Slow Cooked Ham and Potato Chowder

This recipe is great to use up leftover ham from holiday dinners. It is warm and hearty and is very easy to make in your slow cooker. I love that the potatoes stay a nice, firm texture and yet are perfectly done. This chowder goes great with some cheesy biscuits or crescent rolls right out of the oven!

Step: 1

Whisk 3 cups warm water with chicken soup base in slow cooker until soup base has dissolved; stir in cream of chicken soup until almost smooth.

Step: 2

Stir potatoes, ham, corn, yellow onion, and butter into the soup mixture.

Step: 3

Place flour and 1/2 cup water into a small container with a lid and shake well to combine into a smooth mixture; stir flour mixture into soup. Mix in parsley, dill, and celery seed. Season soup with salt and black pepper.

Step: 4

Cook chowder on High for 4 hours or Low for 8 hours, stirring once or twice during cooking.

Per Serving: 222 calories; protein 7.5g; carbohydrates 30.3g; fat 8.4g; cholesterol 19.5mg; sodium 1002.6mg.

The name of “stew” can refer to both a food and a make dishes method. Stewing involves slowly cooking piece of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull liquid . It’s similar to braising, instead it makes have a few notable differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces instead of being cooked all of it , and the liquid all of it covers the contents in a stew as different to a braise’s halfway full . When meat or vegetables are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a reputation for being a rib-sticking meal that comfortable you up on a freezing , winter day. It’s right that ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew does have warming properties , but stew’s comfort factor more than a way beyond preserving you from the chill . It’s all about those tender chunks of food and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together make the ultimate comfort food, no matter the weather.