Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder
Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder

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It's loaded with savory bacon, juicy corn, tender potatoes, sweet Vidalia onions, carrots, and celery which all add texture and flavor. I need texture and a variety of textures and vegetables to keep me interested and this combination does the trick. The chowder is thick, creamy, rich, hearty.

Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder:
  1. Make ready chowder
  2. Prepare 15 large potatoes peeled and cubed
  3. Make ready 4 clove garlic smash and diced
  4. Prepare 1 lb thick cut bacon cut in 1/2 inch pieces
  5. Make ready 4 large leeks cleaned and sliced in rings
  6. Make ready 4 Green onions chopped
  7. Prepare 2 onion, chopped
  8. Take 2 stick butter
  9. Get 1 lb cooked ham chopped
  10. Take 3 cup chicken broth(my favorite is better than bullion)
  11. Prepare 3 cup pork stock or beef works well also
  12. Get 3 cup cold water
  13. Prepare 2 can evaporated milk
  14. Get 1 cup heavy cream
  15. Take salt and pepper
  16. Make ready 2 cup smoked cheddar cheese shredded
  17. Get toppings
  18. Get 1 sour cream
  19. Make ready 1 chives
  20. Get 1 shredded cheese
  21. Prepare 1 crackers

This made from scratch Cheesy Ham and Potato Chowder is thick and creamy and the perfect way to breathe new life into your leftover ham. The bacon grease gets used to cook some onions and carrots. I love the extra flavor the bacon grease adds and you know we southerners don't like to put. Potato Ham Chowder - A warm and filling chowder that's incredibly creamy and rich, perfect for those chilly winter nights!

Instructions to make Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder:
  1. Peel and cubed potatoes place in large stock pot with the liquids. start the potatoes on medium heat. Add garlic.
  2. In a large pan brown bacon.then remove bacon from pan leaving grease in pan
  3. In pan add 1 stick butter to bacon grease melt add leeks,onions and ham. Sautee till browned then add bacon and saute a few second longer. (House should be smelling like heaven at this point.)
  4. Pour all of the pan ingredients into to potato stock pot. Stir and bring to boli the put on simmer for three hours. Can mix water in the pan to get every last bit of the goodness fron the sauté. Stir hourly
  5. After 3 hours mash part of potatoes leaving big chunks for the end result this thickens the chowder.
  6. The last 30 minutes of cooking add the evaporated milk, cream, last stick of butter, and cheese, stirring constantly. To aviod scalding and sticking to bottom of pot. Salt and pepper to taste
  7. Garnish and serve. Make some fresh home made french bread you have a great winter meal.

Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; set aside. This wonderful and easy potato and ham chowder gets a flavor boost from the addition of bacon. Potatoes, on the other hand, are a different story, as well as the rest of the ingredients for this hearty potato chowder. And that's fortunate because the word "chowder" refers to any cream-based soup thickened with flour and featuring potatoes and salt pork or bacon.

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