loved this recipe and will use this in the future!
My husband and I loved thiJoyce Busher s soup it was really tasty and easy to make.
Very nice soup recipe
I made this recipe for supper tonight in the crockpot. It came out great! I cooked the onion in the butter until tender. I had fat free milk, so I substituted part of the milk with half and half. I also added some garlic powder and powdered ginger. This recipe is a keeper!
Made this soup, yesterday – really, really good! Highly recommend!!
Has anyone tried this in a crock pot?
I am making this soup today in the crockpot. I will let you know how it comes out. Can’t wait to try it!
How did the soup work out in the crockpot?
Can you convert this into the instant pot?
This soup recipe is a keeper.. Use Better than Bouillon brand and added the ham with the raw vegetables to cook everything together. Gave the broth more flavor and added a teaspoon of smoked paprika to enhance the cheese flavor.
We all loved this and doubled the recipe for leftovers.
I made this soup for lunch.
When my grandsons came for supper i had only a small bowl left. After a taste test they loved it. So for supper I made soup again and there wasn’t any left. This is a keeper. Thank you for sharing
Hi I love ham hocks and wondered if and how you’d suggest incorporating one of them in the recipe please?
Australia
You can use it in this recipe for sure!
This is a great comfort food soup! Delicious flavor and you can tweak it to make it to your own liking. Favorite at my house!!
This was a hit in our house. Perfect on a cold winter day.