Description
Hearty slow cooker corned beef and cabbage celebrates Irish culinary traditions with minimal effort and maximum flavor. Tender meat and perfectly braised vegetables meld together, offering you a comforting one-pot meal that transports taste buds straight to Ireland’s rolling green landscapes.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Protein:
- 3.4 pounds (1.5 kilograms) corned beef brisket
Vegetables:
- 1 pound (454 grams) baby potatoes
- 1 pound (454 grams) baby carrots
- 1 small head of cabbage, cut into wedges
- 1 yellow onion, peeled and quartered
Liquid:
- 1 cup (236 milliliters) beef or chicken stock
Instructions
- Nestle the corned beef brisket in the slow cooker, positioning the fatty side upward to ensure optimal moisture retention.
- Artfully arrange baby potatoes, vibrant carrots, chunky cabbage wedges, and robust onion quarters around the meat, creating a rustic culinary landscape.
- Gently cascade beef or chicken stock over the ingredients, allowing the liquid to weave between the components and infuse rich flavor.
- Secure the lid and initiate the slow cooking process: opt for a low temperature setting (8-10 hours) or high temperature setting (4-6 hours), monitoring until the meat reaches a state of exceptional tenderness.
- Once cooking concludes, carefully extract the brisket and slice perpendicular to the meat’s natural grain, ensuring each cut reveals succulent, melt-in-your-mouth texture.
- Transfer the sliced corned beef alongside the surrounding vegetables onto a serving platter, creating a hearty, comforting meal that celebrates traditional Irish-American cuisine.
Notes
- Carefully remove excess fat from the brisket’s surface to prevent greasy texture while maintaining moisture and flavor.
- Arrange vegetables around the meat’s edges to ensure even cooking and maximize flavor absorption from the meat’s juices.
- Always ensure vegetables and meat are partially submerged in stock for consistent tenderness and preventing dryness.
- Swap traditional beef stock with low-sodium vegetable broth for a lighter version, making the dish more adaptable for health-conscious eaters.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours (or 10 hours)
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: Irish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 34
- Calories: 289
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 790 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 31 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg