Beer Braised Corned Beef (Slow Cooker) slowly braises a corned beef brisket in crock pot with Irish lager and aromatic seasonings.
Beer Braised Corned Beef (Slow Cooker)
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Beer Braised Corned Beef (Slow Cooker) is my recipe of the day with the blogging group From Our Dinner Table. We group weekly to post new recipes on a variety of common topics. This week we’re featuring recipes for St. Patrick’s Day. Glad you could join us!
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For my selection I decided to do a Corned Beef brisket I had hiding in the freezer. I wanted to do it in the crockpot along with some Irish lager, onions, garlic, etc.
I did a precook to help draw out some of the salt corned Beef often has. It worked pretty well. It’s the kind of trick I watched Jacques Pepin do with salty holiday hams. Where he would boil it for awhile then finish in the oven, discarding that first pot of water which would then hold the extra salt.
I also wanted to keep the cabbage out of the crock and just tend it on the stove while the meat rested. It gave me greater control on how well done the cabbage became. Crockpots are notorious for overcooking cabbage. Which makes it mushy and very stinky. It is a cruciferous veggie after all. To me, nothing is worse than cabbage and Brussies when they are overcooked. I do love roasted Brussels Sprouts. The oven has turned that into an entirely different animal. So the cabbage in this is cooked until just fork tender, and all is well.
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
- Beer Braised Corned Beef (Slow Cooker) from Palatable Pastime
- Green Velvet Cupcakes from Hezzi-D’s Recipe Box
- Irish Soda Bread from That Recipe
- Hot Reuben Dip from Art of Natural Living
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Beer Braised Corned Beef (Slow Cooker)
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Beer Braised Corned Beef (Slow Cooker)
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Beer Braised Corned Beef (Slow Cooker)
Equipment
- 1 large oval crockpot or slow cooker
Ingredients
- 3-1/2 pounds corned beef brisket
- 12 ounces Harp lager beer or other Irish lager
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 large onion sliced
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 whole green cabbage cut into wedges
Instructions
- Place brisket in a large enough pot to hold it and cover with cold water.
- Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for one hour. This helps draw out extra salt/
- Remove brisket from the pan and place in the crockpot.
- Top with garlic, onions, mustard and black pepper, then pour beer over all.
- Cover crockpot and cook on the HIGH setting for 6 hours or until internal temp reads 200F.
- Remove brisket from crock and rest for 15-20 minutes before slicing across the grain.
- You can serve onions with if you like. I did.
- For the cabbage, place the wedges in a large sauce pan with a couple inches of water and bring to a boil; then reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until tender with a fork. I do it on the stove because the cabbage turns out better and everything gets dome at the same time.
- I serve my corned beef with grated horseradish and find it delicious.
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I’ve only made Corned beef once and it took forever. I like this slow cooker method so much better!