Keto Sweet Bourbon Glazed Ham

This keto sweet bourbon glazed ham is amazingly delicious and contains the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors!

Keto sweet bourbon glazed ham is a perfect main for your holiday or everyday meals. The sweet bourbon glaze is quick and easy to make, resulting in an awesomely delicious ham, which is also impressively low in carbs. We absolutely love this glazed ham and hope you will too!

Let’s talk about our ham!

I used a fully cooked bone-in ham for this dish. At times I use a shank ham, but for this dish, I used a butt portion ham. Both options are great choices, but the nutritional content will differ in the amount of fat and protein depending on which you use. A shank ham contains approximately the same percentage of fat and protein per serving, while a butt portion contains twice as much protein as it does fat. Since our ham is already cooked, we’re simply warming it up in the oven. Some recipes call for scoring the ham at the very start while others call for scoring it after it’s cooked for a couple of hours and just before glazing it. When I make a clove studded ham, I score it at the start; otherwise I just do it right before glazing the ham.

How do I make the sweet bourbon glaze for this ham?

The glaze for this ham is amazingly delicious and is quite easy to make! I start making my glaze after my ham has been cooking for about 1½ hours. To make the glaze, you’ll simply combine all the glaze ingredients in a small saucepan. After stirring or whisking to combine, you’ll heat your sauce over medium high heat until the mixture starts to boil. Then decrease your heat to medium and simmer for 10-15 minutes and stir or whisk occasionally. Your sauce will not thicken much while cooking, but the flavors will meld together quite nicely while the sauce simmers. I like to use a silicon brush to evenly brush the glaze over the ham, but you can simply pour the glaze evenly over the ham if you’d like. I then like to baste the ham a couple of times while the ham finishes baking.

How can I serve this keto sweet bourbon glazed ham?

You have some awesome low carb options for serving this ham. You can serve this ham, sliced or cut into pieces, just as is! I like to serve my ham with a side of extra glaze from the bottom of the baking pan. This ham is easy enough to serve for everyday meals, yet elegant enough to serve for holiday and special occasion dinners. It can be served with cooked low carb vegetables or with your favorite mashed dishes. Some of our favorites include mashed cauliflower, mashed kohlrabi, and mashed turnips and rutabagas. You can also use this ham, served cold or warm, to make an awesome keto sandwich using keto bread, biscuits, chaffles, or English muffins. This ham can also be diced and added to casseroles, egg dishes, and soups. You can even chop up your ham to top salads or to make ham salad or deviled ham salad.

Here are some keto vegetable dishes that would pair nicely with this ham!

Awesome Keto Creamed Spinach

Keto Maple Dijon Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Keto Sour Cream Green Beans

Low Carb Broccoli with Mushrooms

Helpful Hints:

*I like to score my ham just before glazing it, but you can score your ham before cooking it if you’d prefer.

*You’ll want to cook your ham until it reaches 140 degrees.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Large baking pan
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Small saucepan

Splash of Encouragement:

***But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful to me. Psalm 26:11***