Crockpot Corned Beef & Cabbage ☘️
Corned beef and cabbage is best made in the Crock pot! The meat is tender & juicy and so flavorful. Once a year on St. Patrick’s Day is not enough for this delicious dinner! However, you must at least make it once a year! I make mine with Guinness Beer, root vegetables, spices, and a few little extra ingredients that will make everyone’s St. Patrick’s Day!
The crockpot in my opinion is the greatest kitchen appliance ever made, I don’t love junking up my kitchen with a lot of extra appliances but the crockpot is one I use regularly and is worth taking up room in the kitchen. Here are 10 of my very best Crockpot Recipes. If you want another awesome ST. Patty’s Day recipe try my Shepards Pie Crockpot Potatoes. Get ready for the BEST Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe! Let’s make it!
Question: What is the easiest way to core and cut cabbage for corned beef and cabbage?
Answer: Cut the cabbage in half through the core, then slice each half into wedges. Use your knife to trim away the tough core from each wedge, leaving large pieces that hold together while cooking with the corned beef.
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store in an air-tight container for 3-5 days in the refrigerator.
🤔 Common Questions
The corned beef that I bought at Publix came with the pickling spice in the package with the corned beef, however if your does not you click here to get pickling spice!
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Crockpot Corned Beef & Cabbage
Ingredients
- 3.5 lb corned beef with spice packet
- 7-8 carrots peeled & cut into chunks
- 1 large onion chopped into large slices
- 8-9 small red potatoes skins on & cut in half
- 4-5 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 cup Guinness Beer
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 head of green cabbage cored & cut into large slices
- 1/2 stick of butter sliced into pats
- salt & pepper to taste
- yellow mustard for garnish
Instructions
- Slice the vegetables into large chunks (wait on the cabbage)
- Add the carrots, red potatoes, onion, & garlic to the crockpot (7 qt. crock pot)
- add the water, beef broth, and beer into the crock pot
- Place the bay leaves and apple cider vinegar into the crockpot
- Add the corned beef fatty side up into the crock pot and cover the beef with the spice packet that comes in the package.
- salt & pepper to taste
- Cover the crock pot and set to high and cook for 5 hours
- Core the cabbage and cut in half, then cut into thick slices. Then, rotate the cabbage and slice across once.
- Add the cabbage into the crock pot and cover and cook another hour or so at high setting.
- The last 1-2 minutes of cooking cover the beef with pats of butter; then cover for another couple minutes until the butter melts.
- Remove the corned beef and place in the center of a large serving tray. Serve the cabbage on one side of the corned beef and the potatoes and carrots on the other. Add plenty of ramekins of yellow mustard for the family to dip and enjoy! Make it!!
Notes
- The pickling spice that you need will come with the corned beef when you buy at the grocery store. It’s just enough to make this so delicious! All you need extra is a little salt and pepper!
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