Slow Cooker Corned Beef Brisket
If you are looking for an easy way to make corned beef and cabbage you’ve found it! This simple Slow Cooker Corned Beef Brisket recipe is great for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s also great for a year round meal that’s simple and delicious.
Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional Irish meal that is usually served here for St. Patrick’s Day. If you’re wondering What to Eat with Corned Beef, keep reading.
I hope you have a chance to enjoy some Irish fare. Don’t wait for St. Patrick’s Day to enjoy this delicious meal, try it out today!
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Why you’ll love this recipe
This Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage (I bet you noticed there is carrots and potatoes in there, too) was so easy and delicious! I do have to admit I was a bit surprised by how much the meat shrank during the cooking process.
The 4 lb brisket looked very small after 6 hours in the crockpot. After it was shredded, there was plenty of meat to go around along with the veggies and potatoes. Just keep in mind that if it looks like a TON when you start out it will likely shrink down a lot while cooking.
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Ingredients for this corned beef brisket recipe
Corned beef brisket: With a spice packet.
Carrots: Peeled & chopped.
Baby red potatoes: For a hearty addition.
Onion: Chopped.
Cabbage: Roughly chopped.
Water: For moisture.
Salt & Pepper: To taste.
How to make slow cooker corned beef brisket
Step 1: Place carrots, potatoes, and onion at the bottom of the slow cooker.
Step 2: Pour water over vegetables.
Step 3: Place brisket on top of vegetables and sprinkle on spice from a packet.
Step 4: Cook on low for 6 hours.
Step 5: Add in chopped cabbage and cook for an additional hour.
Step 6: Remove brisket to slice and serve on top of vegetables.
Storage suggestions
Store this corned beef in an airtight container for up to 5 days in the fridge, or three months in the freezer.
Reheating Tips
This brisket can be reheated in the oven or in a microwave when you’re ready to eat it. If you stored it frozen, be sure to let it thaw first.
Common Questions
When cooking brisket in a crockpot, always use enough liquid to transfer heat evenly. Without it, the brisket may cook unevenly and become unsafe. For corned beef, ensure the liquid fully covers the meat.
Yes, if you cook at too high of a temperature or for too long you risk overcooking your corned beef.
Beef is best cooked slowly, which makes using a slow cooker like shown in this recipe the perfect way to cook it.
Other delicious recipes to try
Here are some of our other slow cooker favorites. Give these recipes a try and see just how simple life in the kitchen can be with the help of a good Crockpot!
We love Crockpot Cheeseburger Soup, Crock Pot Pork and Sauerkraut Recipe, 30 Weight Watchers Chicken Slow Cooker Recipes, and Slow Cooker Pork Tacos.
Slow Cooker Corned Beef Brisket
Ingredients
- 4 lb Corned beef brisket w/ spice packet
- 4 large Carrots peeled & chopped
- 12 – 14 Baby red potatoes
- 1 Onion chopped
- ½ Head of cabbage chopped rough (approx 1 1/2 lbs)
- 4 cups Water
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place carrots, potatoes, and onion in the bottom of slow cooker
- Pour water over vegetables
- Place brisket on top of vegetables and sprinkle on spice from packet
- Cook on low for 6 hours
- Add in chopped cabbage and cook for an additional hour
- Remove brisket to slice and serve on top of vegetables
I am so confused, how can you cook the vegetables on high for that long, won’t it be mushy? I really want to make this recipe for St. Patrick’s day as I will be out most of the day. Not sure if it was a printing error saying it should be on high for that amount of time. Please help me out!
Thanks for catching that. It’s 6 hours on low and then another hour (or two) depending on the size of your cabbage. Recipe updated.
I would definitely need bigger corn beef. Can I put 2,of them in crock?? I Know corn beef shrinks down to nothing..? I rather have more corn beef than to little!! It seems so easy in crock pot to make..
2 should be fine. Just check the internal temperature to make sure they are thoroughly cooked.
Hello. I remember my grandmother making this very similar recipe, she was German and everyone at other places I’ve been, considered a dish like this to be Jewish! Funny, but who really cares?#! I live alone and a 4 pound brisket is too much. I was going to follow the recipe and cut it in half. I really love carrots more than potato, but do you think less potato, and more carrots would mess with the flavor? And, I haven’t any celery. Could I cheat and add celery salt or ??. How does this sound, will I still have a wonderful dish when finished with more carrots, no celery, and the brown mustard only being normal Dijon? I do have hot n mild horse radish!
I’m not a big cook, I have been spoiled with excellent cooks that never looked at recipe books. I watched, tasted, and now they took their recipes to the grave. This recipe of yours, sounds like the recipe my granny did.. If you don’t answer right away, I’m starting my venture, with or without you.
Thanks!
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Got to try your recipe, it sounds delicious. The combination of flavors – incredible. Thank you for sharing at the Snickerdoodle Create~Bake~Make link party! Pinning
We just grabbed a corned beef at the grocery store! Yum!
It looks delicious and I love finding new crock-pot recipes!
This is a great way to take the stress out of St. Patty’s Day! We will definitely be using our Crock Pot this year. Thanks for sharing!
Actually not an Irish dish at all. Good though.
Definitely not technically Irish but so many people associate it with St. Paddy’s Day. Thanks for stopping by.
Well I would eat this. It sounds delicious.
Well I would eat this. It sounds delicious.