Crock Pot Ham

Flavorful Crock Pot Ham! A spiral sliced, os-inward ham is coated with a sugariness as well as lightly tangy glaze and dull cooked until but heated through and tender. It’s perfect for holidays and weekends too it’second then slow to brand!

Serve it amongst twice baked potatoes as well as cornbread for a classic center as well as potatoes dinner.

Slow Cooker Spiral Sliced Ham

One of best ways to cook a (pre-cooked) ham in a crock pot is to prepare it on low, covered alongside a simple glaze to upgrade it, merely until it’second heated through.

Here a savory smoked ham roast is generously coated alongside the perfect fall inspired glaze. It includes apple tree juice concentrate, maple syrup, dark-brown saccharide too mustard. It lightly sweetens the ham together with gives it a welcome extra layer of flavor.

At the cease of cooking, y'all tin can choose the thickness preferred for the glaze. It will live rattling runny (more than similar a broth) so you lot tin pick out to thicken those juices from the crockpot amongst close to cornstarch, or merely continue it as is and spoon around over the sliced ham for added moisture together with seasoning.

This is a recipe that is tardily to modify to include other flavors yous similar or use upwardly ingredients you may accept on mitt. Here are just about ideas:

Possible Substitutes

• Try it amongst pineapple juice concentrate in home of apple tree juice concentrate.


• Switch out the spice. We went amongst ginger because I like it amongst this blend of ingredients merely cloves or even cinnamon tin can be added.


• You could fifty-fifty use fresh ginger hither inwards home of dried (add together a few teaspoons).


• If you don’t have existent maple syrup endeavour it with dear.


• Dijon Mustard volition work for spicy dark-brown mustard. Add more mustard if yous desire more tangy flavor.

Crock Pot Ham Recipe Ingredients

• viii lb. os-in fully cooked spiral sliced one-half ham


• i/two loving cup apple tree juice concentrate, thawed


• ane/three loving cup existent maple syrup


• two Tbsp spicy chocolate-brown mustard


• one/two tsp earth ginger


• 1 tsp orange zest


• ane/iii cup packed low-cal chocolate-brown saccharide


• i tsp earth black pepper


• 2 Tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1/four cup water (optional, for thickening)

 

How to Cook Glazed Ham inwards the Slow Cooker

1. Place ham inwards a vi or 7 quart tiresome cooker on it’second side.


2. In a mixing bowl whisk together apple juice concentrate, maple syrup, mustard, orangish zest too ginger.


3. Slowly pour juice mixture over ham patch separating slices to pour mixture betwixt each slice, so shut slices back together. Turn ham and then using a baster repeat pouring mixture (which is immediately at the bottom of the slow cooker) over other side together with between slices and so close slices back together.


4. Sprinkle chocolate-brown saccharide and pepper evenly over ham. Cover dull cooker amongst a large sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil wrapping it snuggly around all edges (or use the slow cooker lid if it fits).

How Long to Cook Spiral Ham in the Crock Pot

1. Cook the ham on depression heat until only heated through, near three to iv hours.


2. Only cook long enough only to estrus through. This type of ham nosotros are using is already fully cooked so it simply needs to be warmed through.


3. Remove the cooked ham from slow cooker to a carving board. Cover it with foil too residue for well-nigh x minutes earlier carving.

To Thicken the Glaze (Optional Step)

1. If y'all’d similar a thicker glaze withdraw ane iii/4 cups juices from the slow cooker and transfer to a small saucepan.


2. Whisk together the cornstarch too H2O, pour into saucepan. Heat mixture over medium heat, stirring oftentimes until it simmers in addition to thickens.


3. Pour desired sum of mixture over ham.


4. If you opted not to thicken the glaze mixture so just pour some of the juices from wearisome cooker over ham.

Ham Shank vs. Ham Butt

• Spiral sliced urban center hams come in 2 varieties, a ham shank half or a ham butt one-half (just Federal Reserve note they oft aren’t labeled when spiral sliced). Both come from the hind leg surface area of a hog.


• The shank part is usually taller together with more than narrow tapering to a point. While the butt is shorter, wider as well as has rounded edges.


• Ham butt comes from the upper function of the ham. The heart is fattier, richer as well as more tender. Carving is simply a piffling more than hard since the os has a “T” shape (just with a pre-sliced ham it’second not much of an effect).


• Ham shank comes from the lower function of the ham (the leg component part) in addition to is more than visually appealing. It is a lilliputian more than thin and less tender, simply it’s easier to carve since it has a longer bone.


• You tin can purpose a spiral sliced ham shank or spiral sliced ham butt component part here.

How Much Ham to Plan Per Person

• As a full general guide you’ll desire to design on about i/2 lb ham per individual amongst os-in ham (because the weight of the removed os takes up a fairly large component of the ham).


• In other recipes where boneless ham is called for you’d desire virtually ane/iii lb boneless ham per individual.

Helpful Tips for the Best Crock Pot Ham

• I prefer to prepare the ham on it’sec side if you are able. Otherwise slices at the bottom will fix hotter.


• Be careful not to over-ready or it will kickoff to dry out. Every ho-hum cooker is a petty different. Crockpot make tends to operate hot too that’s what I function in addition to accept establish it entirely needs near iii hours, other make y'all may demand well-nigh four hours.


• Many of the average size spiral sliced hams don’t gibe super good inwards a dull cooker – the slowly prepare is but to comprehend it with foil rather than the lid. Just live sure to encompass it snuggly and then the oestrus together with wet doesn’t escape then easily.


• Work to baste each piece alongside close to of the juice mixture earlier tedious cooking so each piece is coated alongside a petty flavour as it cooks.


• Wrap with foil subsequently carving and basting amongst glaze to proceed the ham warm.

Ways to Use upwardly Leftover Ham

When using leftover ham inward recipes I recommend using ham that has been unsweetened with a glaze (or even chop-chop rinsing it off and then it doesn’t throw off the recipe amongst added sweet).

• Breakfast Casserole


• Breakfast Hash


• Ham as well as Bean Soup


• Ham Potato in addition to Corn Chowder


• Split Pea Soup


• Strata

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Crock Pot Ham

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A spiral sliced, bone-inward ham is coated alongside a sweetness and lightly tangy glaze and wearisome cooked until simply heated through together with tender. It's perfect for holidays in addition to weekends too it'second and so slowly to brand!

Servings: sixteen

Prepten minutes minutes

Cookiii hours hours

Ready inwards: 3 hours hours ten minutes minutes

Ingredients

• viii lb. os-inwards fully cooked spiral sliced half ham
• 1/2 loving cup apple tree juice concentrate
• one/three cup real maple syrup
• two Tbsp spicy brownish mustard
• i/2 tsp earth ginger
• ane tsp orange zest
• ane/iii loving cup packed low-cal dark-brown sugar
• ane tsp ground dark pepper
• 2 Tbsp cornstarch mixed alongside 1/iv cup water (optional, for thickening)

Instructions

• Place ham inward a 6 or vii quart dull cooker on it's side.
• In a mixing bowl whisk together apple juice concentrate, maple syrup, mustard, orangish zest too ginger.
• Slowly pour juice mixture over ham patch separating slices to pour mixture between each piece, and so close slices dorsum together. Turn ham and so using a baster repeat pouring mixture (which is right away at the bottom of the tedious cooker) over other side and between slices and so close slices back together.
• Sprinkle brownish sugar and pepper evenly over ham. Cover irksome cooker with a large canvas of heavy duty aluminum foil wrapping it snuggly around all edges (or role the ho-hum cooker lid if it fits).
• Cook on low heat until simply heated through, near three to iv hours.
• Remove the ham from tedious cooker to a carving board and embrace with foil to balance for about ten minutes.
• If you'd similar a thicker glaze remove ane 3/four cups juices from the irksome cooker too transfer to a pocket-sized saucepan.
• Whisk together the cornstarch in addition to H2O, pour into saucepan. Heat mixture over medium estrus, stirring frequently until it simmers as well as thickens. Carve ham together with pour desired amount of mixture over ham.
• If you lot opted not to thicken the glaze mixture and so simply pour more or less of the juices from irksome cooker over ham. Serve warm.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Crockpot Ham, Slow Cooker Ham

Author: Jaclyn