If you are searching for the best recipes to use leftover ham from your holiday dinner, look no further. I have included all of my favorite recipes and a brief description of each so that you can be sure to find a new favorite or two.
Use the meat to make a new and complete recipe for dinner. Or make a warm and delicious soup to enjoy on a blustery and cold winter day.
Although you can keep things simple and make a ham and cheese sandwich, meat loaded pizza or add a slice to your breakfast plate along with eggs, potatoes and toast.
If you feel like getting creative, I have also included lunch recipes, breakfast recipes and even leftover ham recipes for two. I am sure that with 22 recipes listed below that you will find a new favorite way to use your leftovers this year and years to come.
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Leftover Ham Dinner Recipes
This is a quick and easy recipe that is made entirely on the stove top and requires only 5 simple ingredients.
Leftover Ham and Potato Casserole
Although this recipe was first developed to use leftover rotisserie chicken, you can certainly use ham instead. A delicious and filling recipe that uses leftover meat and cooked potatoes. Mix them together with sautéed vegetables in a homemade cream sauce and then top it with cheese.
If you love the taste of traditional Chicken Cordon Bleu you are going to love this casserole recipe. It has all the flavors of the iconic dish but it is made into a casserole instead of individual servings.
Another quick and easy recipe to get dinner on the table when time is short. Not only can you use the leftover meat, if you have any leftover fresh vegetables, it is a great way to transform them into a new and interesting dinner recipe.
Cheesy Ham and Broccoli Rice Casserole made easy in the Instant Pot. Add the ingredients into the pressure cooker and walk away. The stir in the ham, broccoli and cheese and a delicious meal is ready to be enjoyed.
Leftover Ham Lunch Recipes
Old Fashioned Ham Salad Spread
Whether you choose to serve it on a soft roll, bun or as a tea sandwich, this spread makes for the perfect quick and easy snack, appetizer or meal. Take it one step further and make it as a spread to serve with crackers on game day!
Ham slices and Swiss cheese layered between a package of Sweet Hawaiian Rolls and then topped with a seasoned buttery spread. Then it is baked until the cheese is melted and the buns are lightly toasted. Another great lunch or tailgate recipe.
They are extremely popular because they are easy to make and require no cooking. Simply spread the ingredients onto a tortilla and roll them up.
Then slice them into small, bite size pieces. They make for the perfect hand held appetizer or snack that both kids and adults love.
This creamy combination is made by mixing diced ham with hard boiled eggs, relish, mayonnaise, onion, celery and mustard. It is similar to Chicken Salad and can be served as a sandwich, on a salad, or as a snack.
Soup Recipes
A creamy chowder soup filled with ham, corn and potatoes that is perfect to serve any day of the year.
The soup is super easy to make and will only take a few minutes to prepare. Cooked, diced ham is put in the slow cooker with vegetables and beans and cooked all day in a savory broth.
Another way that you can make this classic soup recipe is in a pressure cooker. If you use this method you don’t even have to soak the beans first!
Loaded potato soup recipe kicked up a notch by adding chunks of precooked ham. The perfect recipe for using leftover holiday ham and potatoes.
A delicious, creamy soup that has excellent flavor and chunks of ham scattered throughout. I promise that it doesn’t taste like peas at all!
Breakfast Recipes
Monte Cristo sandwiches can either be a breakfast or lunch item. It is a savory-sweet sandwich that consists of ham and Swiss cheese dipped in a batter of eggs, milk, and sugar and fried until golden brown. Serve it with and raspberry jam for a sweet addition.
A complete breakfast that includes potatoes, ham, eggs, cheese and milk layered inside a slow cooker. Then it is set on low to cook overnight so that it is ready to eat when you get up in the morning.
Overnight Baked Breakfast Casserole
Delicious breakfast casserole with potatoes, eggs, peppers, onions and cheese. Make it your own by adding in ham and your favorite veggies. Prepare this in the evening and all you have to do in the morning is throw it in the oven.
This Breakfast Skillet is a hearty dish that combines all of your favorite breakfast items including eggs, potatoes, ham, and veggie for an easy, one skillet meal.
Leftover Ham Recipes For Two
Ham and Potato Casserole For Two
One of my favorite meals to make using leftover ham is this Ham and Potato Casserole. It is simple and easy to make with just a few basic ingredients that you most likely already have in your kitchen.
Best of all, it requires just 10 minutes of hands on prep time. Simply cut everything up and saute the vegetables. Then make a simple homemade cheese sauce and mix everything together.
Skillet Ham and Rice Casserole is a quick, easy and tasty one pot meal that is ready to eat in under 30 minutes.
Once of the best recipes to make with leftover ham is Leftover Ham and Bean Soup. A thick and hearty small batch soup packed with vegetables, beans and ham.
Another delicious soup recipe that begins with a potato soup base. Then add diced ham, cheese and bacon for a delicious comfort food recipe that will be sure to leave you feeling full and satisfied.
Enjoy! Mary
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