Grammy's Kitchen · Potato Soup · Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup
One of 78 potato soup recipes we measured
from iowagirleats.com
6 cooks on iowagirleats.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 78.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 158% | 149% |
| dairy | 80% | 35% |
| fat | 9% | 3% |
| aromatics | 25% | 16% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| protein add | 37% | 17% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 57 g | 4 Tablespoons butter |
| 122 g | 2 large carrots (thinly sliced) |
| 40 g | 1 rib celery (thinly sliced) |
| 150 g | 1 large shallot or small onion (minced) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme |
| salt and pepper | |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 22 g | 3 Tablespoons gluten free flour (or AP flour if not GF) |
| 480 g | 2 cups chicken broth |
| 488 g | 2 cups milk (any kind) |
| 450 g | 3 cups prepared mashed potatoes (see notes) |
| 227 g | 8 oz freshly shredded sharp cheddar cheese |
| 454 g | 2-1/2 cups cubed ham steak (from ~1lb bone-in ham steak) |
Method: 3 steps, published by iowagirleats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I don't leave a lot of blog comments, but I just wanted to let you know that my family LOVES this soup. We had a very pared down holiday meal this year but we made sure to include ham and mashed potatoes for the sole purpose of having this soup later in the w” — a cook, 5.0★
“Made this tonight and WOW! It is lucious! I made exactly as directed, using prepared Bob Evans mashed potatoes. It was awesome. My husband said “restaurant quality” and my son faked a swoon! Will definitely make again!” — a cook, 5.0★