Cheesy Ham Chowder

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This soup is one of my family's favorites. It's chock-full of potatoes, ham and carrots. I like to make this comforting soup at least once or twice a month during the fall and winter.—Jennifer Trenhaile, Emerson, Nebraska

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Ingredients

  • 10 bacon strips, diced
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 cup diced carrots
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 1/2 cups cubed potatoes
  • 1 can (15-1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
  • 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules
  • Pepper to taste
  • 3 cups (12 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 cups cubed fully cooked ham

Preparation

Step 1

In a Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels to drain. In the drippings, saute onion and carrots until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually add milk and water. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

Add the potatoes, corn, bouillon and pepper. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add cheese and ham; heat until cheese is melted. Stir in bacon. Yield: 10 servings.
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REVIEWS:

This soup was outstanding! I left out the onions and carrots but it was still amazing

The recipe is awesome. I cut it in half and used fresh corn on the cob that I had cut off rather than the can corn. I also added white pepper which goes well with soup and potato recipes. This is a recipe that I'll share with a lot of people.

SOOO GOOD! Love it. I added less cheese because it was already reach. I used Velveeta cheese to get this thickness and flavor before now I know what I can use instead of Velveeta.

I've made this soup many times since it was first published and everybody loves it. I usually use precooked bacon, I find there is enough grease left to saute the onions and carrots in.

My husband LOVES this soup!

This is my family's favorite winter soup. They love it!

Great recipe. Didn't change a thing. Recipe claims it serves 10 but my family of 4 made the whole thing disappear. Will make again.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this recipe! It is just so warm and comforting everyone loves it!

My children loved this recipe!

Great tasting. Followed directions exactly and will definitely be making again!

I absolutely love this recipe! It wasn't too time-demanding and well worth the effort! I honestly can't wait to make it again!

Adding this to our list of favourite family meals! I made the chowder ahead of dinner time and wasn't able to hold off eating it. Sooooo unbelievably tasty!! Thanks for the share:)

This is fabulous! I used skim milk and otherwise made as directed!

My whole family loves this chowder. I make it every time we have leftover ham. It is well worth the effort.

This recipe is fabulous as written but still not simple enough for my teenagers to prepare without complaints. When it is their turn to cook we usually use three cans of cubed potatoes and skip the fresh ones. We usually use matchstick carrots so we don't have to chop. IF we use bacon we use real bacon pieces (such as Hormel) like you can find in the salad section of the store. We usually saute the carrot and onion in olive oil since I don't have bacon grease to use. Because I use canned potatoes I only heat it through before I add the ham and cheese. The whole family loves this recipe and it is not unusual to make a double recipe so that we can enjoy it as leftovers.

I make this a few times a year, and love it! I usually omit the corn, and instead of bouillon I always use 2 cups of milk and 2 1/2 cups of chicken broth. So delicious!

Been making this chowder for years...it is the Best!!

Very good as is. I have used chicken broth instead of bouillon. You can add in any little dabs of leftover veggies to use them up and it is still good.

This is a wonderful recipe. Our family always enjoys it and I make it for company as well. It always gets good reviews.

This was really good. I chopped the carrots, onions and ham ahead of time in the day, so at dinner time I just had to throw it all together. I used frozen corn and thawed it first.

This is my family's absolute favorite. I got the recipe from a friend who changed it up a bit. We use beef granules instead of chicken, sharp Cheddar cheese and add a can of creamed corn to the recipe...delicious! Perfect for cold winter nights.

This is absolutely the best soup ever. A great fall recipe. Filling and delicious! My whole family loves it too!

I make this chowder every fall. It is a family favorite.

I made this for dinner and it was YUMMY. The whole family loved it, especially my 2 year old. I used bacon grease that I already had to saute the onions and carrots but I had run out of bacon so I didn't have any in the soup. I also didn't have Cheddar cheese so I used Colby cheese and I had to use 2 bouillon cubes instead of the granules.









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