Boneless 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 long to cook 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.
Want to cook an air fryer boneless ham this year? NO problem! This is a great solution if you live in tight spaces or just need to feed a couple of people. One of many easy air fryer recipes here on The Typical Mom (affiliate links present)
Table of Contents
- Air Fryer Ham with Pineapple
- Ham in Ninja Foodi Air Fryer
- Small Ham in Air Fryer Recipe
- Boneless Ham Air Fryer Time
- Ingredients
- Can you heat up a cooked ham in air fryer?
- What temperature do you cook a boneless ham?
- How to Cook Ham Steak in Air Fryer
- How to Reheat Ham Slices in Air Fryer
- Air Fryer Ham Recipe
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…..
If you love air fryer recipes too, here are some resources to start with:
- THIS is my Favorite Air Fryer!
- You can find more Air fryer recipes here, we have Ninja Foodi recipes as well; bookmark them both!
- Grab the best air fryer cookbook here.
Here’s a printable air fryer cook times chart here for your fridge. It has temp. and times for making the best frozen foods for air fryer too.
Ham in Ninja Foodi Air Fryer
If you choose to just use the air crisp mode you can make it this way in that machine, with the lid that is attached. Ninja Foodi ham with pressure cooker mode is 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 with heavy cream with a few handfuls inside which is delicious.
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 Recipe
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 which will take about 40 minutes total to warm.
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 only type you couldn’t would be one that wouldn’t fit into your basket. This needs to be measured before you purchase your piece. I have a 5.7 qt. and a whole precooked hickory smoked fit fine.
We love it air fried because you can get the insides warmed with a bit of crispy on the edges of every slice. We will show you how to do that here, with step by step directions. A great way to cook a small boneless ham year round.
It is all about basting it along the way, and a great flavorful glaze over the top with dijon mustard and butter. Use a temperature that is a bit lower, for longer to get the very middle warmed slowly.
Boneless Ham Air Fryer Time
The total time sliced was about 40 minutes. That will vary slightly depending on how thick yours is but this is typical. 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.
Ingredients
- Boneless Pre cooked ham – ours was 3.5 lbs. (I wouldn’t buy much larger)
- 7.5″ springform pan
- or wrap the ham in tinfoil but that is messier
- 3 ingredient ham glaze can be used or whisk ingredients below
- Butter
- Dijon mustard
- Minced garlic
- Brown sugar
- Water or broth
- Honey
Can you heat up a cooked ham in air fryer?
Yes, we share step by step directions but there is a printable recipe card at the bottom. First you will want to slice whole boneless ham 3/4 of the way down, don’t have your slices go all the way down though. 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.
What temperature do you cook a boneless ham?
I like to warm or cook at 300 degrees F. In this small area it will only take 20 minutes cook time initially. With a glaze, you’ll stop halfway to pour on and 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 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.
How to Cook Ham Steak in Air Fryer
If you only want to cook one slice essentially, that won’t take long. We explain How to Cook Ham Steak several ways here. 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 and drizzle over it and enjoy.
How to 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 for a few minutes until warmed again.
Nutritional information will vary depending on the fat content on the piece of meat you choose.
Air Fryer Ham
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
Ingredients
- 3 – 3.5 lb ham, precooked
- 1/4 c butter
- 1/4 c water, broth or pineapple juice
- 1/2 c brown sugar
- 1.5 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 c honey
Instructions
- Slice whole 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 glaze mixture on top and in between slices. (could add a few tbsp crushed pineapple in there too)
- Put foil over the top of the pan and put it inside your air fryer basket.
- Cook at 300 degrees F for 20 minutes. Then take off foil, pour 1/2 of what glaze you have left over the top. Recover and continue to cook another 20 minutes.
- Then take foil off and reset temp to 360 degrees F for 5 minutes.
- Pour remaining glaze over the top and continue cooking for 2 minutes to brown the top. When timer is up leave basket closed for 5 more minutes so insides of ham can continue to warm.
- Remove, slice, and serve with sauce on bottom of pan poured on top. ** Timing will vary depending on thickness of your meat.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Do you the air fry function or the roast function?
sounds really good, but I do not have an air fryer….could I do the same thing in a regular oven. If so, what would the directions be to do this in the oven? Thank you!
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