Boneless Ham
Pork in the Midwest · steady this week
Per a typical 140g serving, scaled from the per-100g figures in USDA FoodData Central (Pork, cured, ham -- water added, whole, boneless, separable lean only, unheated).
- How to pick a good one
- Almost all supermarket ham is already fully cooked and cured, so you are reheating rather than cooking. Check the label for water added, since that is a direct measure of value — ham with natural juices is meatier than ham and water product.
- What a good price looks like
- Usually $2.50 to $5 a pound, dropping sharply around Easter and Christmas when whole hams are used as loss leaders. Under $3 is a good price. The USDA does not report ham in every weekly cycle, so a missing price on this page usually means it was absent from the report rather than from the shops.
- What you actually get
- A boneless ham is nearly all edible, around 90%, and a pound serves three to four since it is dense and salty. A bone-in ham yields closer to 70% but the bone is worth a pot of split-pea soup, which changes the arithmetic considerably.
- How to store it
- Unopened, until the printed date, which is often weeks away. Once opened, five to seven days refrigerated, or one to two months frozen.
- In the kitchen
- It is already fully cooked, so the only goal is heating it through without drying it out — 130°C until the centre reaches about 60°C, tented with foil, and glazed only for the last twenty minutes so the sugar does not burn. Scoring the surface in a diamond pattern gives the glaze somewhere to sit. Overcooking a ham is the standard way to ruin one.
- Getting the most out of it
- Because it is already cooked, all you need is gentle reheating; a hot oven only dries it out. Ham is heavily discounted around the holidays and freezes well, so buying then and portioning it is a genuinely good move. Diced ham stretches eggs, soups, and pasta cheaply.
- Ham and Cheese Breakfast CroissantRecipe by The Recipe Critic~$0.59 / serving 0 in-season
- Mexican Macaroni SaladRecipe by The Recipe Critic~$0.66 / serving 7 in-season
- Ham & Potato FrittataRecipe by Budget Bytes~$0.68 / serving 1 in-season
- Egg, Ham and Cheese Crepe PocketsRecipe by Natasha's Kitchen~$0.78 / serving 0 in-season
- Microwave Egg Caprese Breakfast CupsRecipe by Foodie Crush~$0.88 / serving 1 in-season
- Cheesy Ham and Potato SoupRecipe by Two Peas & Their Pod~$0.91 / serving 2 in-season
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Price from the USDA weekly retail meat report (conventional, per lb). Nutrition per typical serving, computed from USDA FoodData Central.
Boneless Ham — FAQ
What's the price of boneless ham this week?
As of the week of September 4, 2026, the price of boneless ham in the Midwest is $5.25/lb, unchanged from last week. Prices come from the USDA's weekly retail meat report.
How much protein is in boneless ham?
A typical 140g serving of boneless ham has about 24.2g protein and 154 calories (5.6g fat), per USDA FoodData Central.
What can I cook with boneless ham?
SeasonSort indexes 130 recipes using boneless ham, each priced per serving from this week's data — starting from about $0.07 a serving. The cheapest are listed on this page, with a link to the full filtered list.