Crockpot Ham

This easy Crockpot ham recipe with pineapple is sweet, tender, and delicious. Cooks on it’s own and is ready when you are. If you loved our Ninja Foodi ham with a pineapple glaze but want it low and slow, this is perfect for holidays!

Ham is such a great holiday dinner idea. It is packed with protein, inexpensive, and provides not only dinner for the 5 of us but we can make our leftover ham recipe with it too for 2 meals in one. Typically if you buy a ham in the grocery store it is a half ham and it is already sliced, not ours.

This year we moved to Idaho and out here a lot of people purchase meat from the local farms around the city. We too bought an entire pig and the hams we got were quarter hams. This came unsliced. I would suggest slicing it thinly like a spiral sliced ham to get each layer hot. I did this on later attempts.

Ingredient Notes

You are going to want to use a quarter ham, bone in or boneless either way should initially be smoked and fully cooked and just needs to be warmed up.

To add a bit of sweetness you will want to add some light Brown sugar whisked together with the juice from a can of pineapple slices chunks – or tidbits.

I like to add some organic Honey as well. You could use agave nectar instead for this if you prefer.

And for the classic flavors you may want a few whole cloves. These are optional of course. And we’re done!! It’s the best way to bake a ham.

Crockpot Ham with Coke (Option)

Another option to add sweetness and without brown sugar or the fruit would be to use a can of coca cola. Seriously, we do the same thing with our Crockpot ribs recipe. We have also done this with soda and sugars made into a sauce with our Coca Cola ham recipe here.

If you’re not a fan of pineapple you can make your own type of ham glaze that uses orange juice as the base that is wonderful as well. Once you’re slow cooker ham is done you can baste once again, slice and serve immediately or thicken your ham glaze over the stovetop with a bit of cornstarch. Totally up to you.

How Long to Cook Precooked Ham in Crockpot

Smoking a Cooked Ham is my favorite way to do it but if you don’t have that choice you can slow cook it for about 3-5 hours. The range is because of how large yours is and whether it is sliced or not (which takes less time). Check at hour 3 with a meat thermometer as too long can dry it out.

Should you cook a ham in Crockpot sliced?

You can do it either way but yes sliced already to begin with will create a more even cook where the outside won’t dry out by the time the center is warmed. You can of course slice it yourself or buy it spiral sliced from the store.

How do you know when it is done?

You need the center, thickest part, to reach 140 degrees F. You should do this at hour 3 and if it isn’t that high then leave for another 30 minutes and check again. This is the ideal temperature so it is still moist and doesn’t begin to dry out.

How to Thicken the Glaze

Take some liquid out and whisk it together with 1-3 tbsp of cornstarch in a small bowl. Dump this back into your pot and allow to bubble until it thickens to your liking, then serve this on the side

Tips for Success

Baste ham in the Crock once or twice if possible throughout the cooking process, it will create a moister juicier piece of meat. Use a small measuring cup to scoop the pineapple juices at the bottom, and just pour on top a few times if you can.

Use a holiday ham that isn’t cut, if you think you will have leftovers because when saved I think it saves better. When it is done only cut the pieces you will eat immediately

I do like having several methods of cooking depending on the occasion. Making this crockpot ham recipe does allow you to cook a piece that is a bit larger. This particular piece wouldn’t have fit inside my 6 qt. Instant Pot so there’s that.

What to make with leftovers

If you have leftover ham you should dice it up and put it into our crockpot corn chowder for another meal. Ham and cheese Grands biscuits are a great choice. Slow cooker split pea soup takes rock hard peas to tender and perfect at the end of the day. If you have more to use up, try our creamy Crockpot ham and potato soup.