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Are you looking for easy leftover ham recipes? We have several easy crock pot recipes as well as non-crock pot recipes that are perfect for your leftover ham.
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Leftover Ham Recipes
We love our ham in this house (Psst… this is our favorite recipe for a delicious ham every time). We fix it for just about every holiday and we like to cook up a ham during the normal calendar year from time to time as well. In fact, this past spring when we were challenged to make as many meals possible on $50, we chose to cook up a ham and make all our meals using ham as a the main focus. With that challenge under our belt and all the holiday ham we enjoy each year, we have come to enjoy quite a few leftover ham recipes. So, we thought we would share them with you today.
Easy Crock Pot Ham and Beans
This Crock Pot Ham and Beans recipe could not be easier. This delicious creamy comfort food goes great with some sweet corn bread. So grab some left over ham or a couple ham hocks and get to crockin’.
Ham and Cheese Soup {Crock Pot}
Are you a fan of O’Charley’s Loaded Potato Soup? This crock pot Ham and Cheese Soup Recipe is a cheese lover’s dream and tastes a bit like the restaurant favorite, only with ham.
Crock Pot Split Pea Soup
Are you looking for thatclassic homemade split pea soup that grandma used to make? This Crock Pot Split Pea Souphas all the flavors of the old fashioned soup favorite and is the perfect leftover ham recipe.
Are you looking for something a little different to do with your ham? Why not throw it on the grill? Mysweet and tangy BBQ Ham Pineapple Kabobs will have you doing the hula right on the back deck even in the dead of winter!
Looking for a soup that has that ham and bean flavor with some veggies thrown in? This Ham and Bean Soup is a favorite around here and one we make over and over!
Ham Fried Rice recipe is not only a family favorite but a quick dish to throw together on a weeknight! In fact, it can be ready in 15 minutes and there are never any leftovers. Everyone loves this dish.
A staple in this house and a reader favorite online, our Freezer Breakfast Burritos are perfect for breakfast on the go! Spend an hour making a huge batch and have hot breakfast for a month in no time flat.
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Thank you so much for all these wonderful ideas for using left over ham! My question (and you mentioned this some where in here) is how to substitute Deli ham for leftover ham. How thick would you have the deli ham sliced? Which kind would you use as I know some of the deli ham is salty?
I’m looking forward to trying the burritos as well.
Thanks for all you do!
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A fully cooked, ready-to-eat ham (also referred to as a "city ham") can be sliced and served cold or at room temperature—there's no need to reheat it. A spiral-cut ham is delicious this way, whether eaten by the slice, tucked into biscuits, or in a grilled cheese sandwich.
Information. Spiral-cut hams and leftovers from consumer-cooked hams may be stored in the refrigerator three to five days or frozen one to two months. Keep your refrigerator at 40 °F or less and your freezer at or near 0 °F.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ham is good for three to five days in the refrigerator after it is cooked. If you need more time to use up those leftovers, ham will last up to two months in the freezer. The USDA also recommends wrapping up leftovers well.
Reheating ham via skillet is an easy way to get a few slices nice and hot in a flash. To reheat ham slices on the stove, add a few slices at a time to a skillet over medium-high heat. Add up to ½ cup of chicken broth to keep the meat moist or opt for a couple of tablespoons of butter or oil to give the ham a nice sear.
Cooked canned ham and cooked vacuum-packaged ham, both from federally inspected plants, can be eaten right out of the package. All of these along with spiral-cut cooked ham are safe to eat cold or can be warmed to an internal temperature of 145°F (63°C), as they are already fully cooked.
Once you open a package of ham, or if it comes open — like if it was sliced at the deli counter— you can safely eat your leftovers for up to five days. In addition to these dates, it's always best to stick to the use-by date printed on the ham's package.
An uncooked, cut country ham can be refrigerated for two to three months or frozen for one month. A cooked Country Ham should be refrigerated for seven days and or frozen for one month. Freezer storage time is for quality only. Frozen hams remain safe indefinitely.
A fully-cooked, unopened, vacuum-sealed ham can last up to two weeks in the refrigerator, according to the USDA, but the clock starts ticking once you open that package. Sliced meat, like fresh cut ham or spiral-cut ham from the store, will last in the refrigerator for only three to five days.
Once the ham is cut, exposing the moist interior, it must be stored in the refrigerator. After the ham has been soaked, or soaked and cooked, it should be used within 5 days. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
A slimy or sticky texture Ham should have a soft and moist texture, but it won't leave any wet or greasy residue behind on your skin. Slimy ham is a sign of bacterial growth, so don't consume it if it's wet or oily. Some bacteria may cause ham to become sticky, too.
Is Ham Bad for Dogs? Ham is not toxic to dogs, but it's also not a healthy treat for them. So if your pup eats a little piece that fell to the floor, they should be totally fine. But feeding ham to your dog as a regular snack can cause some long-term health issues.
A simple fix for overcooked meat is to dump it in your food processor with some olive oil, purée it, and use it as a stuffing for everything from hand pies and empanadas to dumplings and ravioli.
In terms of food safety, however, so long as you reheat the food at the correct temperature and for the correct duration of time, it can in fact be safely reheated multiple times. However, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends that food is only reheated once, so follow this guidance wherever possible.
No.Both whole or half, cooked, vacuum-packaged hams packaged in federally inspected plants and canned hams can be eaten cold, right out of the package. However, if you want to reheat these cooked hams, set the oven no lower than 325 °F and heat to an internal temperature of 140 °F as measured with a food thermometer.
The goal is to reheat the ham without drying it out. The best way to do this is to place the ham on a rack in a roasting pan. Add water to the bottom of the pan and cover the whole thing tightly with foil. Bake at 325F for 16-20 minutes per pound, until a meat thermometer registers 135F.
For a precooked ham, reheat for about 18 minutes per pound to hit 140°F. In general, we prefer bone-in ham, which is more flavorful and less expensive per pound than boneless ham. Plus, you can freeze the ham bone to make stock or toss it into a pot of beans or braised greens.
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