How to Cook Corned Beef in a Slow Cooker

Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional Irish meal, made popular with Irish Americans. You can cook the meal in a pot on the stove or make it in a slow cooker over the course of a day. You can learn how to cook corned beef in a Crockpot by following the steps below.

Corned Beef Cooking Time: Crock Pot

Rub a 3 to 4 pound brisket with pickling spices and chop up some vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and/or onions. Place the meat and veggies in the slow cooker for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Add chopped or shredded cabbage 1.5 hours (on low) or 45 minutes (on high) before the timer is done.

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Buying a Good Brisket

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(1.3 to 1.8kg). This size will fit well in most slow cookers. If you have a smaller slow cooker, you may need to cut your brisket into a manageable size.

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Preparing the Corned Beef

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Leave it to rest covered on the counter for 30 to 60 minutes. It will come to room temperature.
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Mix your pickling spices. In place of mixing your own, you can also use the spice packet that is often sold with a corned beef brisket.
- If you are mixing your own, try 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 1 tbsp. of pink pickling salt, 1 bay leaf and 2 crushed garlic cloves. Add 1/2 tbsp. of the following: dill seeds, black peppercorns, allspice berries and dried thyme. Add 1/4 tbsp. of hot red pepper flakes, mustard seeds, coriander seeds, celery seeds, ground ginger and whole cloves.
Place it in your slow cooker.

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Preparing the Vegetables

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Choose the vegetables you like best.
Layer them on the brisket in the following order: rutabaga, potatoes, carrots, onions or leek.

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Slow Cooking the Corned Beef

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Place the cover over the beef and vegetables.
Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes while covered, then slice thinly against the grain.

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What part of the cow is beef brisket?

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The brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal.

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