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.
What Is Tetrazzini Made Of?
Tetrazzini is typically made with pasta, meat (usually chicken or turkey), cheese, and a creamy sauce. It often includes mushrooms and/or peas.
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.
Great Way To Use Leftovers
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.
More Leftover Ham Recipes
- Easy Ham and Cheese Quiche
- Deviled Ham
- Ham Lasagna
- Ham Pot Pie
- Ham and Asparagus Casserole
- Broccoli and Ham Jiffy Cornbread
- Ham and Cheese Crescent Breakfast Casserole
Ham Tetrazzini
Equipment
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
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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