Ninja Foodi Ham Recipe

Ninja Foodi ham is great if you want it done quickly and free up your oven during the holidays. Using a pressure cooker like our Instant Pot ham not only frees up your oven but cooks pork to tender with our pineapple glaze together.

I cooked a Ninja Foodi ham with a pineapple glaze the other day and it came out so yummy! It may change the way you cook Easter or Christmas dinner for good. Find this and many other easy Ninja Foodi recipes here. (affiliate links present)

Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Ham

I made ham in the Instant Pot years ago, but now it was time to adapt that to work in my Foodi pot! I’m telling you, you’re going to love this during the holidays! It takes no time at all and the glaze is amazing.

I did this TWO different ways: slicing the ham first with just 2 added ingredients, and cooking an unsliced ham with added sweetness. I will share both methods below. If you are buying a bone in ham (I always do) you’ll need between 1/3 to 1/2 pound of ham per person. Planning on feeding 10 people? Look for one that’s around 5 pounds. This is the size we’re using.

Tips to Remember

A boneless ham can be a bit smaller. You’ll want 1/4 to 1/3 pound of ham per person for this type. Pictured here is a bone in, smoked, pre cooked ham that is straight from the farm. Truly, we bought 1/2 a pig and this came from that hog. The butcher smokes them, and vacuum packs each one and we pick them up frozen.

Of course most of you will purchase a quarter of a ham in the store and that is a okay. The BIGGEST thing to remember is the size of your pot. I have a 6 quart pot to cook my Ninja Foodi ham so 5 pounds kinda’ maxes it out to fit comfortably.

When I cooked by unsliced ham I had to cut a chunk off the side to get it to fit. I included that chunk in the pot though so it would cook too.

If you do have the larger version you could go up in size. Another thing to remember is it is best to NOT slice it beforehand. Mine wasn’t sliced. If you buy a spiral ham just know that it will come out more dry. Remember: your ham is precooked and you’re just warming it up. Timing will vary depending on how hot you want it but you don’t want it to dry out either.

A 5 minute cook time is usually good for heating up a 5 lb ham that’s sliced. If unsliced, 10 minutes worked better. Allowing a 5 minute natural release is best.

Ingredient Notes

• We used a 5 pound ham that was unsliced, quartered and as with almost all other it comes precooked and smoked so you are essentially just warming it up. Ours was not spiral sliced this go around but I have in the past and your pieces will be sweeter if it is sliced thin at the start.
• 1/2 cup brown sugar at least but I typically will go all out with a whole cup to add a deep rich sweetness to the sauce and meat. I have not done this with sugar free varieties but imagine you could.
• Crushed pineapple I like better than tidbits because it will coat more like a sauce than larger pieces will. You can find this already mashed in a can at the store near all the other canned fruits.
• Honey will add a lot more sweetness but maple syrup or agave nectar would be another alternative.
• If you want to thicken the sauce at the end to be more like a sweet gravy you will want some cornstarch. For a gluten free option you could use arrowroot.

If you have another recipe for ham glaze you can use that. Just set your pot to saute and treat it like a pot on your stove.

That way you only have to clean one thing! I just included the one I made in case you love pineapple as much as we do. Whether you make yours a bit less sweet or omit all together, it is a great way to cook pork quick to tender.

If I had to choose which one was my favorite it would be the sweeter version with honey. I am a sucker for sweet everything though. Take your pick. The whole cooking process will take approximately 20 minutes. You can use air fryer function to crisp at end if you wish.

Instructions without honey

• Use a trivet with your 1/3 cup of water underneath.
• Set sliced ham on top
• Sprinkle your brown sugar on top and in between slices
• Pour can of crushed pineapple on top
• Pressure cook for 5 minutes with a 5 minute natural release
• Continue to make pineapple glaze as directed below on saute with 4 tbsp of cornstarch
• This method will not come out as moist since slices are exposed and thinner

Immediately pour some glaze on top of ham when done to keep it as moist as possible

How to Make the Pineapple Blaze

1. Set your pot to saute, low
2. In a small dish add cornstarch and hot liquid from pot, whisk until smooth
3. Pour this in and as soon as it begins to thicken turn the pot off.
4. Immediately stir so it doesn’t clump 
5. Add more pineapple juice, tidbits, or crushed pineapple into glaze if you want. Pour into a dish so it doesn’t continue to cook.
6. Spoon on top of ham.

This is a QUICK process and you need to move fast so it doesn’t get to thick. Then serve on the side or pour over ham and enjoy. Want to make a dutch oven ham, or try cooking it 3 other ways other than these? I have a few other ways to cook ham.

Of course a slow cooker will take a lot longer but some people prefer it this way. I share this method for those of us who want it fast, easy, and eliminate a dish from our oven. I do agree that slow and low temps sometimes create a better dish.

If you’re looking for a 25 minute or 30 minute ham recipe though this may be a game changer for you. Printable directions are below. I used this recipe as a base to create these two.  You can make an air fryer ham in your Foodi too. 😉