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Instant Pot Ham Is the Perfect Addition to Your Holiday Table. No Need to Reserve this Delicious Dish for the Holidays, Though…It’s Easy Enough to Make Any Time!

We love Instant Pot recipes! Some of our favorites include Instant Pot Pork Carnitas and Instant Pot Pork Roast & Gravy.

INSTANT POT HAM

A holiday ham is a traditional favorite in many families. It sure is in ours! Cooking a ham in the oven takes up so much time and oven space, though. I figured there had to be a better way!

So, I experimented a bit with my Instant Pot, and I’m so glad I did! Ham in the Instant Pot is not only super easy, but it’s also fast and delicious. It also goes well with my Southern Cornbread Muffins and Instant Pot Scalloped Potatoes. Instant Pot Ham is definitely going on my holiday menu plan!

DON’T I NEED TO ADD MORE LIQUID TO MY INSTANT POT?

Normally, you want to add at least a cup of water, stock, or other liquid to your your Instant Pot so that it will come to pressure. However, the ham will release quite a bit of liquid when it starts to cook. This will be enough to both bring it to pressure and to make a beautiful glaze!

WILL THE HAM DRY OUT IN THE INSTANT POT?

As much as we love ham, the thing I don’t love is when it dries out in the oven. There’s really not many things worse than spending the money on a ham that is just going to dry out!

That’s the beautiful thing about the Instant Pot. The short cooking time and pressurized conditions result in a ham that is juicy, moist, and just plain delicious!

WILL INSTANT POT HAM FREEZE WELL?

Defiantly, this ham freezes so easily, and you can use it for so many things! Just think of all the possibilities. You can make everything from casseroles to soup or stew – even breakfast dishes! You can also keep the slices on hand to serve with some delicious sides for a quick weeknight dinner. The possibilities are endless!

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Super Easy Instant Pot Ham

Instant Pot Ham Is the Perfect Addition to Your Holiday Table. No Need to Reserve this Delicious Dish for the Holidays, Though...It’s Easy Enough to Make Any Time!
Prep Time 3 hours 55 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 55 minutes
Author Sarah

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 bone-in spiral cut ham ours was about 8 pounds
  • Glaze:
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup honey

Instructions

  • Place water in bottom of Instant Pot.
  • Place ham in over the top of that.
  • Mix together the brown sugar and honey.
  • Pour over the top of the ham.
  • Close lid and valve.
  • Cook on Manual/Pressure Cook, high pressure for 10 minutes.
  • Natural release 10 minutes, then quick release.
  • Remove ham and place in serving dish.
  • Turn Instant Pot to Saute, and cook liquid down to thicken a bit.
  • Pour sauce over the top of the ham.
  • Serve.

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  • Amorette DavisUser of the Free Freezer to Slow Cooker One Week Menu

    Thank you so much! As a special needs mommy these recipes have helped us so much.   I often am very busy with being a nurse for our child that I don't have time for making sure we get meals.  This allows me to do all my prep on the weekends, while my husband is home to help, and to cook during the week.  So grateful!

  • Linda SearsOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Menus

    Sarah’s Freezer to Slow Cooker ebooks have been a fantastic addition to my meal plans.  They make meal planning easy and my family happy. I love the way each recipe is laid out, with a shopping list and ingredient prep list, along with cooking instructions. Sarah’s done all the hard work for me!  The recipes have used have all been delicious and easily adaptable to my family’s taste and the number of people I’m serving.

  • FranOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebooks
     I purchased all of your freezer to slow cooker ebooks a month or so ago and I'm in love with this way of cooking.  I now have taken all 10 weeks of recipes and written them of my menu planner and then I repeated the 10 weeks and will continue to do so throughout the year.  My family of 5 adults and 1 child enjoy the meals that you have planned and I have cooked and I'm excited that the next time when that meal comes due up in the rotation I won't have to purchase anything but just pull it from the freezer.  Thank you so much
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  • rayzn2angelsfrom Freezer to Slow Cooker Series

    This makes my life so much easier. I'm a busy work at home/stay at home mom, wife, business woman and I feel like dinner is always the thing I just never get time to do. We have done like 15 of the crockpot recipes from Sarah and they are all very yummy. They get a thumbs up from my husband and kids every time. And there is always enough for my husband to take the left overs at least 2x per recipe. I have a family of 5, 2 adults, 21, 13, 16. So it makes plenty. Thank you Sarah.

  • Dawn S.Buyer of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebook Series
    I am a 59-year-old wife and mother of two grown children.  I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling one out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home.  I hate feeling rushed when I cook so Monday - Friday I use those crockpot meals and make enough that we have lunch the next day.  I take Sunday afternoon, fix up what I need for the week (I don't have a lot of freezer space so I do a week's worth at a time) and I'm done with it!  Saturdays I like to try new recipes from some of my cookbooks which I am finding I can freeze as well!  So you have shown me a whole new way to organize my time and still put a healthy meal on the table.  Thanks so much and I look forward to future blogs.

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