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Hawaiian One Pan Pasta

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Keep dishes to a minimum with this easy one pan pasta with the flavors of a Hawaiian pizza – ham, bacon, pineapple and gooey cheese.

Keep dishes to a minimum with this easy one pan pasta with the flavors of a Hawaiian pizza - ham, bacon, pineapple and gooey cheese.
 
 


My family loves food. Whenever we get together, it’s all about the food. I love it, because I think they are all amazing cooks, so our meals together are something not to be missed. I also love it because most of them are a lot like me – they love finding and trying new recipes.

But while there are always a few new recipes on our holiday tables, for the most part, we like to stick to tradition. Meaning turkey on Thanksgiving and ham for Christmas.

I won’t lie – I do like the Thanksgiving turkey, but I really look forward to that Christmas ham. I always count down the days until that Christmas ham.

Keep dishes to a minimum with this easy one pan pasta with the flavors of a Hawaiian pizza - ham, bacon, pineapple and gooey cheese.

Well, this year, I got started a little bit early. 🙂 I have a pretty cool job, and as part of my job, I worked with Jones Dairy Farm to create a few new ham glaze recipes. 3 new recipes, to be exact. (And really – you should check out the recipes on the Jones site: Sweet Chipotle Glazed Ham, Cranberry Orange Glazed Ham and Apricot Honey Glazed Ham.)

It was fun to come up with these new ham glaze recipes, but I do have to say – that was a lot of ham for my little family of 5. It’s a good thing we love ham. And it’s a good thing I was able to get creative with that leftover ham!

So creative, in fact, that I have a whole slew of recipes now that are great for using up that leftover ham. And today, I’m already getting you excited for those Christmas ham leftovers with this Hawaiian One Pan Pasta.

Inspired by our favorite Hawaiian Pizza, this one pan pasta is short on dishes but high on flavor!

When I am planning my weekly dinner menu, there are a few things that I look for. Recipes that don’t have a lot of ingredients, don’t have a lot of steps, and are fairly straightforward and easy. And fast. This recipe has all of those covered.

First of all, and maybe most important – only one pan!! Ever since I posted my Skillet Pasta with Sausage, I’ve kind of been obsessed with the whole one pan pasta idea. I mean, why boil your pasta separately and get another pan dirty when you don’t have to? Plus, I love that the pasta is cooked in something besides water (tomato sauce and chicken broth in this instance) because it gives the pasta so much flavor. Plus, it’s all done in 30 minutes!

One pan + 30 minutes = win!

Hawaiian pizza is one of our favorite pizza flavors, so I couldn’t resist giving this a Hawaiian pizza twist. Not only do I use that leftover Jones Dairy Farm Ham, but I throw in some of my favorite bacon from Jones Dairy Farm, because everything is better with bacon. A little bit of sweet from the pineapple, and melty mozzarella cheese on top puts this one pan pasta as one of my very favorites. We seriously loved this so much that I made it twice in one week!

And happy day! If you are looking to order your Christmas ham, you can get 20% off your online ham purchase from Jones Dairy Farm from now until December 31st. But you need to be quick – for guaranteed delivery by Christmas, you have to order by the December 17th. Just head to http://www.jonesdairyfarm.com/shopping and use the promo code JONES20 to get your discount. And I’m telling you – Jones Dairy Farm has my favorite hams, hands down. And you want the best for Christmas!

You only need one pan to make this Hawaiian pizza inspired Hawaiian One Pan Pasta.

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Keep dishes to a minimum with this easy one pan pasta with the flavors of a Hawaiian pizza - ham, bacon, pineapple and gooey cheese.

Hawaiian One Pan Pasta

★★★★★

5 from 1 review
  • Author: Deborah
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
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Description

Keep dishes to a minimum with this easy one pan pasta with the flavors of a Hawaiian pizza – ham, bacon, pineapple and gooey cheese.

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Ingredients

  • 8 oz Jones Dairy Farm Cherry Hardwood Smoked Bacon
  • 8 oz leftover Jones Dairy Farm Ham, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 8 oz dry rigatoni pasta
  • 8 oz pineapple tidbits, drained
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese
  • chopped cilantro

Instructions

  1. Dice the bacon into small pieces. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the bacon. Cook until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease.
  2. Add the cubed ham to the skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, until the ham is browned. Add the tomato sauce, chicken broth, onion powder, basil, and pepper to the ham. Stir to combine, then add the pasta and stir again. Bring the mixture to a boil, then cover and cook until the pasta is tender, about 15 minutes. (I like to stir this one or two times during the cook time to make sure all of the pasta gets cooked evenly.) Stir in the pineapple and reserved bacon, then remove from the heat.
  3. Sprinkle the top of the pasta with the mozzarella and cover again. Let the dish sit until the mozzarella is melted. Sprinkle with cilantro before serving.

Recipe Notes:

A few people have commented that there was too much salt, so I have removed the salt from the recipe. Feel free to taste as you go and add salt to your preference.

 

I am in a working relationship with Jones Dairy Farm, and this post has been sponsored. I’m so glad to be able to work with companies and organizations that I truly believe in. Thank you for supporting them, too.

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  2. Samantha says

    This recipe is so tasty. Every time we have ham I am excited for leftover to make this! Thank you for sharing!

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  3. Karen says

    I pinned this years ago and it was good. I came across it again tonight, searching for dinner ideas. Except now I have an instant pot…. So making this an instant pot meal. I browned the bacon, set it aside, added the ham using the moisture from that to deglaze the pot. Added the pasta on top of the ham, sauce, spices and then chicken broth. I set the timer for half the time on the box minus one minute. I let it naturally release a couple minutes and added pineapple, bacon and cheese. It was perfect.

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  4. Emeric says

    I would like to know (I’m french) when you said, for example, 8oz of ham or 16oz of pasta, it’s fluid oz or solid oz (gram). Thank you for all your good recipes

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  5. Nikki says

    Wow! Made this dish tonight after I pinned it a couple weeks ago. I regret waiting that long! This was amazing! Definitely going to be a regular recipe. Thanks!!

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  6. Brittany says

    I made this tonight for my family. It was OK, nobody was really fond of the flavors, I think it was the chicken broth that made it taste different for us. We mainly picked at the ham, bacon and pineapple lol. Very easy to make though and cleanup was faster!

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  7. Sharesa says

    Do you think this could be doubled and made in a large pot? We have a larger family but I love the idea of only one pan 🙂

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    • Deborah says

      You probably could, but you’d need quite a large pan. My skillet is 12-inches, and it fills it up completely. You might be able to do it in a Dutch oven or something large like that, but the cooking time may change as well.

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    • Deborah says

      I would probably just pair it with a simple green salad. I don’t think it would need much more than that. Hope you love it!

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  9. lori wargin says

    Very good next time I would leave the salt out, it was salty enough with the ham and bacon. Thank you for the recipe.

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  10. CC says

    This was awful! Followed the recipe to a T and came out tasting like crap. If you’re brave enough to make this then skip the salt. There is enough of it between the bacon and ham!

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    • Deborah says

      Hi Janet – sorry you had problems with the recipe. I just wanted to make sure you used dry pasta? The broth will get absorbed into the pasta, cooking it, so it shouldn’t be really liquidy. And the pineapple gets added at then end of step 2 along with the bacon.

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  15. Valeria says

    I ‘m sorry, but my husband and I really did not like this. I made it exactly as is ,and I threw the rest of the pot. We like Hawaiian pizza , but the flavors in this just did not go together!

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    • Deborah says

      I’m so sorry you didn’t like it! It’s been quite popular, but I totally understand that everyone has different tastes. Hopefully the next one will work out better for you!

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  16. Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents says

    I love how this made my whole house (basement included) smell like bacon. And maybe me. I’m cool with that. I used some kind of weirdo shaped pasta instead of rigatoni – it kinda looked like a ram’s horn. Ha! Not even sure how that came to live in my pantry. But anyway, it worked out great with a different pasta shape. 🙂

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    • Deborah says

      Ha – I, too am totally ok with the house smelling like bacon!! I’m so glad you tried this and it worked out well for you!!

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  18. Deanna says

    I just made this for dinner and I am not disappointed. I substituted Canadian bacon for the ham and a can of fire-roasted diced tomatoes for the sauce. I also added fresh spinach. I’ve found that it’s a great addition to just about any one pot recipe. Next time I think I’ll add diced green peppers or diced jalapenos too! 🙂

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  19. Eileen says

    I just made this. It was delicious. My only suggestion…leave out the bacon. The ham was more than enough meat and it was a little too salty for my taste. But I would totally make it again.

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    • Rhiannon says

      I agree. I think this recipe would have been MUCH better with about half the salt. Otherwise, this meal was quite a hit and will be made again in the future.

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  21. Carla says

    Hawaiian pizza is one of my favorite pizza flavors, so the fact that you turned it into a (one pot!) pasta makes my heart just a little giddy. Here’s to hoping we have leftover Christmas ham so I can make this one.

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