Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have 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:
- Take chowder
- Make ready 15 large potatoes peeled and cubed
- Get 4 clove garlic smash and diced
- Take 1 lb thick cut bacon cut in 1/2 inch pieces
- Get 4 large leeks cleaned and sliced in rings
- Take 4 Green onions chopped
- Get 2 onion, chopped
- Make ready 2 stick butter
- Get 1 lb cooked ham chopped
- Take 3 cup chicken broth(my favorite is better than bullion)
- Make ready 3 cup pork stock or beef works well also
- Prepare 3 cup cold water
- Prepare 2 can evaporated milk
- Make ready 1 cup heavy cream
- Make ready salt and pepper
- Make ready 2 cup smoked cheddar cheese shredded
- Prepare toppings
- Take 1 sour cream
- Prepare 1 chives
- Get 1 shredded cheese
- Get 1 crackers
Ham and bacon lend a smoky taste, while cream gives rich texture to this ham and potato chowder, starring a supporting cast of leeks, onions, garlic, rosemary, and carrots. Potato Ham Chowder - A warm and filling chowder that's incredibly creamy and rich, perfect for those chilly winter nights! Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; set aside.
Steps to make Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder:
- Peel and cubed potatoes place in large stock pot with the liquids. start the potatoes on medium heat. Add garlic.
- In a large pan brown bacon.then remove bacon from pan leaving grease in pan
- 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.)
- 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
- After 3 hours mash part of potatoes leaving big chunks for the end result this thickens the chowder.
- 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
- Garnish and serve. Make some fresh home made french bread you have a great winter meal.
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. 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.
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