Creamy Potato/Cheddar Chowder

Name: Creamy Potato/Cheddar Chowder
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups water, boiling; 2 cups potatoes, diced; 1/2 cup carrot, chopped; 1/2 cup broccoli, chopped; 1/4 cup onion, chopped; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 1 garlic clove, chopped (optional); 1/4 cup butter; 1/3 cup flour; 2 cups milk; 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded; 1 cup ham, Cooked and cubed

Submitted by kzbhansen

"Potatoes, cheese, broccoli, ham, and carrots. This is a nice comfort food for those cold winter days. I sometimes add garlic in mine as Im a garlic lover."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

2 cups water, boiling
2 cups potatoes, diced
¹⁄₂ cup carrot, chopped
¹⁄₂ cup broccoli, chopped
¹⁄₄ cup onion, chopped
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon pepper
1 garlic clove, chopped (optional)
¹⁄₄ cup butter
¹⁄₃ cup flour
2 cups milk
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup ham, Cooked and cubed

directions

In a large soup pot, add water to potatoes, carrots, broccoli, onion, salt and pepper.
Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
DO NOT DRAIN!
Make a white sauce with flour, butter and milk. Add the cheese and stir well until melted. Add ham.
Add all of this to the Potato/Carrot mixture.
Heat but dont boil.

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Reviews

Wow, If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would. I made it exactly as written. Delicious!!

jane49423
This is a super quick and easy recipe, with great flavor. The vegetables took a bit longer than 10 minutes to be cooked properly though - maybe 20 minutes or so. I love being able to sneak in some vegetables for my "meat and potatoes" husband. Thanks!

caraba14
Brilliant! Quick and easy and so delicious we've made it twice this week. I use more cheese..but then I just love cheese.

ag1l3kn1ght
I used soy milk and vegan cheese, as well as omitting the ham, and this was a great vegan chowder. I added 2 cups of extra water at the end to make it a little thinner and stretch the quantity, and also needed to increase the salt and pepper a little, but my kids loved it, as well as grown-ups. Great recipe!

HippieVeganMamaTo5
Wonderful!!! I really enjoyed this chowder. The balance of flavors was perfect. I followed the recipe, omitting the garlic. I did add a sprinkling of celery salt, which is a must in all my potato soup/chowder recipes, but that's just my personal preference. Thank you for posting Karen, it rivals any restaurant fair. Made for Cookathon for kzbhansen. Keeping you in my thoughts.

Deely

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kzbhansen

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