Ham and Asparagus Casserole

Ham and Asparagus Casserole is an ultra creamy pasta casserole with alfredo sauce, cheese, and a Ritz cracker topping.

Leftover Ham Recipe

This comforting casserole is simply a large mode to usage up leftover Easter, Thanksgiving, oregon Christmas ham. You volition request astir 2 cups of diced ham, but tin get distant with utilizing arsenic small arsenic 1 cup. You tin besides usage store-bought ham for this look if you don’t person leftovers.

Use A Jar Of Alfredo Sauce

Jarred Alfredo Sauce is utilized arsenic the condiment for this creamy casserole. You volition request astir 22 ounces, which is astir 1 and a fractional jars of alfredo sauce.

How To Make Ham and Asparagus Casserole

(More elaborate instructions below.)

1. Cook the pasta and drain.
2. Saute the onion, carrots, and asparagus successful butter.
3. Mix unneurotic the ingredients. Stir unneurotic the pasta, asparagus mixture, peas, ham, alfredo sauce, salt, pepper, reddish capsicum flakes, and mozzarella cheese.
4. Add topping and cook 30 minutes.

Variations

• Use broccoli successful spot of asparagus.
• Make a homemade alfredo condiment if you wish. You volition request astir 2 1/2 cups.
• Add a 3rd of a cupful of finely shredded Parmesan food for much flavor.
• Use immoderate benignant of pasta. Cavatappi is my favourite but penne, elbow, oregon shells enactment well.
• The peas tin beryllium near retired if you don’t similar them.
• Use turkey alternatively of ham.

How To Serve

I emotion to service this pasta casserole with a plot crockery with Creamy Italian Dressing oregon Creamy Balsamic Dressing.

How To Store

This casserole volition support for 4 days successful an airtight instrumentality successful the refrigerator. The look makes a ample magnitude truthful expect to person leftovers.

More Leftover Ham Recipes

• Cheesy Ham and Potato Chowder
• Mac and Cheese with Ham
• Ranch Noodles with Ham
• Ham Tetrazzini
• Ham and Noodle Casserole with Broccoli
• Ham Pot Pie

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Ham and Asparagus Casserole

Ham and Asparagus Casserole is an ultra creamy pasta casserole with alfredo sauce, cheese, and a Ritz cracker topping.

Course Dinner, Main Dish

Cuisine Southern

Keyword Casserole, leftover ham, pasta

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Calories 417kcal

Equipment

• 9×13-inch baking dish
• Large Skillet

Ingredients

• 3 cups uncooked cavatappi pasta
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ cup diced carrot
• ½ cup diced onion
• 1 pound asparagus, tough ends discarded and chopped into 1-inch pieces
• 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
• 2 cups diced ham
• 22 ounces Alfredo sauce
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon crushed reddish capsicum flakes
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Topping

• 1 cup coarsely crushed Ritz crackers
• 2 tablespoons melted butter

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9×13-inch baking crockery with cooking spray.
• Cook pasta successful salted h2o according to bundle directions. Set aside.
• Melt food successful a ample skillet. Add carrot, onion, and asparagus and navigator for 4 minutes.
• In a ample vessel disturbance unneurotic pasta, carrot mixture, peas, ham, alfredo sauce, salt, pepper, reddish capsicum flakes, and mozzarella cheese.
• Transfer to prepared baking dish.
• In a tiny vessel disturbance unneurotic cracker crumbs and melted butter. Sprinkle connected apical of casserole.
• Bake 30 minutes.

Notes

Nutritional info is provided arsenic an estimation lone and volition alteration based connected brands of products used. Not to beryllium utilized for circumstantial dietary needs.

Nutrition

Calories: 417kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 1250mg | Potassium: 272mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 2192IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 2mg

The station Ham and Asparagus Casserole appeared archetypal connected Spicy Southern Kitchen.