Slow Cooker Pulled Ham with Homemade Ranch Coleslaw
Looking for a mouthwatering, easy family dinner or a relaxed meal to share with friends? This Slow Cooker Pulled Ham with Homemade Ranch Slaw is tender, flavorful, and just perfect stuffed into fresh crusty bread with your favorite sides. It's one of our absolute favourite slow cooker meals - and once you try it, you'll see why!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Effortless to make – the slow cooker does most of the work.
- Incredible flavor – thanks to the sweet, tangy rub and beer-based cooking liquid.
- Crowd-pleaser – ideal for parties, BBQs, and easy weeknight dinners.
Ingredients for Slow Cooker Pulled Ham
- Joint of ham
- Budweiser (or your preferred beer)
- Brown sugar
- Dijon mustard
- Olive oil
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How to Make Slow Cooker Pulled Ham
- Prep the Ham:
- Rub the ham with Dijon mustard and brown sugar.
- Brown the Ham:
- If your slow cooker has a hob-safe pan, heat it with 1 teaspoon olive oil and lightly brown the ham on both sides. Otherwise, use a regular frying pan, then transfer the ham to the slow cooker.
- Slow Cook:
- Place the ham in the slow cooker and pour over the beer.
- Cook on LOW for 8 hours or until the ham is falling apart tender.
- Pull and Crisp (Optional):
- Remove the ham and shred it using two forks.
- For a crispier finish, spread the pulled ham on a baking tray and roast at 200C for 5 minutes.
You don't need to do that last step of crisping it up, it's just the way I prefer to eat it.
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What to Serve with Slow Cooker Pulled Ham
Homemade Ranch Coleslaw
Our creamy, tangy ranch slaw is the ultimate match for pulled ham. It's fresh, rich, and ridiculously good.
Potato Wedges
Crispy, oven-baked wedges with a light seasoning. A guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
Swedish Potato Salad
Creamy and delicious with a mustardy kick—this potato salad makes an easy, satisfying side.
Leftover Pulled Ham Ideas
Don't let that delicious ham go to waste. Here are some tasty ways to use it:
- Ham & Salad Wraps
- Ranch Pasta Salad – combine with cooked pasta, veggies, and creamy dressing
- Ham & Cheese Toasties – perfect with provolone and a spoonful of chutney
- Pizza Topping – scatter over pizza bases with cheese and onion
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More Easy Slow Cooker Meals To Make
- Slow cooker BBQ brisket - rich, succulent pulled BBQ brisket recipe with just two ingredients. And we've got loads of ways to serve it to make easy meals.
- Slow cooker Cajun chicken - a delicious spicy chicken stew that's great served with boiled rice, chips and salad for an easy meal idea the whole family will just LOVE!
- Slow cooker Shawarma chicken - use the slow cooker to make tender, succulent spiced chicken thighs, then pull the meat and serve with flatbreads and salad for an easy summery slow cooker dinner idea.
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Slow Cooker Pulled Ham
Super tender, flavoursome pulled ham recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5kg piece of ham
- 300ml Budweiser
- 2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 tbs Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Heat the slow cooker to low.
- Lightly grease the slow cooker pan with just a teaspoon of olive oil.
- Rub the piece of ham with the mustard and brown sugar.
- Place the ham into the slow cooker pan and gently seal the meat on both sides.
- Pour over the Budweiser and then transfer to the slow cooker and cook for around 8 hours until the meat is cooked properly and easily pulled apart with two forks.
Notes
I use a Crock-Pot sauté slow cooker with a removable hob safe pan, so I start things off on the hob then transfer to the slow cooker base to cook. If you don't have a hob safe slow cooker pan - use a saucepan for any hob cooking parts
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 374Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 160mgSodium: 2512mgCarbohydrates: 5gFiber: 0gSugar: 4gProtein: 56g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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Disclaimer - in a lot of our slow cooker recipes we use a crockpot where the inner pan in safe to use on the hob as well as in the crockpot. If you don’t have a hob safe slow cooker - then use a pan for any hob cooking then transfer to the slow cooker pan for slow cooking.
Wendy is the creator of Daisies & Pie, a UK food blog sharing easy meals and home lifestyle tips since 2012
