My Grandma made ham this way… my Great-Grandma did too. For as long as I can remember, it’s been a tradition in our family to have Coke Ham at the holidays. We aren’t too crazy about turkey in this family.. so the turkeys get pardoned at our house at Thanksgiving… Christmas too. 😉 The Coke helps break down the fat, and tenderizes the meat. At least, that’s what I assume it does. I totally just made that up. I’m not really sure what kind of magical sorcery happens when it cooks, but whatever it is.. it’s yummy.
It doesn’t get any easier than this either, and the flavor is awesome.
- a ham
- large roasting pan
- 2 liter bottle of Coke
- Place the ham in a large roasting pan, pour the Coke in the pan until it comes up a couple of inches on the ham.
- Cover with a lid if you have it, or heavy duty foil.
- Bake for 8 hours at 250, basting several times.
- I usually put mine in the night before and let it cook all night long. By morning, it is fall-off-the-bone tender, and juicy. Mouthwatering good!
This year I bought an electric Oster Turkey Broiler that sits on the counter top. It was awesome! It kept the oven free for any other baking I needed to do. Money well spent.
Referring to Coke Ham: I will never need a 20 lb ham so what kind of time table for a smaller ham? Would it still be that 15 min a pound or something like that? thank you Judy Maresh
We always cook at a low temp overnight regardless of size, so I don’t know how that would convert time vs. weight. I’m sorry I can’t be more help than that. 🙁
I always use cherry coke to cook my ham in every year and we barely have leftovers!!! My family will only eat ham this way!!! ham of your choice (I prefer boneless) , 1 cup brown sugar, 1 can pineapple (with juice), 1 small jar maraschino cherries (plus juice), 1 stick of butter, 1 20oz bottle of cherry coke prep: put ham in crockpot fill half way with cherry coke put in pineapples, maraschino cherries, brown sugar , and butter fill the rest of your crockpot with the remaining cherry coke cook eat enjoy!!!….. (follow cooking time per pound of ham)