Deep Fried Ham

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 7 -10 lbs ham (bone in skin on)
• marinade (optional,anything injectable)
• peanut oil (for your deep fryer,aprox.5 gallons, less for a larger ham)

Recipe

• 1 thaw ham completely and pat dry.
• 2 (when deep frying moisture on the surface will cause a lot of oil popping and splattering, be careful) marinade (if using) inject whatever marinade you want to use into several place throughout the ham (i recommend 10-15 spots).
• 3 place the ham in the steamer basket that comes with most turkey deep fryers and carefully and slowly lower the ham into the hot oil (350-375 degrees).
• 4 there is a lot of water in the ham!
• 5 since i couldn't put it in otherwise you must cook the ham about 3 1/2 to 4 minutes per pound depending on the size of the ham and how much it cools down the oil.
• 6 obviously a smaller ham will take less time if the oil is hotter and a bigger ham will take longer even with the oil hot.
• 7 if when you start the oil cools down don't worry just watch the temp and adjust your cooking time.
• 8 also for a bigger ham you would want to use less oil in the deep fryer so it doesn't overflow when the ham is lowered in.