Slow Cooker Corned Beef And Cabbage + VIDEO (2024)

Slow cooker corned beef and cabbage is a simple yet tasty classic Irish-American dish. It’s simple to make, using only a few ingredients. A popular St. Patrick’s Day recipe, this easy and hearty crockpot corned beed is a good recipe to serve year-round. Instructions to make this tasty corned beef in the Instant Pot are also included.

INGREDIENTS CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE

There are only 5 ingredients in this slow cooker or Instant Pot corned beef & cabbage recipe.

• Corned beef brisket with spice packet
• Cabbage
• Onions
• Carrots
• Water
• Seasonings: parsley, salt, pepper

How To Make Corned Beef & Cabbage In The Crock-Pot

Slow Cooker

1. Add potatoes, carrots, and onion to bottom of slow cooker. Season with salt, pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon parsley.
2. Add corned beef brisket on top. Pour water on top of all the food. Sprinkle spice packet and remaining 1/2 teaspoon of parsley on top the meat.
3. Cook HIGH 4-5 hours or LOW 8-10.
4. Add cabbage and cook an additional 30-40 minutes or until cabbage is tender to your liking.

Instant Pot

Option 1:

1. Add trivet or wire rack to electric pressure cooker and place corned beef brisket on top, fat side UP.
2. Add enough water to cover the corned beef. Approximately 6 cups.
3. Add onion and spice packet on top of corned beef.
4. Close and seal vent. Select manual setting and cook 35 minutes per pound of corned beef. When cooking time is complete, quick release the pressure.
5. Remove corned beef and add cabbage, potatoes, and carrots on trivet. Add lid, close and seal vent. Select manual setting and set time for 3 minutes. When cooking time is complete, quick release the pressure.

Option 2:

1. Place the corned beef directly in the bottom of the Instant Pot, fat side UP. Add enough water to cover the corned beef, approximately 4 cups.
2. Add spice packet and onion on top of corned beef.
3. Close and seal vent. Select manual setting and cook 35 minutes per pound of corned beef. When cooking time is complete, quick release pressure.
4. Open pressure cooker and add cabbage, potatoes, and carrots on top of corned beef. Close and seal vent. Select manual setting and set time for 3 minutes. When cooking time is complete, quick release the pressure.

What Is Corned Beef

Corned beef is beef brisket that’s cured in a seasoned brine. When cooked, the corned beef will have a dull, gray color on the outside. Don’t worry, this is normal. This means it’s cooked. When you slice the corned beef, the inside should have the normal pink coloring that you’re used to. The pink coloring in corned beef comes from the beef being cured in either saltpeter or sodium nitrates.

Traditional Irish Food?

I recently read an article about the history of corned beef and cabbage that referred to it “as Irish as spaghetti and meatballs”. In short, the story goes that back in the day in Ireland, a common dish to serve for dinner was pork and potatoes. When the Irish immigrated to America, the working class Irish-Americans started eating corned beef rather than pork because it was more affordable. From there a new tradition was born and pork and potatoes was replaced with corned beef and cabbage. It’s Irish American!

What Type Of Potatoes To Use

Use your preferred potato! I used peeled, russet potatoes. I suggest you cut russet potatoes in larger chunks than you normally would; this will help them not turn to mush when they cook. Waxy potatoes like red or yellow work well too. The potatoes are combined with the carrots and onion and placed at the bottom of the slow cooker. If you over-cook them, they might turn a bit soft but if they’re in the bottom of the slow cooker they should be okay as long at they’re left undisturbed. Omit the potatoes for a low-carb corned beef & cabbage soup.

Long Cooking Time

Corned beef is a tough cut of beef so it needs to cook a little longer than other cuts. Every appliance is different. How long it takes to cook your corned beef will depend on how your appliance heats and how large or thick your meat is. You’ll know the corned beef is done when a knife pierces through the meat easily.

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