Ham Steak

 

I grew up on a Pan-fried ham steak meal served with mashed potatoes and string beans. Doesn’t matter how long between having this dish there is that it doesn’t takes me back to my mother’s kitchen and my childhood. I just love this dish. My mother used to say that it’s easier to make a ham steak than to make a whole Ham. Not only is it easier, but also a lot less heavy to handle. 

She used to always say that the ham steak is a combination of savory, smoky, and sweet if you make it with brown sugar and pineapple rings. Just an all-around yummy meal.

Ham Steak

Ingredients

1 bone-in fully cooked ham steak (2 pounds)

5 tablespoons of butter, cubed

5 tablespoons brown sugar

Pineapple chucks with juice (optional)

Directions

In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ham steak on both sides; drain. Remove ham.

In the same skillet, melt the butter; stir in brown sugar and add pineapple chunks or rings with juice to the pan. Return ham to skillet; cook until a thermometer reads 140°, turning often.

 Serve with mashed potatoes or roasted potatoes, green veggie, and garlic bread. Enjoy! 

Elizabeth Kilbride is a Writer and Editor with forty years of experience in writing, with 12 of those years in the online content sphere. Author of 5 books and a Graduate with an Associate of Arts degree in Business Management, then a degree. Mass Communication and Cyber Analysis from Ashford University, then on to Walden University for her master’s in criminology with emphasis on Cybercrime and Identity Theft, and is currently studying for her Ph.D. degree in Criminology. Her work portfolio includes coverage of politics, current affairs, elections, history, and true crime. Elizabeth is also a gourmet cook, life coach, and avid artist in her spare time, proficient in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pen and ink, gouache, and pastels. As a political operative who has worked on over 300 campaigns during her career, Elizabeth has turned many life events into books and movie scripts while using history to weave interesting storylines. She also runs 7 blogs that range from art to life coaching, to food, to writing, Gardening, and opinion or history pieces each week. 

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