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    Creamy Ham and Potato Soup with Greek Yogurt

    Published: Apr 14, 2021 · Modified: Aug 15, 2022 by Garden to Griddle · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    Incredibly creamy ham and potato soup made rich by Greek yogurt and given a beautiful color by paprika. This soup is not only delicious but healthier than other creamy soups and quick to make!

    ham and potato soup in white bowl

    Ham and potato soup is incredibly comforting and hearty! I feel that this is the perfect blend between creamy and light, not overdoing the creaminess and allowing all the ingredients to shine through!

    Whether you're wanting a recipe for leftover ham, or you just want a warm and healthy soup, this recipe has such a great combination of ingredients! You can call it a chowder, but I'm choosing to call it a soup because it sounds a bit healthier! This recipe does include vegetable broth and Greek yogurt to thicken and increase the creaminess.

    Ingredients

    • Ham: Most ham sold in stores is ready-to-eat, pre-cooked. Many people enjoy eating these hams warmed up, but for me that's just not enough! For me, ham is best cubed or thinly sliced and grilled on the stovetop with just enough oil to brown it and give it a nice cook. For this soup you can choose whether or not to keep the step of grilling the ham, but I would recommend it. The ham will have more flavor and texture, and it just adds more to the soup.
    diced sautéed ham in pile.
    • Olive Oil: A healthier oil option for sautéing both the meat and all the vegetables.
    • Potatoes: I use russet potatoes for this recipe. You can choose to use another kind, but russet are a bit heartier and don't break down as easily as other potatoes.
    • Celery: You can choose to use all celery stalks. As I state in the ingredients, I actually like using more leaves than stalk for this recipe. Celery leaves give a stronger celery flavor without adding another crunchy vegetable. Either would be delicious though!
    • Carrots, Onions, Garlic: This trio of vegetables might seem basic but it adds so much to the dish. You get wonderful color, flavor, and texture!
    potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, garlic all diced
    • Seasonings: The blend of seasonings for this soup is balanced just right with the vegetables and ham included. I use sea salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder (because...always more garlic).
    • Broth: I use low sodium vegetable broth (almost solely in all my dishes). You can use another other broth made from white meat and it should be wonderful! You can stop the recipe here if you wish to have a gluten-free soup.
    ham, potatoes, onion, celery, garlic, carrots in broth
    • Greek Yogurt: I use Fage brand yogurt. The exact brand shouldn't matter too much in this dish, but the higher fat content, the thicker the soup. You could also replace this ingredient with cream or leave out entirely for a thinner soup.
    • Flour: To thicken the soup even more, flour is an easy choice. You can omit the flour for a thinner soup, or use garbanzo or oat flour for a creamy gluten-free option!
    • Optional Garnish of Smoked Paprika: I highly recommend this addition on top! It isn't the same if you add smoked paprika into a dish so save it for the end!
    finished creamy ham and potato soup with yogurt added for creaminess with wooden spoon in upper left corner.

    Making the Soup

    It's important to sauté the vegetables first, before adding liquid. This not only increases the flavor but it helps decrease cook time. After sautéing the vegetables you can choose to add all remaining ingredients at once. I find that it works best for this recipe to add them in stages. This helps maintain the heat and there's no need to add the Greek yogurt in too soon! You don't want to add the yogurt and flour in at the very end though because you want time for the flour to heat and thicken the soup.

    Enjoy!

    More Soup Recipes

    If you enjoyed this recipe and you're looking for more like it, try one of my other delicious homemade soups:

    • Homestyle Chicken and Noodle Soup
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    creamy ham and potato in corningware bowl

    Creamy Ham and Potato Soup with Greek Yogurt

    Incredibly creamy ham and potato soup made creamy by Greek yogurt and given a beautiful color by paprika. This soup is not only delicious but healthier than other creamy soups and quick to make!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 50 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 tablespoon olive oil split 2 tablespoon for ham, 2 tablespoon for sautéing vegetables
    • 3 cups ham cubed and cooked on stovetop
    • 3 cups cubed russet potatoes peel potatoes
    • 1 ¾ cups sliced carrots
    • 1 ½ cups diced yellow onion
    • 2 tablespoon garlic about 4 large cloves
    • ¾ cup celery stalks and leaves I use about ½ cup leaves and only ¼ cup stalks
    • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
    • ½ teaspoon paprika
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
    • freshly ground black pepper to taste
    • 3 ½ cups low sodium vegetable broth
    • 1 ½ cups full fat plain Greek yogurt
    • 2 tablespoon flour
    • optional garnish: smoked paprika

    Instructions
     

    Cook Ham (even ready to eat ham)

    • Add 2 tablespoon olive oil to a large skillet and heat to low-medium heat (about level 2-3). Should sizzle when you add the ham.
    • Once hot, add 3 cups cubed ham (cooked, not completely raw). Cook for about 5-6 minutes without touching it and without a lid on skillet. Stir, and continue cooking for another 5 minutes untouched. This will help you get a nice cook on each side. Set aside.

    Start Soup

    • In a large saucepan (I use an 8 qt. Corning Ware), add 2 tablespoon olive oil and heat to medium-low heat (level 3).
    • Once hot, add all prepped vegetables (carrots, onion, garlic, celery, potato). Sauté for about 5 minutes. Stir and add salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder and combine well. If vegetables start to stick a bit don't worry!
    • Add vegetable broth, stir, and cook for another few minutes, then add cooked ham. (see note about partially blending to thicken prior to adding ham).
    • In a small bowl combine yogurt and flour.
    • Add yogurt/flour to soup, combine gently, and decrease heat to low heat. Cook for about another 20 minutes.
    • After a total of 40 minutes cooking, turn off.
    • Enjoy as is your top with smoked paprika

    Notes

    *Option to increase flour for thicker soup or eliminate all flour and blend a portion of the soup just prior to adding ham to thicken.
    Keyword homemade soup, recipes with ham, soup with vegetables
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    1. Krusatyr

      August 13, 2022 at 12:11 pm

      5 stars
      I used Turkey bone and skin Stock (not milk), strained; uncured Black Forest Ham; Extra Sharp Cheddar; Red (not russet) potatoes with skin on, large dice; saute'ed Poblano chili pepper and Red Bell pepper; plus most ingredients as above. Intoxicatingly delicious.

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      • Garden to Griddle

        August 13, 2022 at 10:43 pm

        I love hearing that! Those changes sound incredible and I can only imagine the wonderful flavor they all added! Thank you for sharing!

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