Best Crockpot Soup Recipes: Crockpot Creamy Ham Potato Soup (+More Great Ideas!)
Amazingly tasty crockpot soup recipes are a wonderfully comforting, and completely satisfying, meal to have waiting for you at home! Simply combine your ingredients in the morning, head out the door, and trust that your slow cooker is working its magic!
Add the cubed potatoes, diced cooked ham, carrot, celery, onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and chicken broth to your crock pot or slow cooker.
4 lbs russet potatoes, 16 oz cubed ham, 1 cup carrot, 1 cup celery, ½ cup yellow onion, ½ teaspoon each, salt & pepper, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, 4 cups chicken broth
Close the lid and set to cook on high for 4 hours, or on high for 7-8 hours.
When the potatoes are tender and cooked, use a potato masher to crush the majority of the softened potatoes until you reach your desired consistency.
Stir in the heavy cream and sour cream until smooth, then continue cooking an additional 10-15 minutes on high heat before serving.
1 ¼ cups heavy cream, 1½ cup sour cream
Notes
Your potato masher won't mash the diced ham pieces (not much, if at all).
Any milk can also work (whole, 2%, 1%, or skim milk) but you may want to thicken the soup with a slurry of either all-purpose flour or cornstarch. Mix either 1 tablespoon cornstarch or flour with an equal amount cold water until smooth. Whisk into your soup. Repeat as needed until you get your desired thickness. *Note that it typically takes 2x as much flour to get the same results as cornstarch.