Pittsburgh Ham Barbecues

  4.6 – 41 reviews  • Brown Sugar

One cookie with Reese’s® peanut butter chocolate, white chocolate, milk chocolate, and semi-sweet chocolate all in one!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 sandwiches

Ingredients

  1. ½ cup butter
  2. 1 small onion, finely chopped
  3. 2 cups ketchup
  4. ⅓ cup distilled white vinegar
  5. ½ cup water
  6. 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  7. 2 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard
  8. 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  9. 1 ½ pounds chipped chopped ham
  10. 8 kaiser rolls, split
  11. 1 cup pickle relish (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat an oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
  2. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir the onions in the butter until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir the ketchup, vinegar, water, brown sugar, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce into the skillet with the onions; simmer about 10 minutes. Stir in the ham; cook until heated through and the sauce is bubbling, 5 to 7 minutes more.
  3. While the ham simmers, heat the kaiser rolls in the preheated oven until toasted, 5 to 7 minutes.
  4. Assemble the sandwiches by dividing the ham mixture among the toasted kaiser rolls, topping the ham with pickle relish. Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 526 kcal
Carbohydrate 57 g
Cholesterol 69 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 18 g
Saturated Fat 12 g
Sodium 2278 mg
Sugars 29 g
Fat 27 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

George Adams
My monthly card group asks for me to make this recipe. I always try out new recipes for our group, but this one is now on rotation!
Julia Barnes
Amazing!
Thomas Shelton
Very easy and delicious. From Pittsburgh Pa.
Jose Holden
My husband love it!
Elizabeth Lewis
It was very tasty, my only issue was it a bit runny and would fall out of my bun. Maybe cut back on the water or add some thickener (honey) or something. Otherwise delicious.
Richard Graham
Remembered this from when I lived in Mt Lebanon PA 1954 – 1956 Love it – made it a bit differently – put all ingredients in deep pan and cooked slowly on top of the stove. Will need to try the printed (oven) method when I have more time. Tried it out on my wife – she’s having a girls gaggle tomorrow and will let them try it. Thanks for the memories! PETE
Amy Campbell
Made today for Mother’s Day and it was a huge success. The sauce is incredible, can’t wait to make it again. I changed nothing. Thank you for this recipe.
Katelyn Sullivan
I didn’t expect much out of this recipe even with all the great reviews but this was delicious! I cut the recipe to 4 servings and had some green onions to use up so I didn’t use the regular chopped onion the recipe called for. Both the hub and I enjoyed this. I will definitely make it again.
Morgan Campbell
My grandmother used to make these when we would visit. She would have them ready for us when we walked in the door. She gave me the recipe years ago, just before she passed away. Sadly, I lost the recipe shortly thereafter. I was thrilled when I found this recipe after a quick search and made them the next day and… it was like I walked into her Pittsburgh home on a Friday night after a 3.5 hour drive!!! And my kids and husband loved them as well. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!!
Billy Butler
WOW!!!! THE BEST!!! JUST MADE TODAY! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS RECIPE!!! WILL ALWAYS MAKE THEM THIS WAY! THANK-YOU!
John Weaver
I made these with a few changes, and they came out great! I used leftover spiral ham slices cut up into bite-sized pieces. I also greatly reduced the amount of ketchup, since my husband is not a big fan of ketchup, and used spicy brown mustard instead of yellow mustard.
Jackson Allison
This was awesome! Reminds me of home and the chipped ham my dad used to make but better. This is going to be great for the Steelers game later today!
Tanya Cooper
My husband is from Pittsburgh and he likes this recipe better than his mom’s! (Of course that makes me smile just a little.)
Amanda Gonzalez
Best ham barbeque ever!! I am originally from the Pittsburgh area and grew up with these sandwiches being served at every picnic and family get together. A few years ago I found that the stores here had begun selling Isaly’s ham (the only ham to use for REAL ham barbeque). I should also add that I have bought Isaly’s at about 4 stores up here and have only found ONE deli lady that can manage to cut it correctly-it has to be so thin you can see through it but not a pile of ham dust (which I got at one store). I decided to share a bit of my childhood with my wife so I bought some and made up a crock pot of barbeque and since then have made it a few times it has never been right. I think she was starting to think I was a little crazy talking about how good this stuff was supposed to be. Then we made this recipe a few days ago. This is perfect! We made it exactly as written and recommend changing nothing. The balance of sour and sweet and the thickness of the sauce were exactly what I remember. If you want real ham barbeque do yourself a favor-print this recipe out and get into your kitchen-you’re wasting your time if you keep looking.
Rachel Meyer
I made this according to the recipe and it was a huge hit at my house! I was thinking about what to make for super bowl Sunday and realized I haven’t had a ham barbecue sandwich in about 20 years. Unfortunately my mom passed away before I got her recipe but this was spot on! I’m glad I made it and it brought some happiness to our house watching a super bowl that the Steelers weren’t in!
Cameron Cannon
This was really good and easy to make – especially to a gal who hasn’t been back to the ‘burgh in a while! I had a left over bottle of Heinz chili sauce, so I used that up and added enough ketchup to equal the 2 cups. I also left out the mustard just because I don’t like it. It was delicious!
David Jones
These reminded me of the barbecued ham sandwiches my aunt used to make when I was a child (she is not from Pittsburgh). My family liked these, although I thought they were a tad too sweet, so I would leave out the pickle relish next time. Would definitely make again!
Travis Hernandez
Just as good as I remember. I messed up and used 1/4 cup butter but it was still good. Only two of us in the house so we have plenty of leftovers. We enjoyed it!
Jimmy Colon
Made it just the way it was written…delicious! Even my picky child ate this awesome sandwich. Served with pirogies fried in butter and onions! I will make with 2 pounds of chipped ham and half the butter next time, but otherwise wouldn’t change a thing!
Melissa Tyler
Far too sour.
Tanya Wiley
Great ham qb. Unless your from Pittsburgh area your not going to find or know what chipped ham is. many people believe shaved is the same but it’s not. It doesn’t matter it’s still a great sandwich & I’m glad to see it listed here! If you like barbque you will like this one!

 

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