Thick & Creamy Potato Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 lbs peeled and cubed potatoes (i cut my potatoes into 6 pieces)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• milk, and plus water (enough to cover potatoes after put into pot)
• 1 lb velveeta cheese (cut into cubes)
• 1 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 lb ham, cubed (i buy the ham already cubed, works great)
• 1 (1 ounce) package pepper gravy mix
• 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 use large stock pot with lid. add first five ingredients. cook on medium until potatoes are soft and can pierce with fork.
• 2 add the bacon, ham, and cheese. turn stove to medium-low. stirring often. when cheese is melted mix the gravy mix with a little bit of cold water till creamy then add to soup. add evaporated milk and more pepper. let simmer 1 hour stirring often.
• 3 if you have a large enough pot this recipe is easy to double. can always be frozen for later.
• 4 everyone always likes crackers with their soup but this soup is so thick you really wont need them.