Amazingly Easy and Delicious Ham and Potato (or fill in the blank and potato) Soup!!

This was super yummy - this is a GREAT chowder base, you can play with it and add ingredient combinations to your heart's desire!

It is a Ham and Potato Soup recipe and I've listed the original recipe below. I had some leftover bacon wrapped cheesy chicken from last night's dinner that I thought might go really well in this recipe, so I diced it up and added it plus some corn I had in place of the ham and it was soooo yummy! Other than those changes I followed the recipe precisely for seasonings and the milk mixture. It was creamy and perfectly seasoned. Not too thick or thin, the texture was wonderful.

Delicious Ham and Potato Soup on allrecipes.com By: ELLIE11

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes
• 1/3 cup diced celery
• 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
• 3/4 cup diced cooked ham
• 3 1/4 cups water
• 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon ground white or black pepper, or to taste
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups milk

Directions

1. Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham and water in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken bouillon, salt and pepper.
2. In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added. Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes.
3. Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.