This slow cooker ham and potato soup is a cool weather staple around here and it’s easy to make.
This is a simple, quick, and creamy potato soup loaded with sweet carrots and tender ham cooks—it’s so easy that it practically cooks itself.
Few things are as comforting as coming home to dinner after a busy day of work or errands!
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Holly’s Recipe Highlights For Ham & Potato Soup
- Flavor: This slow cooker ham and potato soup is creamy with a homestyle flavor and a slight tang from the sour cream.
- Consistency: This recipe is a soup, and while it’s thicker than many soups, it’s not as thick as a chowder. It can be thickened according to the notes below.
- Difficulty: Super easy! This is a great soup for beginners.
- Recommended tools: To save prep time, I use this chopper for the carrots and onions. It’s one of my favorite kitchen tools.
- Flavor booster: If you have a ham bone from leftover baked ham, add it to the slow cooker for extra flavor.
- Leftovers: This soup tastes just as good leftover as it does the day you made it-perfect for lunches all week.
- Serving suggestions: Pair it with 30 Minute Dinner Rolls or crusty bread.
Ham for Soup
Use leftovers if you have them from either baked ham or Crock Pot Ham. If you’ve got a ham bone, add that as well.
If you don’t have leftovers, ham steaks are an inexpensive option.
How To Thicken Potato Soup
This slow cooker ham and potato soup recipe is not quite as thick as a potato chowder but easy to thicken. I use the vegetables in the soup to thicken it without adding a lot of heavy cream or butter.
- Mash veggies – Remove two to three cups of potatoes and carrots and mash them before adding them back to the soup Crock Pot.
- Option: Potato flakes – If you’d like to thicken it further, add some potato flakes which are great to have on hand for thickening all kinds of things!
- Option: Cornstarch – You can also create a cornstarch slurry (equal parts cornstarch and water), stir it in, and let it simmer in the crock pot for 15 minutes on high.
Leftovers and Freezing
Store leftover soup in the fridge for up to four days. This Ham and Potato soup recipe freezes well. Cool it completely, transfer it to freezer bags or an airtight container, and freeze for up to four months.
Thaw in the fridge overnight and heat in the microwave or stovetop.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds potatoes about 7 cups diced
- 2 to 3 cups diced ham
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 large carrot chopped
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup milk or cream
- ½ cup sour cream
- potato flakes for thickening, optional*
Instructions
- If using russet or baking potatoes, peel the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into ¾-inch pieces.
- In a 6qt slow cooker, add potatoes, ham, onion, carrot, ham, parsley, thyme and salt and pepper. Pour the broth overtop.
- Cook on low for 7 hours or high for 3 hours or until the potatoes are tender.
- Transfer 2 to 3 cups of the potatoes and carrots to a bowl. Mash them and return the mashed mixture to the slow cooker.
- Add the milk and sour cream. Stir and cook for an additional 15 minutes. Season with additional salt and pepper if desired.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Soup
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This recipe looks very good. I need ideas for using my crockpot and I like both ham and potatoes.
You have no idea how exited I am to have just found this! I am going to visit my Nana with my 3yr old son in 2 wks. She is in very poor health & whenever I visit her I cook all of her meals. This is one of her all time favorite soups. It’s always a feat to try to get them as good as hers were. She used to be a VERY avid cook & made everything from scratch for the 26 years that she ran the Snack Bar at the local hospital. Soups were one of her forte’s & I remember her always making them & drooling. My other fav that she used to make besides the ham & potato was her brocolli cheese. Oh man, I’m so hungry now! I will be using your recipe during our visit in a couple of wks for certain. My hubby will be bummed that he’s staying behind ;) I think he might die while we are gone. If I don’t cook, he lives on McDonald’s. LOL. Thanks!!!
This looks like a great recipe. I love that it is made in the crock pot. Thanks for the recipe.
This looks like something I could make. thanks for the easy recipe. i am in a wheelchais and always looking for easy recipes to make
Potato soup is my favorite and this would be great to make after thanksgiving when there is leftover ham
I love potato soup and this looks Delicious!! Pinned it!
I love cheesy ham soup, This looks so easy I could do this!
Thanks! I am always looking for a new crock pot recipe!
Yum, this would be great cooking all day and delicous smells wafting through the house. Sure would be a great soup when your snowed in. Thanks for sharing.
I am going to try this tonight – can’t wait! I love easy crock pot recipes.
If anybody knows me they would tell you that I LOVE MY CROCK POT , so finding a good recipe for it i will take in a moment..This sounds so yummy and very easy to prepare.. TY for sharing this great crock pot recipe.. :)
This recipe looks super good! It should be great since daylight savings time has kicked in and it gets darker, and colder, earlier! Thanks!
I love soups, especially when the weather turns colder. This one sounds really delicious; I’d add some cheese on top to melt in with the creamy base.
This looks really good and seems really easy! I will definetly be trying this one.
my grand ma used to make home made soup all the time and then we sit and eat it till it was all gone
I love using a crockpot or slow cooker…not only is it easy to use but the smells through the house of something cooking is the best…this recipe looks like it is very tasty…thank you for the share…
This potato and ham soup looks so good and yet so easy to make. I am gonna have to try this one for myself. Thank you for sharing.
My family loves potato soup and I love easy crockpot recipes so win win! Looks very yummy!
I luv crockpot recipes and this looks like a good one. I like corn in my potatoe/ham soup so I will add a can.
Thanks for sharing!!!
I love potato soup and so does my husband, and now that the weather has become colder, we will be using more soup recipes. This will be one I try very soon. I have another really great recipe but this one looks so much easier, there are less ingredients but it looks delicious! Thank you!!
You’re welcome! Enjoy! (We ate it twice this week!)
I used the ham bone to make a ham stock and then substituted the ham stock for the chicken stock ! Delicious and there was even enough stock left over to make refried beans.