Instant Pot Ham

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Fully cooked bone-in ham, cut into large chunks and reheated in chicken stock, apple juice, Worcestershire sauce, and spices. The 5-minute High Pressure cycle is followed by a full natural release.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 419kcal

Author Gary White

Equipment

1 6-quart Instant Pot
1 Meat thermometer

Ingredients

6-8 lb. bone-in ham fully cooked; purchase weight before cutting meat from the bone into large chunks
4 cups chicken stock
2 cups apple juice
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
2 bay leaves
1 cinnamon stick
1 Tbsp. black peppercorns

Instructions

Cut the fully cooked ham from the bone into large chunks. Save the bone for beans or soup.
Place the ham chunks and remaining ingredients in the 6-quart Instant Pot, keeping the food and liquid below its marked pressure-cooking fill line. Secure the lid and cook at High Pressure for 5 minutes; the timer starts after the cooker reaches pressure.
When the cycle ends, allow a full natural release. Wait until the cooker is completely depressurized before opening. For the fully cooked ham packaged in a USDA-inspected plant used here, check that the center of the thickest chunk reaches 140°F.
Remove the ham and cut it into thick slices.
Return the sliced ham to the broth for serving. If holding it before serving, keep it at 140°F or above. Otherwise, refrigerate within 2 hours.

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Notes

Timing: The 5-minute cook time is the High Pressure cycle. Also allow time to cut and load the ham, bring the cooker to pressure, complete a full natural release, and slice the meat; do not use the displayed total as a fixed serving deadline.

Make ahead and leftovers: Refrigerate the ham with its broth in shallow, covered containers within 2 hours and use within 3 days. Reheat the portions you need in the broth to 165°F. The 165°F target also applies to repackaged ham; it is distinct from reheating the original fully cooked, USDA-inspected packaged ham to 140°F.

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