Best Slow Cooker Ham

My Best Slow Cook­er Ham is deli­cious­ly ten­der, smoky, savory and just the slight­est touch of sweet. Per­fect, real­ly. lol No, seri­ous­ly, you guys. It’s so good! This could be your East­er ham and you’d be the din­ner hero!

Serv­ing ham always makes the meal feel a lit­tle bit cel­e­bra­to­ry and yet, cook­ing a ham is very sim­ple. I’m not sure why we don’t do it more often.

As pro­teins go, I would say ham is mid-range on price, It’s not quite as inex­pen­sive as chick­en, how­ev­er, it is much cheap­er than ground beef, per pound. I pur­chased a whole ham, this week, and it was only $3.48 per lb. It was almost 9 pounds, so of course the ini­tial cost was more at once, than a pound of ham­burg­er, but I will get 5 or 6 dif­fer­ent meals from it. That’s eco­nom­i­cal to me. 

What Other Recipes Can I Make with Leftovers from Best Slow Cooker Ham?

There are so many ideas for using left­over ham, that it won’t seem like left­overs at all when you’re enjoy­ing the meals. Remem­ber, adding meat to any side dish instant­ly trans­forms it into a meal/casserole! Think mac and cheese and stir in chopped ham and frozen peas. Instant meal!

• Ham and Cheese Frit­ta­ta — Who does­n’t love break­fast for din­ner? Serve a frit­ta­ta with my Ulti­mate Gluten-Free Pan­cakes and there’ll be a stam­pede to your din­ner table!
• Ham and Cheese Slid­ers — Soooo delicious! 

And, that’s a small list. There are so many more. An invest­ment in a whole bone­less ham nets tons of mon­ey-sav­ing meals for the rest of the week, for lunch­es or for the freezer!

How to Make My Best Slow Cooker Ham

Don’t blink. These instruc­tions are short. Remove the net­ting from the out­side of the ham. Place the ham into your slow cook­er. Mix the brown sug­ar and mus­tard paste and spread it over the top of the ham. Cook the ham on low for 6–8 hours. Ta Da! Best Slow Cook­er Ham deli­cious­ness! See this does­n’t just have to be East­er ham. This scrump­tious, savory and sim­ple ham recipe is for any time of year.

Whole bone­less hams are usu­al­ly “net­ted”. Hold­ing every­thing togeth­er after the bone has been removed is made eas­i­er with the net­ting, so the ham can be smoked. You will want to take that off before you cook the ham. 

Mix togeth­er the stone ground mus­tard and brown sug­ar to make a paste. Yel­low mus­tard or even Dijon would work, too. I always have dark brown sug­ar in my pantry, but if yours is light that’s per­fect­ly fine. Go for it.

Smear the mustard/brown sug­ar paste over the top of the ham. As the Best Slow Cooked Ham is cook­ing, the paste will melt and drip down the ham. Their won’t be a mas­sive amount of drip­pings in the bot­tom of the slow cook­er when the ham is done. It will be just enough for driz­zling the deli­cious slices and adding a per­fect­ly bal­anced sweet acidic zing to the meat’s flavor.

Boneless Hams vs Bone-In

My per­son­al pref­er­ence is bone­less. It slices eas­i­er, cooks faster and I don’t have the fat, gris­tle and bone waste of a bone-in-ham. 

My guess is you could use the Best Slow Cook­er Ham recipe on a bone-in ham, but would prob­a­bly need to roast it in the oven. My slow cook­er sure would­n’t accom­mo­date one. 

The bone in ham will require extra work after cook­ing, too. You’ll want to remove the excess fat and bone etc. before slic­ing it for the table. You will most like­ly have a lot more drip­pings in the bot­tom of the roast­er, too.

The real­i­ty is there is no right or wrong. It is 100% a per­son­al pref­er­ence. Since, meal­time is usu­al­ly hec­tic for me, I go with ease of serv­ing and cleanup. For me, that’s a bone­less ham. 

This deli­cious ham will make a fab­u­lous din­ner for your fam­i­ly whether it’s an East­er ham or an every­day easy din­ner ham. And you won’t believe the fla­vors from just 3 easy ingre­di­ents! Enjoy!

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What to Serve with Best Slow Cooker Ham

Easy Green Beans and Potatoes

Perfect Potato Salad

Easy Bean Salad

Sweet Potato Casserole