Honey Baked Ham

4.92 from 12 votes

This char siu inspired honey baked ham is a perfect balance of sweetness and umami thanks to a combination of brown sugar and honey, a splash of soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and a hint of five spice. Seriously SO GOOD.

Prep Time5

Cook Time2

Total Time2 5

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Chinese

Keyword: chinese bbq, ham

Servings:

Calories: 721kcal

Ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
1/2 cup honey
2 tbsp hoisin
1 tbsp soy sauce low sodium preferred
1.5 tbsp Shaoxing wine
1 tsp five spice optional
1 tsp white pepper optional
4 cloves garlic lightly smashed
4 slices ginger
3 lb bone-in spiral sliced ham at room temp, see notes for scaling

Instructions

Heat the oven to 250°F and make the glaze: mix the brown sugar, honey, hoisin, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, five spice, white pepper, garlic, and ginger in a small pot and heat over medium until it starts to bubble. Set aside.
Grab a roasting pan and fit it with a wire rack. Place 1 cup water in the roasting pan. Put the ham on the wire rack, cut side down, and brush the first coat of glaze on.
Bake, with a piece of foil on top, for 12-15 minutes per pound of ham until the ham is heated through to 130°F. While the ham is baking, brush the glaze on, every 20 minutes, until the ham is heated through. Our ham was 5 lbs and took about 1 hour.
When the inside of the ham is warmed through, turn the oven up to 450°F and brush on more glaze and continue to bake for 5-10 minutes, brushing with glaze every 2-3 minutes until deeply caramelized. Remove from the oven, let rest for 10-15 minutes and enjoy!

Notes

While our recipe app can scale your ham to fit the number of people you're serving, you'll most likely be stuck buying quarter, half, or whole hams, which serve the following:

Bone in quarter hams are 3-4 pounds and serve 6-8

Bone in half hams are 5-10 pounds and serve 8-22

Bone in whole hams are 10-17 pounds and serve 22-40

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