Best Air Fryer Ham Recipe

Air fryer ham is easy! Want to save room in your oven or just make a small piece for 2 of you, this is how to cook a ham in an air fryer. If you have an 8 in 1 multi cooker you can make either this or our other Ninja Foodi ham recipe with a pineapple glaze.

Air Fryer Ham with Pineapple

I made an Instant Pot ham years ago, with a similar glaze, and it turned out great! Oven baked is fabulous if you have the time, but sometimes you want enough for just 2-4 people. This is great for times like that. We don’t just make this during the holidays either. It has high protein and saves well for next day dishes.

That is right, don’t worry about making too much because you can make our popular leftover ham recipe the day after so there is no waste. Now that I air fry everything I wanted to figure out this method as well so I could share it with all of you. Here we go…..

Ham in Ninja Foodi

If you choose to just use the air crisp mode you can make it this way in that machine, or follow Ninja Foodi ham for pressure cooker mode, linked at the top of this post. This is not just for the holidays though. Ham is great to cook year round. I mean, we cook something like this and save the rest. Throughout the rest of the week I make things like:

• Crockpot ham and potato soup
• Dice it up and throw it in with some air fryer hash browns or air fryer egg bites in the morning.
• We have a bunch of other leftover ham recipes too you can make.

This is the whole, smoked, precooked ham we chose from the store. From there I just made a sweet mustard glaze to pour on top to keep it moist.

Small Ham in Air Fryer

Of course there are size restraints for this. You can see which one I chose. Store brand, cooked and smoked. You could slice this cold and use it as lunchmeat too kinda’ style. If you bought a less processed version that is fine but note that it needs to be on the smaller side of things.

What meats can you cook in an air fryer?

You can cook ALL THE THINGS in it y’all! I have made air fryer steak, pork loin in an air fryer, frozen chicken breast and air fried shrimp too. Everything comes out perfectly this way. You may have a few questions before you make this for Christmas, Easter, or for no occasion at all:

The key to getting it warm all the way into the center, you’ll need to slice it beforehand.

Air Fryer without Glaze

I wouldn’t say that is what we did here but yes I added a mustard sauce of sorts to it. I feel like it needs something to stay nice and moist as it is heated. You could leave off though and just use a bit of water.

Some are spiral sliced in the package. Typically the smaller versions like this one are not. Use a sharp knife and make slices you would as if you were to serve it. Cut it about 3/4 of the way down leaving the bottom attached. When you pour on your mustard sauce make sure it gets in between each slice.

1. Pre-cooked ham – ours was 3.5 lbs. (I wouldn’t buy much larger)
2. 7.5″ springform pan
   1. or wrap the ham in tinfoil but that is messier
3. Butter
4. Dijon mustard
5. Minced garlic
6. Brown sugar
7. Water or broth
8. Honey

I just whisk the sauce together in a large measuring cup so I can pour it on throughout the cooking process.

Ham Air Fryer Time

Here are step by step directions but there is a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post as well.

• Slice whole boneless ham 3/4 of the way down, don’t have your slices go all the way down. Leave some attached at the bottom so it doesn’t fall apart.
• In a large mixing cup or bowl melt butter, then add all other ingredients and whisk together well.
• Lightly spray inside of 7.5″ springform pan with non stick spray. Put ham inside and pour 1/2 of your honey glaze mixture on top and in between slices.

Put foil over the top of the pan and put it inside your air fryer basket.

• Cook at 300 degrees F for 20 minutes cook time. Open the foil, pour 1/2 of what brown sugar glaze you have left over the top. Recover and continue to cook another 20 minutes.
• Remove top of the foil and reset temp to 360 degrees F for 5 minutes. Pour or brush the glaze over the ham (what’s left) and continue cooking for 2 minutes to brown the top.
• When timer is up leave basket closed for 5 – 15 minutes more so insides of ham can continue to warm. Remove, slice, and serve with 1/4 cup sauce on bottom of pan poured on top.

Ham steak in air fryer

If you only want to cook one slice essentially, that won’t take long at all. I would preheat to 350 F and cook at that temp for 4 minutes. Whip up a small bit of pineapple glaze as I listed below (just half it) so that’s ready. Once it’s as warm as you’d like take it out and drizzle your honey glaze over it and enjoy.

Reheat Ham Slices in Air Fryer

That’s how you make this honey baked ham in your small kitchen appliance. If you do have slices left you could add into foil with a bit of glaze or broth inside and heat at 360 until warmed again. You can even make an air fryer turkey breast for the next holiday to mix it up now.

Air frying the ham really does turn out great, but what if you want to pressure cook it first? Well, if you have a Ninja Foodi you can do both right in the same pot! Nutritional information will vary depending on the fat content on the piece of meat you choose.

The same goes for if you made the whole thing and want to reheat one or two pieces the next day. If you like adding a bit of texture on the outside this is a great way to do just that.