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Polish Dill Pickle Soup with Smoked Ham

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Polish dill pickle soup with smoked ham is a hearty, savory, creamy, and comforting dish. A big pot of it can be on your table in only 45 minutes!

Polish dill pickle soup with smoked ham is a hearty, savory, creamy, and comforting dish. A big pot of it can be on your table in only 45 minutes!

It’s not very often that I get excited by soup, but here we are. I’ve wanted to make my own version of the classic dish for a while now. My mom makes pickle soup and so does our Polish friend, so it’s something that I enjoy periodically. I can’t say I’ve ever had bad pickle soup, but this version definitely left me wanting more (my husband finished most of it).

I get that dill pickle soup would sound very weird if you hadn’t heard of it before. Obviously you won’t like it if you don’t like pickles. If you do like pickles, give it a chance! I promise it’s delicious. The smoked ham adds a special little something extra and also makes it more filling. Perfect winter comfort food.

Polish dill pickle soup with smoked ham is a hearty, savory, creamy, and comforting dish. A big pot of it can be on your table in only 45 minutes!

This comforting soup also doesn’t take ages to cook, which is nice. Obviously I don’t mind spending time in the kitchen, but I think we can all appreciate quick meals that taste just as amazing the next day.

Polish dill pickle soup with smoked ham is a hearty, savory, creamy, and comforting dish. A big pot of it can be on your table in only 45 minutes!

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Polish dill pickle soup with smoked ham is a hearty, savory, creamy, and comforting dish. A big pot of it can be on your table in only 45 minutes!

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Polish Dill Pickle Soup with Smoked Ham

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A delicious tangy and comforting dill pickle soup with smoked ham.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 cup finely chopped dill pickles
  • 1 medium carrot, grated
  • 3 large red potatoes (skins on), diced
  • 2 (10 fluid ounce) cans chicken broth
  • 1 cup pickle juice
  • 3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • Handful fresh dill, chopped
  • 3/4 pound piece smoked ham, diced
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • Salt & pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Add the olive oil to a large pot on medium-high heat. Add the onion and carrot once the oil is hot. Sauté for 5 minutes.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients except for the sour cream and flour. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.
  3. Mix the flour into the sour cream until you have a smooth mixture. Stir it into the soup and cook the soup for another 5 minutes. Season with salt & pepper to taste. Garnish with extra fresh dill if desired.

Notes

This soup can turn out a bit salty for some people (depending on the salt in the pickle juice) so I suggest using low-sodium chicken broth if that's a concern for you. 

Courses Soup

Cuisine Polish

Looking for other cozy winter soup recipes? Try my cauliflower and leek soup or my pumpkin and cauliflower soup with ginger.

Try more of my tasty recipes:

Crockpot Italian Sausage Soup
White Bean and Potato Soup with Pancetta
White Bean Kale Soup with Pancetta

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  4. I am excited to try this tonight. Do you by any chance have a recipe for meatloaf with dill gravy? I have been searching forever! There was a restaurant in Downers Grove, IL that used to serve it…soooo good!

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  5. I made this soup yesterday and it turned out delicious. It was very good. However when I added all the ingredients, there was barely any liquid so I ended up adding a lot more chicken broth and the potatoes needed to simmer for a really long time. But it turned out great because the pickles softened which I liked. And even though I mixed the flour into the sour cream, I got worried because it was really hard to get it to completely melt in the soup. Almost thought I ruined it lol. But I am definitely making this again because it was such a unique and delicious flavor. Thank you.

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    • Hi Tracyanna, so glad you enjoyed it! I’m thinking I possibly sliced my potatoes a bit smaller and used a smaller pot, which could account for the differences. Sometimes flour can be a bit stubborn! I’m so glad it all worked out, though. 🙂

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  7. This soup is delicious! I’ve made it at least 6 times in 4 months. Everyone makes a face when you say pickle soup… then they taste it and they love it. I’ve given out the recipe 4 times Thank you for sharing!.

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  8. Making this tonight. My entire house loves pickles, so Im sure it will be a hit. I doubled the recipe tho as there are 7 of us!

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    • Hmm… it’s hard to say. It’ll definitely be sweeter, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work if you’re ok with that. 🙂

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    • This recipe is delicious! My daughter doesn’t like pickles and she had three bowls. I am currently eating low-carb meals so we substituted radishes for the potatoes and no one knew it had radishes. Note: the radishes need a about 10 min. longer than potatoes

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  10. Made this tonight in my instant pot. Turned out really yummy! I have a multi generation household and this soup is now a favorite of my 82 yr old mom and 3 yr old grandson. My grandson usually hates pickles won’t even eat them on hamburgers but really loved the soup asked for seconds! My mom who is a really picky eater said this was her new favorite! Thanks so much for the recipe!

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  11. Excellent! Made this with half homemade dills/juice and half Bick’s Garlic Dills/juice and simmered broth with ham bone.

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  12. So. I have NEVER had Polish food until I made a best friend that is as Polish as Polish can be, living in Chicago. Everytime I go visit, he makes me all the Polish foods- and I come back craving his food lol! So went to Pinterest to get some recipes and found this.

    Made it.

    Ate it.

    Holy Yum.

    So then I shared it on my FB with all my very American, west coast friends and they all made it, and shared it. Repeat. You and your soup are near famous over here.

    So why am I telling you this long ol story? I am Director of Content for Twin Cities Kids Club (located in MN, 7000 FB followers). We are writing a blog about yummy soups, and would like to mention this. We will link back to this blog and your FB and Instagram- if you need anymore from us please don’t hesitate to email me!

    And for real- Thank you for the deliciousness.

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    • Polish food is delicious, isn’t it?! So glad you liked this soup. And that you told all your friends haha. 🙂 Happy new year!!

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  13. I made this with Turkey bone broth and smoked turkey meat ( I work at a restaurant that specializes in everything Turkey) and our garlic dill pickles… It was a big hit .

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