BEST Slow Cooker Ham

Slow cooker ham is tender, juicy, and delicious with a sweet and tangy brown sugar orange glaze, making for one of the best slow cooker ham recipes ever! Try also our famous honey glazed ham.

📝 Ingredients

• 7 pound bone-in spiral-cut ham, fully cooked (, fully cooked)
• 1/2 cup orange juice (, divided. You may use pineapple juice instead. To make it KETO, use chicken broth though.)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (To make this brown sugar glaze for ham KETO, use Swerve Brown Sugar Substitute.)
• 1 1/4 cups orange marmalade (To make it KETO, use a sugar-free marmalade instead.)
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce (Use a gluten-free soy sauce for a gluten-free recipe!)
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice
• 1 teaspoon sriracha hot chili sauce
• Orange zest (optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Place the ham face down in the crockpot. Pour 1/4 cup of the orange juice over the ham. Rub ham with brown sugar.
2. 2Prepare an easy ham glaze recipe: Mix the glaze (1/4 cup orange juice, marmalade, mustard, soy sauce, vinegar, spice, and sriracha) and pour over the ham, reserving about a third.
3. 3Cover tightly, and set to cook on low for about 3-4 hours (or 30 minutes per pound). Baste the ham halfway through the cooking time and then again about an hour before the ham is done!
4. 4About 10 minutes before the cooking time ends, heat the orange glaze mixture on the stovetop over medium heat until thickened (about 3-5 minutes). Glaze slow cooker spiral ham, sprinkle orange zest on top if desired, and serve!