Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, slow-cooker potato soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow-cooker potato soup using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow-cooker Potato Soup:

1. Prepare 5 lb potatoes, scrubbed and diced to 1in pieces
2. Prepare 1 cup carrot, raw and finely diced
3. Take 1 cup celery, finely diced
4. Get 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. Take 1 can evaporated milk (12oz)
9. Take 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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