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Instant Pot Honey Baked Ham

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Instant Pot honey baked ham turns out moist and tender every time, perfect for Easter, Thanksgiving, and more! The simple, lightly sweetened honey glaze adds classic holiday flavor.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 4 pound spiral sliced ham (precooked) (1816
  • ½ cup juice (pineapple, orange juice concentrate, or apple juice) (124g)
  • ⅓ cup honey (or maple syrup) (113g)
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ⅛ tsp ground cloves

Instructions

  1. Place the trivet in the bottom of the Instant Pot. Pour in 1 ½ cups of water.
  2. Prepare the honey baked ham glaze in a small bowl by mixing together the juice, honey, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
  3. Set the ham on a large piece of regular aluminum foil. (You will need to add 5-10 minutes to the cooking time if you use heavy-duty aluminum foil).
  4. Fold the sides of the foil up around the ham, creating a bowl-like shape around the ham. Gently separate the ham slices so you can see in between them. Pour the prepared glaze all over the ham so it runs down in between the slices of ham. Close the foil over and around the ham.
  5. Carefully place the foil-wrapped ham on top of the trivet inside the Instant Pot. Secure the lid and manually cook on High Pressure for 18 minutes (for a 4-pound ham). Remember to add 5-10 minutes if you’re using heavy-duty foil.
  6. When the timer beeps, you can use either a natural pressure release or a quick pressure release. Once the pressure is released completely, carefully remove the lid.
  7. Use caution when unfolding the foil – hot steam will be trapped inside. Check the internal temperature of the ham with a meat thermometer to be sure that it has reached 145F. Once the foil has cooled enough to touch, remove the ham from the Instant Pot onto a platter for serving.

Notes

The cooking time depends on the size of the ham. Use this guide to determine your cooking time if you are using a ham larger than 3-4 pounds. Remember that the ham is already pre-cooked, so you are warming the ham in the pressure cooker to 145 degrees for serving.

  • 5-pound ham -cook for 20 minutes (you might want to make extra glaze).
  • 6-pound ham -cook for 22 minutes (you’d probably want to double your glaze).
  • 7-pound ham -cook for 24 minutes (double your glaze).
  • 8-pound ham -cook for 26 minutes (double your gaze).