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A Slow Cooker Whole Ham glazed with Honey mixture
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Slow Cooker Ham

Slow Cooker Ham - Effortlessly tender slices of ham carefully cooked with a sweet glaze and flavorful spices all in one slow cooker. Moist, meaty, and melt-in-your-mouth dinner ready to give your palate a satisfying experience. Serve this easy comfort food as it is or pair it with a side of carb for a delicious meal.
Course Entree, Main
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 178kcal
Author Imma

Ingredients

Slow Cooker Ham

  • 7-8 pound cooked and smoked cured ham

Brown Sugar Glaze

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 ½ teaspoon allspice
  • 2-3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
  • 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning, optional
  • 1-2 teaspoons ground ginger,
  • ½-1 cup brown sugar or more, for sprinkling and for the glaze
  • 2-3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 1 large lemon)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • ½ pineapple juice or 1 (20-ounce) can pineapple slice or diced
  • 2-3 sprigs thyme

Instructions

HOW TO COOK HAM IN A SLOW COOKER

  • Remove ham from the packaging and discard any flavoring packet. If using a bone-in ham, check the end of the bone for a plastic cap and, if present, discard.
  • In a saucepan, over medium heat, whisk together butter, honey, allspice, dijon mustard, minced garlic, creole seasoning, ground ginger, brown sugar, lemon juice, and cloves. Let the butter mixture melt, while stirring often, until brown sugar dissolves, about 1-2 minutes. Set aside. (Double glaze if you want additional glaze to serve. You may also adjust the spices to suit taste buds, especially the sugar content)
  • Pour juice and pineapple rings on the bottom of a large (6.5- to 8 quarts), oval slow cooker. Throw in thyme sprigs.
  • When the sugar/honey mixture is ready, generously spread the mixture all over the ham and place the flat side down in a slow cooker, (reserve about a ⅓ cup for basting). Only if not making it as a ham sauce.
  • Cover the slow cooker tightly with the lid, or if the ham is too large, you may cut or make a tight cover with aluminum foil and set it to low.
  • Cook on low for 5-6 hours, or high for 3-4 just until warmed through and the internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F.
  • Baste the ham with the remaining glaze halfway through cooking time and repeat the process like an hour before it’s fully cooked.
  • Once fully cooked, remove ham from the slow cooker onto a large, rimmed, serving platter and let it rest for about 15 minutes before serving.

HAM SAUCE (OPTIONAL)

  • While ham is resting, transfer the remaining liquid from the slow cooker to a saucepan. Cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Then mix about 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2-3 tablespoon water. Quickly stir in the saucepan and continue cooking until thickened. If the sauce is too thick, add water a little at a time until desired consistency has been reached. Serve with ham.

Notes

  1. Nearly all commercially available ham is pre-cooked. This leads many to overcook their ham which ends up dry and hard. To fix this, you can simmer down a liquid, preferably acidic, and gently heat the meat on it. This will tenderize the whole dish making it softer.
  2. Basting the ham can be quite exhausting especially when you want to cook it with more flavor. You’re gonna want to baste it every 20 minutes instead of consistently doing it. This will give you a perfectly glazed exterior.
  3. When buying ham, make sure to purchase bone-in instead of boneless. This will give your dish more flavor as it cooks. This also gives you a firmer and more stable shape so that it doesn’t easily fall apart.
  4. Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only. Please keep in mind that it is a rough estimate rather than a guarantee. Ingredients can vary greatly based on the products used.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4.8g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 369mg | Sugar: 38g