Almost everyone prefers a sausage sandwich for breakfast. But it’s not always possible to buy it of high quality and tasty. Ham will be considered the best, if you cook it yourself, you will definitely know that there are no additional additives in it. Those who have tried homemade ham will want to abandon the convenience store. We offer a selection of several ham recipes in a slow cooker.
If you decide to cook it yourself, then you should not make a hasty conclusion that it is very difficult. We offer simple recipes that even a beginner can handle.
Ham in a pork multicooker
For cooking ham you will need the following ingredients:
- 1 kg of pork, preferably not too oily.
- 1 liter of water.
- Salt, when determining its amount, focus on your taste, but approximately 100 g may be needed.
- Thick rope and baking sleeve.
Recipe
This recipe will delight you with the ease of preparation. The main thing is to take the best piece of pork. A neck or ham is well suited, if there is fat or hymen in it, then it is advisable to remove them. But you need to do this after cooking, because so the ham in the slow cooker will be tastier and juicier.
A whole piece of meat needs to be washed. We will not cut it into pieces, it will be prepared in its entirety. This reduces the cooking time. While the excess liquid drains from the meat, you need to prepare a brine from water and salt. If extra grains remain at the bottom of the container with brine, then it is advisable to remove them. To do this, you can simply transfer to another container, and leave the sediment.
We put the meat in a deep pan, fill it with previously prepared brine, cover with a lid. Then put in the refrigerator for about 12 hours. Well, if prepared for the night, and the rest can be done in the morning.
After this time has passed, the meat needs to be removed and tied with a rope or twine to make an even and beautiful piece. We put it in a baking sleeve and tie it again with a rope.
We set the temperature in the multicooker to 80 degrees and set the “Extinguishing” mode. The ham will be ready in about 4 hours. But before you turn on the slow cooker, pour more ordinary water so that it completely covers the meat. Since ham is cooked for a long time, water will need to be periodically added.
After the slow cooker beeps, you need to pull out the meat and put in a plate. You can remove the film only after everything has completely cooled down. Store preferably in a container with a lid in the refrigerator. But this may not be necessary, since homemade ham in a slow cooker turns out to be very tasty and is eaten almost immediately.
Chicken ham
There is an opinion that chicken meat is quite dry and it is impossible to cook ham from it, but this is not so. A chicken dish can be dietary and suitable for preparing various salads. Also, ham in a slow cooker made from chicken can be consumed by children, just do not add hot peppers. You will need such products:
- 1 kg of chicken;
- salt;
- black pepper, red pepper, paprika, ginger and optionally curry;
- 5 cloves of garlic.
Cooking method
To cook chicken ham in a slow cooker, you need to do the following:
- Take the whole chicken. Remove the peel, and chop the rest of the meat into pieces.
- Mix all the spices and salt to taste. Peel and pass the garlic through a press. Or just crush with a knife.
- Prepare an elastic bandage. Fold it in such a way that it looks like a bag in which you will need to put meat. Form it to make a beautiful and neat piece.
- Tie tightly and coat a piece with a mixture of previously prepared seasonings.
- Pour some water into the multicooker bowl, this is necessary so that the meat does not burn out and is juicier.
- Set the mode "Extinguishing", and the time - 1 hour 30 minutes. But this is indicative, since it all depends on the size of a piece of meat. For example, if the chicken was 2 kg in weight, then cook it the indicated time, and if less, then an hour will be enough.
- After the beep, leave the ham in the crock-pot under the closed lid until it cools. You can let it stand all night.
- After that take out and cut into portioned pieces.
Ham in ham: recipe in a slow cooker
Cooking ham in a ham greatly simplifies the process. To prepare it, you need the following products:
- 0.5 kg of pork;
- 0.5 kg of beef;
- 1 egg
- 100 ml of milk;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 15 g of gelatin;
- 1 tsp. salt, pepper and seasoning for meat;
- ham and roasting sleeve.
Cooking
- Rinse the meat and cut into 1-2 cm pieces. Add finely chopped garlic to it.
- Add milk, gelatin, egg and other spices to this mixture.
- Put the ham in an upright position, place the baking sleeve in it.
- Put the minced meat in a bag and press firmly.
- Close the ham and cover in a slow cooker. Pour so much water on top to completely cover it.
- Turn on the “Extinguishing” mode for 3 hours.
- After cooking, remove the ham, and when it cools, let it stand in the refrigerator for several hours.
So the ham in the slow cooker is ready, it can be consumed for breakfast, as well as just for any porridge.