Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, slow-cooker potato soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow-cooker Potato Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Slow-cooker Potato Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have slow-cooker potato soup using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow-cooker Potato Soup:

1. Prepare 5 lb potatoes, scrubbed and diced to 1in pieces
2. Make ready 1 cup carrot, raw and finely diced
3. Prepare 1 cup celery, finely diced
4. Make ready 1 tbsp onion powder
5. Take 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
6. Prepare 8 cup chicken stock
7. Take 2 1/2 lb diced ham or smoked pork picnic shoulder (bought precooked)
8. Get 1 can evaporated milk (12oz)
9. Prepare 2 cup dried potato flakes (instant mashed potatoes)
10. Prepare 1 packages cream cheese (8oz, softened)
11. Make ready 1 salt and pepper to taste

Instructions to make Slow-cooker Potato Soup:

1. Add all ingredients except cream cheese, milk, and potato flakes to 7 qt crockpot. Cook on HIGH 4-5 hours until potatoes are fork tender. Add cream cheese, milk, and potato flakes. Stir to combine CAREFULLY , crock pot will be VERY FULL. Taste soup and add desired salt and pepper. Put lid back on pot and continue to cook on high for 20-30 minutes (this ensures the cream cheese breaks down completely). Stir and serve.
2. Notes : Easy with the salt as both the stock and ham will already be full of sodium. Potato flakes can be adjusted for desired consistancy. No, you don't peel the potatoes. To keep left overs and serve again, cool crock pot down at room temp and put in fridge overnight, an hour before serving heat on low. Do NOT leave on warm overnight or you'll just have a goopy pot of mashed potatoes.

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