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Ham Bone Potato Soup

February 26, 2018 By Dawn 7 Comments

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Ham Bone Potato Soup a delicious hearty soup made with a ham bone, potatoes, celery, carrots, and onion simple and so delicious.

Ham Bone Potato Soup 

Ham bone potato soup one of the ways I love to beat the winter blues. It’s a soup that will warm you up and keep you going during these cold winter days.

I can’t think of a better way to use a ham bone than to make soup out of it. My family really loves to have a meal of ham from a bone in ham and so do I, but what I really love is the soup that will be made from it.

celery and onion

I like to buy ham during the holiday seasons when they have them on sale and then put them in the freezer for a later date. That is what happened a few weeks ago, we had the family home for a ham meal, no special occasion – we happen to have a ham in the freezer.

The leftover hambone was used for this creamy potato soup.

Ham Bone Potato Soup 

There are recipes out there that use chicken broth for the base of the soup, but I love the flavor of the ham broth for the base. Heavy cream and the potatoes make for a cream soup.

It is an easy soup to make and one of my favorites. It takes a bit of time to make it, so it is one that is suited for the weekend more than a weeknight meal.

If you like soup with a ham bone – check out these recipes:

  • Split Pea Soup
  • Black Bean and Ham Bone Soup
  • Bean Soup

Ham Bone Potato Soup 

Ham Bone Potato Soup 

Ham Bone Potato Soup

Ham Bone Potato Soup a delicious hearty soup made with a ham bone, potatoes, celery, carrots, and onion simple and so delicious.
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 8 serving
Calories: 253kcal
Author: Dawn

Ingredients

  • 1 Leftover ham bone
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 medium yellow onion chopped
  • 2 stalks celery chopped
  • 1 cup carrots sliced
  • 8 cups potatoes cubed
  • 7 cups water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cups ham cubed

Instructions

  • Prepare the vegetables for the soup. Add the butter to a Dutch oven or a soup pot and heat over medium heat. Add the celery and the onion and cook for 6 to 8 minute. Add the water with the ham bone and cook for about one hour.
  • Remove the ham bone and add the potatoes, carrots and the bay leaves. Cook for another 20 to 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Remove the bay leaves and mash about 1/4 of the potatoes. 
  • Add the cream and ham and stir in. Season with salt and pepper

Nutrition

Calories: 253kcal

 

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  1. [email protected]'s Recipes

    February 26, 2018 at 11:32 pm

    I can only imagine how delicious and flavourful this soup is!

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  2. Liz

    February 27, 2018 at 4:54 am

    I bought an extra ham (well I bought one, then was gifted one!), so I need to get it cooked so I have that coveted ham bone! Bill would be thrilled to come home to your wonderful soup!

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  3. Pam

    February 27, 2018 at 9:48 am

    It looks delicious, Dawn! Bill would love it! For some reason, even though I love potatoes, I ran the other direction when mom made potato soup. Haven’t had it in decades, but I need to try your version! He would be happy happy!

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  4. John / Kitchen Riffs

    February 27, 2018 at 7:14 pm

    Always good to have a ham bone for soup! It makes the best soup, ever. This looks wonderful! Tons of flavor, and such comfort food. Thanks!

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  5. David @ Spiced

    February 28, 2018 at 7:26 am

    This looks like the epitome of comfort food, Dawn! Laura makes a soup called “ham pot pie” using leftover ham bones that is tasty. It has nothing at all to do with a pot pie as it’s a broth-y soup, but it is good for a cold winter day. I need to give this version a shot now though! Oh, and sometimes you can find ham bones on sale (just the bones) in the summer at places like Honey Baked Ham. Just FYI! We’ve stocked up in the past on sales like that.

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  6. Laurie Cosby

    December 31, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    This was delicious! I was out of bay leaves so I used some rosemarry branches from my garden. I had some oregano and thyme but was just in a rosemarry mood. It was nice. My soup came out hearty. I might mash half the potatoes next time. Thank you for this great recipe!

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    • Dawn

      January 1, 2022 at 9:06 am

      Laurie, I am happy that you enjoyed the soup.

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