Ham and Potato Soup is a cool weather staple around here and it’s easy to make in the crock pot and perfect for any leftover baked ham! A simple and delicious soup loaded with potatoes, sweet carrots and tender ham cooks in the slow cooker all day so dinner is ready when you are.
This easy slow cooker ham and potato soup is perfect served alongside our favorite 30 Minute Dinner Rolls with a fresh Kale Salad!
Slow Cooker Potato Soup
Few things are as comforting as a delicious and creamy soup on a cold winter day! Even better is coming home to dinner after a busy day of work or errands!
I truly love potato soup, it’s so comforting! One of my very best friends made this delicious Ham and Potato soup for me for lunch one day! It was a chilly day and this warmed me from the inside out! (Thanks Dee, you’re the best)!
Since then, I’ve made this soup so many times. It’s always delicious and never lasts long around here! This is one of those soups that is fabulous the first day just as amazing leftover… (and any time I can cook once, eat twice is a good thing around here)!
Technically you could consider this delicious soup a potato chowder as it is a thick creamy soup that is generally chunky. Regardless of what you call it, it’s absolutely delicious! While chowders often contain fish (like seafood chowder), they can contain a variety of vegetables or meat and still be considered a chowder (like Slow Cooker Corn Chowder)!
How To Thicken Potato Soup
One thing I particularly love about this soup is that it uses potatoes to thicken it without adding in a lot of heavy cream and butter. While the flavor and texture are rich and creamy, it’s not loaded up with fat and calories!
If you are trying to curb your dairy or fat intake, you can thicken this ham potato soup recipe (or other potato soup recipes) with mashed up potatoes and carrots right before it is served. This will make it slightly creamy but with just enough rustic chunkiness and not too rich. Simply scoop out a couple cups of potatoes and carrots and gently mash, then return to the Crock Pot. Adjust for flavor with salt and pepper and let everyone dig in!
If you’d like it even thicker, you can also add in a few potato flakes to reach desired thickness. If you’d prefer, you can also create a cornstarch slurry (equal parts cornstarch and water), stir it in and let it simmer in the crock pot 15 minutes on high.
I most often use leftovers from my fave Crock Pot Ham or a ham bone to make this soup but if you don’t have leftovers, it works perfectly with diced ham steaks from the grocery store too! If you’d like to make this into a cheesy ham and potato soup, stir in a handful of cheddar cheese and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese just before serving. Remember that dairy can curdle at high temperatures so when you don’t want to cook it too long in the slow cooker. Once you add the milk and sour cream (and cheeses if you add any), you just want to make sure everything is heated through.
Can You Freeze Potato Soup with Ham?
Most creamy soups and chowders can be easily frozen, including this ham and potato soup recipe. All you have to do is put leftover soup in the fridge overnight to make sure it is completely cooled. Then, pour into a plastic freezer bag and lay flat on a cookie sheet in the freezer. Once they are frozen solid, simply stack them up and you have a grab-and-go meal for another busy day!
More Slow Cooker Soups You’ll Love
- Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup
- Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
- Slow Cooker Cabbage Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
- Crock Pot Ham and Bean Soup
Easy Crock Pot Ham and Potato Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 7 cups potatoes diced
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 large carrot chopped
- 2-3 cups ham diced
- 2 teaspoons parsley
- 1 teaspoon thyme leaves
- pepper to taste
- 5 cups Ready to Serve Chicken Broth (I use low sodium)
- 1 cup 2% milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add diced potatoes, onion, carrot, ham, thyme, parsley, pepper & broth to a crock pot.
- Cook on low 7 hours, or high 3 hours.
- Remove 2-3 cups of the potatoes/carrots and mash, then return the mashed mixture to the crock pot.
- Add milk and sour cream. Stir and cook an additional 15 minutes. Add pepper to taste. Makes twelve 1-cup servings.
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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just a thought for those who will have trouble cutting up 7 cups of potatoes, I would buy southern-style has brown potatoes in the large bag. They are potatoes that are already cut into 1″ cubes.
I’ve been doing that too, Beverly. I HATE peeling potatoes…lol…
so my mom told me about this method! Good advise! :))))
This looks so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe. We love soups, especially in the winter.
Can’t wait to try this! I love potato soup and I LOVE using my crockpot!! And I’m glad this recipe doesn’t use as much milk/cream as normal as my husband is allergic to milk.
Oh I am definitely adding this to my list! My husband was asking me for a potato soup recipe that is not as creamy, as the one I usually make uses almost all milk as a base. This one sounds great!
I love potato soup and like cooking with my crock pot. Will have to give this one a try.
I love using my crockpot and this ham and potato soup recipe sounds good and easy.
This is perfect timing to find this as I have a lot of leftover ham from thanksgiving in my freezer Can’t wait to try it
This looks so good. I am adding this to my recipes especially now since its getting colder. thanks for sharing.
I have been looking for a potato soup recipe for the crock pot…gonna give this one a try!
Although potatoes are not on my “okay to eat” list, every once in a while I just have to fix a potato soup . When I do I savor every morsel. Mine does not have ham in it, and since I have some leftover ham, now is the perfect time to have found this recipe. I will be making this soup tomorrow. Thanks so much for posting this recipe.
Creamy soups are my favorite and this one sounds yummy! I will definitely try this.
Mmmmm..always on the lookout for a great crockpot recipe. This one looks especially good for those chilly Winter days. =)
Definitely plan on trying this soon!
This sounds yummy! I can’t wait to try it
I love easy crockpot recipes like this. I am alway looking for a really good potato soup and this looks like one that might be a contender.
That looks so good! I know what I’ll be making for dinner tomorrow!
this looks easy enough to make, thanks
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Crock Pot recipes are my favorite! I’m going to do this for sure! I have this great breakfast crock pot recipe. it’s to die for!
Time for soups again now it gets chill outside, this one is worth to try out!
that looks so very good and warming, love cooking in my crockpot cant wait to try this