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.
Easy to make. I added italian spice and garlic. Let the sauce marry overnight. Related and added pasta. Excellent
Great recipe! I used angel hair pasta rather than regular
Spaghetti. Served this dish many times and it always is a hit. We
This was tasty and easy to make
Easy to put together after work tastes delicious- thank you
So I made this last night but switched it up some:
In my boiling water before cooking the spaghetti, I parboiled a cup of cut up carrots ( baby carrots cut into coins) then removed and cooked the pasta.
I used a whole onion and sautéed it in the butter with a large can of drained mushrooms, carrots and frozen peas. Added the soup, 1 cup of 2% milk, ½ tsp. each of the peppers, and 2 cups of cubed ham. Added both cheeses and stirred it all up then added the spaghetti. Combined it all well and put into a 2qt casserole dish. Topped it with Panko breadcrumbs and some more Parmesan. Baked for 20 mins in a 350 oven. Delicious!!
Very yummy but I added more spices and is very easy quick meal! Family loved it! Will make it again but will experiment with other veges and cheeses!
This recipe is a great base. I used 5 ounces of pasta. I used a whole onion and added two large cloves of garlic. I didn’t have mushrooms so I used baby spinach instead. I used 2+ cups of ham and peas and pepper jack cheese instead of cheddar. Finally I upped the Parmesan cheese to 1/2 cup. Everyone loved it. This is a great dish for left over ham!
Recipe was awesome. My family loved it. Will definitely be making it again.
Quick and easy meal. Great way to use up left over ham. Very good.
A delicious and easy meal. I had pepper jack cheese in the house so I used that instead of cheddar. I also had some baby spinach I wanted to use up so mixed in a couple of handfuls in addition to the peas. Lastly, once combined I put the mixture in an 11×7 baking dish, topped with some additional parmesan cheese and baked it in the oven @ 375 for about 35 minutes. Absolutely delicious!