Prepare the onions: Peel the sweet yellow onions and slice them thinly from root to tip. Aim for even slices so they cook down at the same rate.
Layer the onions in the slow cooker: Scatter all of the sliced onions evenly over the bottom of a 5- to 7-quart slow cooker. This onion bed will keep the ham moist and turn into deeply caramelized, sweet-savory onions as it cooks.
Sliced onions layered in a slow cooker
Add the brown sugar: Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the onions, breaking up any clumps with your fingers so it distributes well. The sugar will melt into the onion juices and help them caramelize.
Arrange the ham: Cut the fully cooked ham into thick slices if it isn’t pre-sliced. Nestle the slices on top of the onions, overlapping them slightly but keeping them mostly in a single layer so the heat circulates well. Spoon some of the loose onions up around the sides of the ham slices if you like.
Ham slices arranged over onions in the slow cooker
Cover and cook: Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 5 to 7 hours, or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours. The ham should be heated through and very tender, and the onions should be soft, translucent, and richly caramelized in their own juices and the melted brown sugar.
Rest and slice: Turn the slow cooker to WARM or off and let the ham rest in the juices for about 10 minutes. If the ham was in larger pieces, slice it into thick, serving-size slices at this point, returning them briefly to the juices so they stay moist.
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