Ham Tetrazzini is rich, creamy, and cheesy with lots of cubed ham and a few mushrooms and peas. This is an easy, filling family meal that is great for using up leftover Thanksgiving or Easter ham. It’s practically a one pan meal. You just need a pan plus a pot to cook the pasta in.
Tetrazzini is one of my very favorite things to cook for dinner. What’s not to like about pasta, meat, and cheese? If you have leftover turkey, try this Turkey Tetrazzini. It’s made from scratch, without canned soup, and it is so delicious.
I love recipes like this Ham Tetrazzini recipe that take a little leftover meat and stretch it into a filling, economical family meal. Just add a salad and maybe some bread and you have a meal that will satisfy even the hungriest of teenagers.
I adore mushrooms so I always add them to tetrazzini, but they could be left out. You could sub broccoli for the peas if you like.
Ham Tetrazzini Recipe Tips:
If you want to make this dish spicy, add 1/2 teapsoon of crushed red pepper flakes.
Instead of all ham, you could use a combination of ham and turky for this recipe.
Watch the short video below to see how easy this recipe is.
Ham Tetrazzini
Ingredients
- 8 ounces spaghetti
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 medium onion, diced
- 6 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 (10.75-ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup OR cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups diced ham
- 1 cup peas (cooked)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions in salted water.
- Melt butter in a large skillet. Add onion and mushrooms and cook until onion is soft and mushrooms are browned.
- Add soup, milk, and both peppers to the skillet and mix well.
- Add ham, peas, cheddar cheese, and Parmesan cheese and stir and cook over medium heat until cheese is melted. Season to taste with salt.
- Add drained pasta to the pan and mix well.
Notes
Nutrition
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Made this again for the first time in a couple of years since I decided to make a ham for Christmas. The first time I made it I filled the recipe exactly, since then I have made the following modifications.
1) instead of using an actual onion, I use half a tablespoon of dried minced onion.
2) I use canned mushrooms that come in 4oz, so I used two cans for 8oz total, instead of just 6oz
3) I used a cup and a half of peas (whole can)
4) for the cheese I use half a cup of cheddar, half a cup of mozzarella, and half a cup of pecorino Romano.
5)I add a total of 1 cup of additional milk towards the end to thin the sauce a bit.
6) then I combine it all with the pasta in a casserole, top with some Panko crumbs and a bit of cheese, and bake it in the oven at 350-375 for 10-12 minutes.
Hope my experience helps someone, cause this is such a good meal.
This sounds amazing! Could I use spaghetti squash instead of the pasta, my husband is not found of pasta?
Really enjoyed this! Great change of pace for using up leftover ham. I didn’t have mushrooms, so I used frozen peas and carrots. I too ended up using more milk and some of the pasta water to get it to the consistency I wanted. It was a hit though!
What ingredients did you use in place of canned soup?
My husband loved this, the only thing I did different was that I had to make my own version of the canned soup because my husband is gluten free, just also needed to add a little more milk to thin out some more, he said honey you gotta save that recipe because it’s yum yum yum !
Really good! More of a fall or winter dish. Like the comments suggested, more milk was added slowly to thin the sauce. Next time I’ll only put half the amount of mild cheddar cheese. The whole portion was too strong. I used frozen mixed vegetables (peas, corn, carrots) instead. I was nervous at first but I liked it the more I ate it.
excellent recipe. I also added more milk and red pepper flakes. My husband stated, its a keeper.
Very good recipe! I’ve made it twice and both times, it wasn’t too complicated and came out thick and creamy and delicious. This is a great recipe for re-hydrating older ham. Next time I make it, I’m going to try to use some cheese with spices mixed in or maybe throw some chilies in for a little kick.
Sorry. This is a terrible recipe. The canned soup “flavor” was too strong. My family just pushed it around on their plate and ate the veggies and meat as they shook off the canned soup sauce; basically a waste of cheese. I will not make this again.
Everyone else here seemed to like it. Maybe you’re just bad at cooking 🤷♀️
Dude, seriously? Why be judgemental about someone’s experience with the recipe? Not everyone is the same likes and dislikes.
I just made it tonight and it was excellent. I’m also a terrible cook so if your family didn’t like it…I think you need to look inwardly before giving a recipe 1 star 🤷♀️
I agree
this is a keeper. only adjustment was I added more milk to thin it out; i used about 1 cup of milk total
I experiment with different cheeses and seasonings & add spa lash of low sodium soy and a dash of Worcestershire sauce. Quick & easy comfort food!
Great recipe. We like things saucy & spicy so we added more cream, sweet red peppers & red pepper flakes. Definitely do this one again. Thanks
Very heavy dish , too thick for my likings. On the lines of hamburger helper ….
I made a variation of this tonight, and my son said it was as good as anything he had in Italy. I’d call that a WIN!
Used corn instead of peas, added tomatoes, garlic sauce and bacon and came out wonderful!
Has anyone tried pouring the sauce over the spaghetti instead of combining it in the pan?
I always keep the pasta one the side is how I do it
Yummy, comfort food. My husband loved it…so did I.
Thank You for the recipe.
Great way to use left over ham after you just can’t eat any more ham.
Loved it so I’m marking it again tonight.
This is a great way to use leftover ham. It is a very adaptable recipe, as you can see if you read the other comments. I made it as is, except I left out the mushrooms and used penne instead of spaghetti. I used cream of mushroom soup and frozen peas. I didn’t pre-cook the peas. I threw them in still frozen, and it came out great.
Made this with leftover Christmas ham. I used the leftover cheese from the cheese tray. Sharp cheddar. Added garlic….everyone loved it!
Great dish & sooo easy. Made this a couple of weeks ago using bucatini tubular pasta which is long like spaghetti but hollow inside & holds on to sauces that settle inside; worked great!! Can’t wait for Christmas ham leftovers so we can make it again. Thanks for the recipe.
I used a jar of Alfredo sauce instead of the canned soup because that is what I had in the pantry. It was delicious.
Used zuchini noodles instead of pasta. Was a great week night dinner….I also added asparagus with the onions and mushrooms.
Very tasty recipe! I will omit the salt next time, as the ham we used provided enough salt as is.
I made it without the mushrooms used cream of chicken and a whole can peas really good came out thick so had to use extra milk put extra spices seasonings. Really filling and delicious. I’d like to try it with cream of mushroom next time.
Had my doubts on how good it would be since tetrazinni is usually baked, but I made it once and got requests to have it again. Will be making it for the second time tonight.
Really good!
I made a mistake when I made this and opened a can of Cheddar Cheese soup . I ended up doubling the recipe and using a can of cheddar cheese soup with a can of cream of chicken soup. it was really good and we will be making it again this way.
Good stuff!!!!!
This recipe is extremely heavy, reminiscent of the ’50s. If you prefer your food on the lighter side avoid this dish.
Made this with some of our leftover Easter Ham! It was super yummy! We omitted mushrooms, and I only had some extra frozen mixed peas and carrots, still was really great! It is forgiving too, I accidentally misread and put 1 C of Parmesan cheese in…but is extra cheese ever a mistake?! It was wonderful, and reheated well when I brought it to work.
Will make again. I used mushroom soup and broccoli as your suggested substitutes. I doubled the recipe. Because cooking two meals saves time for next busy night. I placed in casserole dishes. Tonight’s has melted cheese on top. The other will set in refrigerator until set then into air tight freezer bag and freeze for a meal next month. Thanks
Whipped this together in 15 minutes. A good use to use up some leftover ham. Kids and I liked it. Not sure I would make it if we didn’t have left overs but it was still very good
Easy to make and very delicious. I used diced pieces from the Easter Honey Baked Ham.
Made this using leftover spaghetti squash, and it was delicious! Even my husband approved, and he is not a big ham or leftover fan. Will definitely be using this recipe again.
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First paragraph says it’s not made with canned soup. Then, the main ingredient besides ham is canned soup. 12 oz ham and 10 oz canned soup. Sorry, folks, that isn’t a “from scratch” recipe.
So, did you make it or not? If you didn’t make it, you have no business giving it only two stars. If you made it and didn’t like it, fine.
If you read carefully, it’s the Turkey Tettrazini that doesn’t use canned soup.
It never said it was scratch. I made it and it was great! We always have so much Honey Baked Ham leftovers.
Reading is fundamental, recipes was delicious thanks….
Hmmmm, what I read said the TURKEY Tetrazzini was from “scratch”. Delicious recipe. Used broccoli in place of peas and I did add a bit of hot sauce to spice it up a bit.
Very pleased to see a recipe without additional salt.
That was a totally different recipe being described You need to click the link to go to the turkey tetrazzini recipe. You read it wrong.
I’m making the ham recipe tonight
The “from scratch” recipe referenced is the Turkey Tetrazzini, which is linked, folks. #readingskills
That was the Turkey Tetrazzini that says no canned soup!
I added some roughly chopped water chestnuts for crunch. Super delicious!
It was good. My daughter loved it. Thank you!
Everyone gobbled it up!
This looks excellent and I am definitely making it soon, thanks for sharing!
I made this the day after Christmas with leftover ham. It was great and easy. I tweaked it here and there for my family and they loved it. It is definitely a keeper.