Double Smoked Spiral Ham

It has been awhile since I have done anything new on the smoker. This was an overall success, with just a couple small sections of the ham being a little dry. I also made a brown sugar glaze (recipe at the end of this post). Will certainly be making ham this way in the future!

10 pound smoked spiral ham:

• 225° for 1.5 hours - ham directly on smoker grates.

• 300° for 2 hours - ham in aluminum pan, with 1 cup vegetable stock, and covered tightly with aluminum foil. At the end of the 2 hours remove the foil and remove access liquid (saving the liquid for a future soup of some kind, and only leaving a small amount in pan for the final step)

• 350° for 30 minutes - with glaze, basting every 10 minutes (I also added 1 can of sliced pineapple to the pan, with the liquid from the can being previously used in the below glaze)

Brown sugar glaze:

Combine the following and simmer on low until fully incorporated. Then let cool and thicken slightly.

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 cup honey

• liquid from 1 can of sliced pineapple

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1.5 teaspoon chipotle seasoning

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

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Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly

Pork belly, skin on (size that will fit in air fryer)

Slice, meat side, half way through (about 1 inch thick)

Boil for 10-15 minutes

Dry completely

Place sauce on meat side, including inside of slices

Place on foil meat side down & fold up edges to leave only the skin exposed

Dry skin again & use fork to heavily poke the skin with holes (dry one more time after poking holes)

Cover skin in thick layer of salt (about 1 cup)

Air Fry 375° for 30 minutes

Remove from fryer and clean off the salt

Place back in fryer, skin side up, without the foil

Air Fry 400° for 20-30 minutes

Remove from fryer and let rest for 10 minutes before cutting into bite size pieces.


Sauce:

1 tablespoon each of the following

Hoisin sauce (garlic hoisin if possible, just omit garlic below if used)

Oyster sauce

Soy sauce

Fermented bean curd

Diced garlic

White pepper (to taste)

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