Thick & Creamy Potato Soup

Name: Thick & Creamy Potato Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6-10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 5 lbs peeled and cubed potatoes (i cut my potatoes into 6 pieces); 1/2 cup butter; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; milk, and plus water (enough to cover potatoes after put into pot); 1 lb Velveeta cheese (cut into cubes); 1 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled; 1 lb ham, cubed (i buy the ham already cubed, works great); 1 (1 ounce) package white pepper gravy mix; 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk; pepper

Submitted by THQM1813

"This is a Potato soup all my that all my friends and family ask me to make. If you want thick potato soup this is the best. Has all the best flavors in one soup."

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Ready In:: 2hrs
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 6-10

ingredients

5 lbs peeled and cubed potatoes (i cut my potatoes into 6 pieces)
¹⁄₂ cup butter
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
milk, and plus water (enough to cover potatoes after put into pot)
1 lb Velveeta cheese (cut into cubes)
1 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 lb ham, cubed (i buy the ham already cubed, works great)
1 (1 ounce) package white pepper gravy mix
1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
pepper

directions

Use large stock pot with lid. Add first five ingredients. Cook on medium until potatoes are soft and can pierce with fork.
Add the bacon, ham, and cheese. turn stove to medium-low. stirring often. when cheese is melted mix the gravy mix with a little bit of cold water till creamy then add to soup. Add evaporated milk and more pepper. let simmer 1 hour stirring often.
If you have a large enough pot this recipe is easy to double. Can always be frozen for later.
Everyone always likes crackers with their soup but this soup is so thick you really wont need them.