Creamy ham and sweet potato soup is the perfect comfort food to serve on cold winter evenings.
Preparation Time
20 mins
Cooking Time
25 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Calories
260 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Combine chicken stock, sweet potatoes, ham, celery, and onion in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until sweet potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir green bell pepper, carrot, corn, garlic, basil, parsley flakes, black pepper, and salt into soup and simmer until vegetables are softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 2
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk flour into butter using a fork. Cook and stir mixture until thickened, about 1 minute. Slowly stir milk into butter-flour mixture until completely smooth; continue cooking and stirring over medium-low heat until thickened, 4 to 5 more minutes. Stir Cheddar cheese into milk mixture until melted and smooth.
Step 3
Stir milk-Cheddar cheese mixture into soup; cook until thickened and heated through, about 5 minutes.