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★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
Quick and Easy
These oven-fried country ham steaks are quick and easy to make are so tasty too!
Start with sliced ham steaks that are already cooked, then just add a coating of breadcrumbs and bake! Or get them extra crispy in the air fryer.
Topped with a simple homemade white country gravy! Serve with mashed potatoes and a vegetable or side salad for a complete meal. A great easy dinner idea.
Ham steaks are already cooked.
Which is the first win in my book when it comes to a ham dinner. Ham steaks come sliced and ready to eat. If you want to enjoy them warm, just have to heat them up. It's almost too easy!
A New Look for Ham
When you love the ease of cooking ham for dinner, but are getting a little tired of the same-old, same-old...
Put a new spin on things! Why not add a crunchy coating? All the other meats are doing it. Why should ham get left out of the fun?
Dressing Up Your Ham
So, why not take the extra time you're saving by not having to truly cook the main course, and add some pizazz to these tasty ham steaks? This is where the crunchy coating comes in. Ham is great, don't get me wrong, but it's always been kinda just... plain!
I'm all for a good ham glaze. And anyone who knows anything, knows that pineapples and ham are just made for each other. There traditional ways to dress up a ham are not bad but any means. But what about something a little outside the norm? Something with some texture?
Texture is a secret food weapon.
You know that first bite into a crispy chicken wing or a juicy piece of fried chicken or a breaded mozzarella stick? That's the kind of thing we're after here. Something new and different. Ham in all its glory, but with an unexpected yet familiar texture. Something crispy, crunchy, and something to make our mouths happy!
★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
Here's a look at everything you'll need to make these ham steaks.
- Ham steaks
- Panko bread crumbs
- Seasonings: smoked paprika, garlic powder, cayenne pepper
- Salt
- All purpose flour
- Eggs
- Butter
- White gravy. Use store-bought or make your own using my white sauce recipe.
★ Tips & FAQs ★
You could pan fry these if you'd like. I lean toward developing recipes that are on the healthy side and since you can still get a nice crisp from the oven, that's my preferred method for "frying" these breaded ham steaks. You can air fry these as well if you have an oven with a built-in air fryer.
Try topping these oven-fried ham steaks with white gravy.
These ham steaks are next level when you top them with white country-style gravy. Follow my recipe for white sauce and add a pinch of cayenne pepper (optional for some spice) and black pepper to taste. Simple yet so rich and delicious!
Thought you'd never ask.
I love ham with mashed potatoes. I think white gravy works well when you're serving ham. So you can opt for plain mashed potatoes with white gravy, or have some fun and try my sour cream and chive whipped potato recipe.
I also really love Brussels sprouts or peas with ham.
Shredded Brussels spouts are amazing and although involve the extra step of shredding them (you can use a food processor), they take way less time to cook. To cook shredded Brussels sprouts, just toss them in a little grape seed or olive oil and sea salt and then pan fry them or spread them out on a baking sheet and bake them at 400˚F until they are light golden brown.
Oven-Fried Ham Steaks
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 ham steaks
- 1 cup panko crumbs
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup flour
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup white sauce
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Instructions
- Add panko crumbs, smoked paprika, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and salt to a large bowl and whisk together.
- Prepare a separate bowl or dish with just flour.
- In another medium bowl, beat eggs together.
- Take each ham steak and coat it in flour. Next coat the floured ham in the egg wash. Finally coat it in seasoned panko crumbs.
- Lay the coated ham steak on a lined and generously greased (with butter) baking pan. Bake at 425˚F for 18-22 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown.
- Top ham steaks with white gravy before serving.
Notes
- Pat ham dry before dipping to help breadcrumbs stick.
Kristen says
Where’s the gravy recipe that’s on top of it?
Angela G. says
Hi Kristen, thanks for asking. Here’s a link to the white sauce recipe: https://www.mightymrs.com/how-to-make-white-sauce/