Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder Growing up with this recipe a family favorite. I have added my own flair as the years have passed but still true to mom's. This also has bacon, corn and.

Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder is something that I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Loaded ham, bacon and potato chowder:

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

Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; set aside. This Cheesy Ham and Potato Chowder has lots of fantastic flavor and it all starts with bacon. Hard to go wrong when you start with bacon. 🙂 The bacon grease gets used to cook some onions and carrots.

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.

I love the extra flavor the bacon grease adds and you know we southerners don't like to put anything to waste! Fry bacon until crisp, and chop. Drain and use paper towel to soak up excess fat. Add potatoes, water, bouillon cubes to pot. Heat to boiling, then cover and simmer until potatoes are cooked, then add bacon.

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