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Creamy Ham Fettuccine Casserole (+Video)

This Creamy Ham Fettuccine Casserole is an easy, 30-minute, scrumptious meal Creamy sauce, fettuccine, ham, peas and a crunchy topping!

A SIMPLY DELICIOUS DINNER RECIPE

This Creamy Ham Fettuccine Casserole is an easy, 30-minute scrumptious meal that everyone loves! Creamy sauce with ham, peas and a crunchy topping! This meal is picky-eater approved and is the perfect weeknight meal. Serve with a salad and some Butter Dip Biscuits and dinner is served!

a fork inserted into creamy fettuccine on a white plate.

CAN THIS MEAL BE FROZEN?

This can be made in advance and frozen. Or, if you don’t need this much for one meal, you can split it up into two smaller casserole pans and make one now and freeze one for later. As with all freezer meals, it’s very important that you wrap it up well so that it doesn’t get freezer burned.

serving of creamy fettuccine on a small round white plate.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)

  • fettuccine noodles
  • salted butter
  • all-purpose flour
  • milk
  • garlic salt
  • black pepper
  • shredded mozzarella cheese
  • fully cooked ham
  • frozen peas
  • bread crumbs
fettuccine noodles, salted butter, all-purpose flour, milk, garlic salt, black pepper, shredded mozzarella cheese, fully cooked ham, frozen peas, bread crumbs.

HOW TO MAKE CREAMY HAM FETTUCCINE CASSEROLE:

Prepare fettuccine noodles according to package directions. You’ll be cooking half the package of noodles. While noodles are cooking, preheat the oven to 350f degrees. Spray an 11×7-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a large skillet, melt 2 Tablespoons salted butter over medium heat. Once butter is melted, whisk in all-purpose flour.

melted butter and flour in a skillet to make roux

Whisk together well until a thick paste forms. Stir in milk. Turn heat up to medium-high.

pouring milk into skillet into roux

It will start thickening pretty quickly once you turn the heat up.

thickened cream sauce in sauce pan

Once you see bubbles, turn the heat back down to medium and add shredded cheese. If it gets too thick on ya, just splash a bit more milk in there. Season with garlic salt and pepper.

shredded mozzarella cheese added to cream sauce in large sauce pan

Next, stir in cubed ham.

fully cooked, diced cubed ham added to cream sauce

… and frozen peas.

frozen peas added to creamy ham sauce

Lastly, stir in cooked fettuccine noodles.

cooked fettuccine noodles added to ham and pea sauce

Mixture will be thick. Stir as best you can to coat all the noodles with the cheese sauce.

Creamy Ham Fettuccine mixture in a large skillet

Pour combined mixture into prepared baking dish.

creamy ham fettuccine casserole mixture poured into an 11x7 casserole dish

Now for the bread crumb topping! In a small skillet, over medium-high heat, melt one tablespoon butter. Then stir in bread crumbs. Stir constantly (so bread crumbs don’t burn) until bread crumbs start to brown. Then turn off heat.

butter and bread crumbs in a small skillet on medium heat

Sprinkle browned bread crumbs over the noodles.

bread crumbs sprinkled on Ham Fettuccine

Cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 20-25 minutes (until bubbly.) Then serve! Perfect with a salad and some rolls! Seriously, SO good!

Creamy Ham Fettuccine served on a plate

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Originally posted: August 2016
Updated & republished: January 2020

Creamy Ham Fettuccine Casserole (+Video)

This Creamy Ham Fettuccine Casserole is an easy, 30-minute, scrumptious meal Creamy sauce, fettuccine, ham, peas and a crunchy topping!
4.92 from 23 votes
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Prepare 2 cups fettuccine noodles (1/2 package), cooked according to package directions. You'll be cooking half the package of noodles.
  • While noodles are cooking, preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Spray an 11×7-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • In a large skillet, melt 2 Tablespoons salted butter over medium heat.
  • Once butter is melted, add in 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour. Whisk together well until a thick paste forms.
  • Stir in 2 cups milk. Turn heat up to medium-high. It will start thickening pretty quickly once you turn the heat up. Keep whisking.
  • Once you see bubbles, turn the heat back down to medium and add 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese. If it gets too thick, just splash a bit more milk in there.
  • Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper.
  • Next, stir in 2 cups fully cooked ham, cubed, 1 cup frozen peas and cooked fettuccine noodles. Mixture will be thick. Stir as best you can to coat all the noodles with the cheese sauce.
  • Pour combined mixture into prepared baking dish. Set aside.
  • In a small skillet, over medium-high heat, melt 1 Tablespoon salted butter. Then stir in 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs.
  • Stir constantly (so they don't burn) until bread crumbs start to brown. Then turn off heat.
  • Sprinkle browned bread crumbs over the noodles.
  • Cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 20-25 minutes (until bubbly.)

Video

YouTube video

Notes

  • Note: This can be served straight out of the pan without baking it. It firms up when baked but stays ultra creamy when not baked so it’s up to your preference. 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Calories: 814kcal | Carbohydrates: 120g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 21g | Sodium: 1002mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 8g

Nutritional Disclaimer

“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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Recipe adapted from Taste of Home

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27 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Thank you so very much for this recipe during this time of covid19. My husband and I love the heck out of it. I just doubled it and now it will last us 3 whole days. The taste is so great. Italian bread crumbs on top and I added some onion. I switched oit the cheese to parmasan and cheddar because well we didn’t have the other ingredients. I am so in love. Thanks again.

  2. 5 stars
    I love to order Carbonara when I eat out Italian and this is going to bring that delicious dish home to me. With these ingredients the cholesterol should be lower, too!

  3. Is the nutrition info for the entire dish or per serving? If per serving, how much in each serving? Thanks!

    1. Molly, I always recommend that people use their own trusted nutritional apps. These calculators are really just a very general guideline but aren’t always 100% accurate. In general, this calculator will figure out roughly a cup and a half (or slightly more.) per serving.

  4. Just made this. I think I would use regular salt instead of garlic salt and maybe add garlic powder. I find that garlic salt does not season the same as regular salt

      1. I was also thinking Broccoli, but then I thought how well ham is in pea soup, yummmmm.

    1. 5 stars
      I was wondering the same thing. Seems to me some capers steeped in cool water for 15 mins then drained, would make a great addition.

      1. 5 stars
        (Steeping the capers pulls out a lot of the salinity in the bottled store bought variety, drawing out their natural delicacies and flavor)

  5. 5 stars
    I've been making a variation of this for years, and it's delicious. I use turkey ham, and a combination of fontina and Gruyere cheeses. It's a family favorite, takes almost no time to make, and is even better the next day.