Ham and Potato Soup

Name: Ham and Potato Soup
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 18 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10-12 lbs ham; 1 whole onion, peeled; 2 bay leaves; 2 cups chopped onion; 2 lbs carrots sliced; 8 stalks celery sliced; 3 lbs red potatoes (1.5 in cubes, NOT peeled); 2 cups 2% milk; 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp paprika; 1 tbs dried parsley; 1 tbs real horseradish; 1 sticks butter; 1/2 cup flour

Adrianne Meszaros @adriannemeszaros

This soup is great after a holidays when ham goes on SALE! The first ham I bought in the early 90's was on sale for .69 cents per pound, I still try and get it for that price today!

Adrianne Meszaros @adriannemeszaros

This soup is great after a holidays when ham goes on SALE! The first ham I bought in the early 90's was on sale for .69 cents per pound, I still try and get it for that price today!

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Ingredients

2 hours

18 serving

10-12 lbsham
1whole onion, peeled
2bay leaves
2 cupschopped onion
2 lbscarrots sliced
8 stalkscelery sliced
3 lbsred potatoes (1.5 in cubes, NOT peeled)
2 cups2% milk
1 1/2 tspgarlic powder
1 tsponion powder
1 tsppaprika
1 tbsdried parsley
1 tbsreal horseradish
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1 sticksbutter
1/2 cupflour

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Steps

2 hours

1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cook ham for 1.5-2 hours. Let stand 30 minutes. Slice ham best you can leaving about 2 cups of meat on the bone.
2

Place bone in a large stock pot, add in enough water until it covers the bone. Add 1 whole onion and 2 bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Simmer for 1.5 hours.
3

Take out ham bone and whole onion. Add in chopped onions, sliced carrots, and sliced celery. Simmer for 25 minutes.
4

Add in potatoes, simmer for 35 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. To help break up potatoes smash is the back of a large spoon or whisk.
5

Add in milk, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, parsley, and real horseradish.
6

In a small sauce pan melt butter on medium high heat. Add in flour and stir constantly until consistency of wet sand.
7

Once the soup comes back to a low boil, whisk in rough. Mix occasionally for the next 10 minutes and enjoy!