Description
A delicious and creamy ham and potato soup that is chock-full of vegetables so it’s still good for you! A wonderful hearty soup the whole family will enjoy! Any variety of squash can be used.
Ingredients
- 3 large red potatoes, diced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 cup diced cooked turkey (Optional)
- 1 cup diced cooked ham
- ⅔ cup diced celery
- ⅔ cup sliced carrots
- ⅔ cup chopped asparagus
- ⅔ cup frozen peas
- ⅔ cup peeled and cubed butternut squash
- 1 (32 ounce) carton chicken broth
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground white pepper, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 3 bay leaves
- ¼ cup butter
- 7 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
Instructions
- Combine potatoes
- onion
- turkey
- ham
- celery
- carrots
- asparagus
- peas
- and butternut squash in a large pot. Pour chicken broth and water over mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer soup until potatoes and squash are tender
- 10 to 15 minutes. Stir Italian seasoning
- white pepper
- salt
- and bay leaves into soup and continue to simmer.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk flour into butter
- whisking constantly
- until thickened
- about 1 minute. Slowly stir milk into flour mixture until mixture it smooth and thickened
- 4 to 5 minutes. Stir milk mixture into soup and cook until thickened and heated through
- 3 to 5 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 10