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.
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.