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.
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!