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Creative Recipes » Holiday » Easter Recipes » 5 Best Recipes To Use Up Leftover Ham

5 Best Recipes To Use Up Leftover Ham

Apr 3, 2021 2 Comments

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4-Photo Collage for Leftover Ham Recipes showing quiche, soup, sandwich, and casserole.

You cook up a large ham for holiday dinner! It is delicious, but now you have all this leftover ham. Here are some ideas for how to use that leftover ham. These are my top 5 recipes for using leftover ham. 

With all the other food that you had for the holiday, like Sweet Potato Casserole, Green Bean Casserole, Hashbrown Casserole, Scalloped Potatoes, Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad, and of course, Carrot Cake, there is only so much room left for the Peach Glazed Ham or Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham.

4-Photo Collage for Leftover Ham Recipes showing quiche, soup, sandwich, and casserole.

In addition, often the smallest ham you can buy at the grocery store is more than a family of four can eat.

Therefore, you need some delicious recipes that transform the leftover ham into delicious new recipes so your family won’t even know that they are eating leftovers.

You can transform the leftover ham into soups, salads, casseroles, sandwiches, and more! And the good news is that you can freeze ham to serve at a later date as well. You can keep cooked ham in the refrigerator for 3 or 4 days, but you can keep it up to 3 months if you freeze it.

Straight on view of Peach Glazed Bone-In Spiral Ham with a partial view of a small bowl of sliced peaches in the bottom right of the photo.

The best way to store ham for use later is to slice it off the bone or cut it into chunks. Then store it in freezer-safe, airtight containers either in the refrigerator or in the freezer.

Reheat ham, place it in a baking dish and cover it in foil, and heat it low and slow in a preheated oven at 275 degrees F. until it is warm.

I’m here to help. I’m sharing our Top 5 Recipes for using leftover ham.

Leftover Ham and Broccoli Quiche
Leftover Ham and Broccoli Quiche is an easy and delicious way to use up leftover holiday ham and perfect for a weekend breakfast or brunch!
Check out this recipe
Spatula holding up 1 slice of Ham Broccoli and Cheese Quiche over the entire pie below with a blue and white napkin in the back.
Instant Pot Ham And Bean Soup
Instant Pot Ham and Bean Soup is a delicious, hearty, budget-friendly soup made with a ham bone, ham hock, or chopped ham in your pressure cooker.
Check out this recipe
Overhead view of white bowl with ham and bean soup with a plate of cornbread, green napkin, and Instant Pot in the background.
Instant Pot Ham Green Beans And Potatoes
Instant Pot Ham Green Beans And Potatoes is a classic Southern one-dish meal, often slow cooked in a crockpot with a ham hock, but this short cut method uses chopped ham in an Instant Pot pressure cooker. It is a great way to use leftover ham from Easter or Thanksgiving.
Check out this recipe
Photo of Instant Pot Ham Green Beans and Potatoes in white bowl on blue placemat on brown wood table.
Leftover Ham and Potato Soup
Leftover Ham and Potato Soup is an easy and delicious way to use up leftover ham and potatoes to make a creamy, comforting fall or winter soup.
Check out this recipe
Ham and Swiss Sliders
These hot Ham and Swiss Sliders, made with sliced ham, Swiss Cheese, and Hawaiian rolls, smothered with a garlic Dijon butter sauce, are a perfect game-day or party appetizer.
Check out this recipe
Ham and Swiss Sliders

There you have our top 5 recipes for using leftover ham. Which recipe is your favorite!

How do you use up leftover ham? Let me know your favorite recipe ideas. 

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  1. Angelina says

    April 3, 2021 at 1:52 pm

    Our family loves ham. We have it several times throughout the year, and it doesn’t have to be a special occasion. There are endless ways to use ‘good’ leftover ham. Whenever we have leftover Semi-Boneless Honey Ham, we like to have it in many ways, but most of us like to make several different kinds of sandwiches…..Ham Salad, Grilled Ham & Cheese, & our favorites: Croque Monsuir & Croque Madam. Whenever we have leftover Bone In Smoked Ham Shoulder, I use the bone – along with plenty of attached leftover meat & make a REAL Ham & Pea Soup. Also, I don’t even want to start bragging about my family’s (unsmoked & de-boned) Stuffed Ham! Ham is wonderful, & has limitless possibilities. BTW, we enjoy ham so often throughout the year, that we’re having Leg of Lamb (with all the trimmings) on Easter Sunday, with Hummingbird Cake for dessert. Happy Easter to you & your family, Michelle.

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    • Michele says

      April 3, 2021 at 8:29 pm

      Hi Angelina,

      You’re absolutely right that ham is delicious throughout the year. Thanks for the additional recipe ideas. Happy Easter to you and your family as well.

      Michele

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