Capes in the Kitchen — March 16, 2012 at 8:45 am

Recipe: Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage

by Christie O.

It’s that time of year in the O’Household, time to make some good old corned beef and cabbage in the magic cauldron that is the crock pot!

Now normally I post my recipes on the weekend but since St. Patty’s Day is on the weekend, I’m posting it today!

Usually I crockpot the nearest corned beef from my grocery store but this year because of our little overhaul, I went to Nature’s Food Patch to pick up some preservative-free corned beef (Garrett County brand) since the preservatives usually used in corned beef are the very same ingredients used in gun powder (nice! Sorry if I’ve ruined it for you.)

I picked up some beautiful corned beef, cabbage and carrots for our St. Patty’s Day meal, I just need to get my potatoes. I am also making this recipe for Irish Soda Bread and this will be a first for me.

So. It has taken me about three years to figure out crock pot corned beef. The first year I crock potted, but I didn’t leave enough time so when my friends came over for dinner, we waited, oh, about three hours until dinner. (I waited to put the veggies in at the end and they never got done.)

The second year I decided to ditch making the veggies in the pot and I made them all separate.

This year I’m doing a little bit of both. Here is my recipe!

The recipe is simple:

Corned beef
Carrots, peeled and cut in half or 3rds depending on how long the carrots are. You can slice them long-ways too if you want. I sometimes do both.
Red potatoes
Cabbage
Water

Cut the cabbage head in half and peel off the outer big leaf layer. Line the bottom of the crockpot with the cabbage but not too much since the corned beef is going on top. Add corned beef and spice packet that comes with it to the crock pot. Pour water over the corned beef until it reaches the top of the corned beef. Add some carrots but not all of them. (In all honesty, if I had a larger crockpot, I’d add more veggies. They turn out delicious all cooked up with the spices in there!

Set crockpot on 6-8 hours on low. Go to birthday party and run all your errands for the day.

Then (come home and) about 30 minutes before the timer goes off on the crock pot, wash the red potatoes and cut them in half. Fill a big pot with water and boil, add potatoes, the rest of the carrots and the rest of the cabbage. Boil until tender (the vegetables will float to the surface when they’re done.) On a platter, put the corned beef in the center, place potatoes, carrots and cabbage around it – GORGEOUS! And delicious!

Best served with green beer and Irish soda bread.

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Author: Christie O. Mother of two, journalist, lifelong writer who found running & triathlon through through a long, post-partum weight-loss journey. I love my boys, I love my life, I'm rethinking the minivan.