corned beef and cabbage (crock pot or instant pot) collage

Corned Beef and Cabbage is tender, flavorful corned beefiness with cabbage, potatoes and carrots. Recipe includes both Instant Pot and Crock Pot instructions!

angled front shot of sliced corned beef and cabbage on a white serving platter

**This post was originally published in March 2017.  The photos were updated and the recipe and text were modified to include more helpful information.

I'thou not Irish, but St. Patrick's Twenty-four hours is one of my favorite days of the year.  I call back nosotros can all acknowledge that it's fun beingness Irish for one day out of the year.

It doesn't get much amend than indulging in corned beef and cabbage, Irish soda bread and beer while wearing green, does it?

I suppose it does if the meal ends with a shamrock shake. 🙂

Why you lot'll love this recipe:

  • Tender, flavorful corned beef is cooked with potatoes, carrots and cabbage for an piece of cake 1 pot St. Patrick'south Day dinner.
  • You choose whether to make your corned beef and cabbage depression and slow in the crock pot or fast in the Instant Pot.
  • This meal simply takes (iv) ingredients!
  • There's minimal prep, and information technology's easily customized with your favorite veggies.
  • Add together even more than flavor by swapping out the water with beef stock, beer or a combination of both!
close up overhead shot of corned beef and cabbage platter

Recipe ingredients

This recipe only requires (4) ingredients equally outlined below:

  • Corned beef brisket
  • Baby potatoes
  • Carrots
  • Cabbage

What is corned beef?

Corned beef refers to the corning or curing process that was used to preserve meat years ago.

Originally, beef brisket was dry cured using big grains or "corns" of rock common salt.   Today, the brisket is ordinarily brined in common salt water, and often includes sugar and pickling spices.

Why is corned beef pinkish?

Corned beef gets its pink color from the sodium nitrate mixture that it is brined or cured in.

In that location are nitrate free brands of corned beef on the market if you adopt that.  My favorite brand is Wellshire Farms.

close up front shot of instant pot corned beef and cabbage on a white platter

How to make this recipe

Corned beef may be made on the stove superlative, simply the easiest means to prepare it are in the irksome cooker or the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Corned Beefiness

I prefer to gear up my corned beef in the Instant Pot equally it's done in threescore-90 minutes, and it'south perfectly tender every unmarried time. Shoot for a cooking fourth dimension of 90 minutes for a 3 1/two – 4 1/ii lb. corned beef brisket.

This method also results in perfectly cooked vegetables.  v minutes cooking time at high pressure is all y'all need!

instant pot corned beef and cabbage process collage 1
  • Identify the brisket fat side up in the Instant Pot, so sprinkle the seasoning packet over the top and add together the water.  Melt for sixty-90 minutes, then quick release the pressure.  Remove the lid when safe to do so, and remove all but ane loving cup of the cooking liquid.
instant pot corned beef and cabbage process collage 2
  • Place the potatoes and carrots effectually the corned beef in the pot, and place the cabbage wedges on top.  Melt at high pressure for another 5 minutes, so quick release the pressure.

Crock Pot or Irksome Cooker

Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage is the low and slow fashion to prepare this meal.  I recommend e'er cooking your corned beefiness on Low for perfectly tender meat.

In the past I tried speeding things up past cooking the brisket on High, but the meat wasn't tender enough for me.

  • Identify the corned beefiness fat side up in the crock pot, and sprinkle with the spice parcel and water.  Identify the carrots and potatoes around the corned beef and cook 8 hours or until tender. Annotation:  If y'all prefer firmer vegetables, add the potatoes and carrots halfway through the cooking time.
  • Place the cabbage wedges over the height of the corned beef when at that place is 45 minutes left of cooking time.

Slice the corned beef against the grain and arrange on a serving platter with the potatoes, carrots and cabbage.  Sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley and serve!

Recipe notes

  • Be certain not to add together salt to anything every bit the corned beef is quite salty.
  • Cooking time is subject to modify, depending on the size of your corned beef.
  • The infant potatoes may be substituted with larger potatoes — just cutting into quarters.
  • The carrots may exist substituted with parsnips, turnips or other root vegetables.
  • Substitute part of the water with Guinness or your favorite beer for more flavour!
  • Use leftover corned beef in these Corned Beefiness Sliders!
distant overhead shot of corned beef and cabbage platter

More St. Patrick'south 24-hour interval recipes you'll dear:

  • Guinness chili
  • Irish gaelic beef stew
  • Irish soda breadstuff muffins
  • Sautéed cabbage
  • Shamrock shake recipe by Dinner at the Zoo

If you brand this recipe I'd dearest to hear from yous! Leave a comment and rating below, or snap a photo and tag me @flavorthemoments on Instagram!

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Servings: 8 servings

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 8 hrs

Full Time: eight hrs 10 mins

Corned Beef and Cabbage (Tedious Cooker or Pressure Cooker) made low and slow in the slow cooker or fast in your pressure level cooker or Instant Pot!

  • 3 ane/2 – 4 1/ii lb. corned beef brisket with seasoning packet discard liquid from package
  • iv cups h2o
  • one lb. baby potatoes
  • one bunch carrots about 6, cut into ii″ chunks
  • 1 medium head cabbage cut into (8) large wedges
  • Freshly chopped parsley for serving (optional)

Crock Pot Corned Beefiness:

  • Place corned beef in the slow cooker fatty side up, sprinkle with the seasoning packet and add together the water. Place the potatoes and carrots around the corned beef and cook on depression for 8 hours or until tender. Add the cabbage wedges during the last 40 minutes of cooking fourth dimension to avoid overcooking. If you lot adopt firmer vegetables, add the potatoes and carrots halfway through the cooking fourth dimension.

Instant Pot Corned Beef:

  • Place the corned beef fat side upward in the Instant Pot, and so sprinkle with the seasoning packet and add together the water. Secure the chapeau and cook at high pressure for sixty-90 minutes or until tender. Quick release the pressure and remove the lid when it's safe to do so. Remove all but 1 loving cup of liquid from the Instant Pot.

  • Identify the potatoes and carrots around the corned beef, and place the cabbage wedges on top. Secure the lid in one case more than and cook at high pressure for another v minutes, then quick release the pressure.

Assemble the meal:

  • Slice the corned beef against the grain, and arrange on a serving platter with the potatoes, carrots and cabbage.

  • Serve on a platter with freshly chopped parsley, if desired, and enjoy!

  • Be sure not to add common salt to anything as the corned beef has plenty!
  • Cooking time is subject to change, depending on the size of your corned beef. I recommend 90 minutes for a brisket 3 1/2 – 4 1/2 lbs.
  • The baby potatoes may be substituted with larger potatoes — just cut into quarters.
  • The carrots may be substituted with parsnips, turnips or other root vegetables.
  • Substitute part of the water with Guinness or your favorite beer for more flavor!

Serving: 1 grand , Calories: 633 kcal , Carbohydrates: xiv g , Poly peptide: 59 g , Fat: 37 g , Saturated Fat: xv chiliad , Polyunsaturated Fat: 17 g , Cholesterol: 210 mg , Sodium: 158 mg , Cobweb: 2 k , Saccharide: 1 g

Diet is estimated using a food database and is merely intended to exist used equally a guideline for informational purposes.

Course: Main Dishes

Cuisine: Irish gaelic

Keyword: corned beef and cabbage, crock pot corned beef and cabbage, instant pot corned beefiness and cabbage

All recipes and images © Flavor the Moments.