Leftover Recipe: Ham & Potato Soup

January 5, 2011 Dexie Jane easy hearty soup, ham & potato soup, ham soup, holiday leftover recipes, Leftover Ideas, Leftover Recipes, Soups

The ham leftover was from the Christmas menu. The bone still had a lot meat on it and a few ham slices so I decided to throw them in a crock pot with potatoes and spices to make a hearty soup. Easy, time convenient and of course, delish soup for dinner on a cold night.

Leftover Recipe: Ham & Potato Soup

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients

leftover ham bone and meat
4 med red skin potatoes cubed
1/2 med onion chopped
3 dried bay leaves
sprinkle of salt & pepper
sprinkle of dried Italian seasoning
sprinkle of McCormick Perfect Pinch Vegetable seasoning
3 cups water
1/2 cup cream
1/2 water + 1 tbsp of cornstarch mixture

Method

Put ham bone + meat, potatoes, onions, bay leaves, water, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and McCormick Perfect Pinch Vegetable seasoning. Sprinkle more as you go along according to your taste. Set the crock-pot to either LOW or HIGH settings. LOW if you’re cooking at 9am, and HIGH if you start it at about 12pm or 1pm.
After simmering for hours and before serving, take out the bay leaves.
Add cream or milk.
Then the cornstarch + water mixture. Stir everything together. Let the remaining heat to continue cooking.
Taste to check out the seasonings.