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Why do I only cook corned beef and cabbage once a year for St. Patrick’s Day? It is just so darn good and a cinch in the slow cooker. I need to remind myself to make this more often.
Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Most corned beef brisket will come with a seasoning pack, but I muchprefermy homemade corned beef seasoning packet recipe! I love flavor and this recipe delivers just that. I hope you enjoy this Corned Beef Slow Cooker Recipe!
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Can I freeze corned beef and cabbage?
You can keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. You can freeze the corned beef, but I DON’T recommend freezing the veggies.
Do I have to use beer in this recipe?
No! If you want to cook this with out the beer, you can leave it out and sub in 8oz of water or low sodium beef broth.
Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage
- 5-6 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 small onion, cut into wedges
- 3 cups of water
- 2 TBSP sugar
- 2 TBSP vinegar
- 8 oz beer
- 4 lbs corned beef brisket
- 1 (1 lb) bag of baby carrots
- 1 lb small red potatoes, quartered
- 1 head of green cabbage, cut into wedges
- —- seasoning packet ingredients —–
- {leave this out if you are using the packet that comes with the meat.}
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 bay leaves, crushed
- 8 Allspice berries
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- First place onion wedges and garlic at the bottom of your 6-8qt crockpot. This is going to act as a stand for your meat, so it doesn’t touch the bottom and dry out.Place beef on top of onions and garlic.
- Next, mix together water, beer, sugar and vinegar.
- Pour over beef and then sprinkle seasoning packet over meat. If you are using my homemade corned beef seasoning recipe, simply mix together the mustard seeds, bay leaves, allspice berries, salt and pepper and sprinkle on top of beef.
- Set crockpot, cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
- After 4 hours of cooking, add in potatoes and carrots. Cover and continue cooking.
- When 1 hour remains, add cabbage to the crockpot. Cover and continue cooking for the remainder of the time. After 8 hours, you will have an unforgettable dinner! Hope you enjoy this Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe as much as I did!
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Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Never made corned beef? Not to worry! This Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe is so easy, you will wonder why you haven’t made it before!
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 8 hours hrs
Total Time 8 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
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Ingredients
- 5-6 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 small onion cut into wedges
- 3 cups of water
- 2 TBSP sugar
- 2 TBSP vinegar
- 8 oz beer
- 4 lbs corned beef brisket
- 1 1 lb bag of baby carrots
- 1 lb small red potatoes quartered
- 1 head of green cabbage cut into wedges
—- seasoning packet ingredients —–
- {leave this out if you are using the packet that comes with the meat.}
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 bay leaves crushed
- 8 Allspice berries
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
First place onion wedges and garlic at the bottom of your crockpot. This is going to act as a stand for your meat, so it doesn’t touch the bottom and dry out. Place beef on top of onions and garlic.
Next, mix together water, beer, sugar and vinegar.
Pour over beef and they sprinkle seasoning packet over meat. If you are using my homemade corned beef seasoning packet, simply mix together the mustard seeds, bay leaves, allspice berries, salt and pepper and sprinkle on top of beef.
Set crockpot, cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
After 4 hours of cooking, add in potatoes and carrots.Cover and continue cooking
When 1 hour remains, add cabbage to the crockpot. Cover and continue cooking for the remainder of the time.
Nutrition
Calories: 531kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 122mg | Sodium: 2968mg | Potassium: 1160mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 7855IU | Vitamin C: 82mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 5mg
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Yum! I grew up on this stuff but haven’t made it in ages 🙂
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Keeley, my little Irish queen 🙂 XO
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What kind of beer do you use for this?
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Rachel, you can use whatever you have on hand. I used a pale ale. But I really think any beer would be great! Hope that helps. XO
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Is the corn beef tender this way? I’ve always made this on the stove top….and the meat is a little tough? Thoughts?
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I thought it was pretty tender. The slow and low cooking style helps that a lot 🙂
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This is very similiar ingredient wise to the recipe I have been making for years but since I don’t cook with any alcohol due to health reasons I have used apple juice for the liquid. I also cook it for ten hours rather then just eight and it comes out perfectly tender everytime. I always wondered what was in that packet and appreciate being able to make my own! Hopefully my apple juice idea will help anyone who needs an alternative for such a wonderful dish, it gives it a great flavor! Keep up the great work!!
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Thank you so much for the tip Jennifer! I am sure there are a lot of people who will find that really helpful 🙂 XO
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how much apple juice should i put in
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I will be sure to try the apple juice then since I can’t have the beer either due to my gluten free diet. Thanks for the suggestion! Looking forward to trying this recipe!
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Oooh, thanks for the apple juice tip. We don’t typically keep beer on hand (though I’ll buy it from time to time to make beer bread), so I was hoping someone would make a substitute suggestion!
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Thanks so much for the tip on the apple juice! I can’t use beer due to allergy issues, but apple juice should do the trick!
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Yes, you just gave me an idea, for religious reasons I can’t cook with alcohol and have plea th of Apple juice on hand. Thanks
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I’m not a fan of regular beer but always have cidre beer on hand. With the apple juice suggestion, I think the cidre beer would work as well. Thanx everyone!
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I’m making this today using a non-alcoholic IPA. It’s wonderful that there are currently so many non-alcoholic options available!
How many people will this recipe serve? I am feeding about ten people this weekend, any thoughts?
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Just missed the top portion of the recipe for some reason, answered my own question. Thanks though!
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Haha 🙂 I am glad that workout 🙂 Hope you love it Emily! XO
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Yum! I made this tonight and it was great! I just used the seasoning that came with the corned beef but I did everything else according to the recipe. My crock pot was a little too small to fit all the veggies though 🙁 but still a great meal!!
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I am so glad you loved it Anna! XO
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I followed the recipe, but the potatoes and carrots were too firm, wondering if maybe should have put on high instead of low….at least for half the time or maybe put them in earlier. I used Red Elf Ale, white vinegar, and made the seasoning mix but added some red pepper flakes and a couple more bay leaves. The meat turned out perfectly, but the cabbage would not fit in the crock pot so had to cook that on the stove. Over all a great recipe but next time I will cook on high 1/2 the time.Reply
Hey Cindy! So glad you liked the recipe. Some crockpots tend to run cooler than others. Sorry your veggies were too firm. I know if I would have done mine on high for part of the time, my veggies would have been mush. But I think that is a great idea for you to try out next time. May I ask what size crockpot you have? Bummer about the cabbage not fitting in. I do love your add-in of red flakes 🙂 XO
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What kind of vinegar did you use? Apple cider, white, red wine…?Reply
I have used both apple cider and white vinegar for this. Both work out great!
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Thank you. Making this tonight. I’m going to use organic apple cider vinegar since its much healthier. Can’t wait to try this recipe… I also got blue moon ale for the beer. I’ll let you know how it turns out
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What kind of vinegar do you use? Thank you!!!
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I have used both apple cider and white vinegar for this. Both work out great!
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This is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for a delicious FAST recipe!!!
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I made this yesterday for St Patrick’s Day and was the best I ever made. This will be my St Patrick’s Day recipe forever now. So easy and was very good!!!!Reply
That is wonderful Rosanna! I am so glad you loved it 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
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