Easy Corned Beef Recipes

EASY CORNED BEEF RECIPE

Steps:

• Place the beef into a large deep pot. Add the rest of the ingredients and fill with enough water to cover the beef.
• Place the pot over high heat and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, reduce the heat until it is a gentle simmer. Cover and cook for 2 hours, and maintain a simmer.
• Remove the beef from the liquid and allow it to rest for 15 minutes.
• Serve & Enjoy.

EASY CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE

Steps:

• Place onion, potatoes, and carrots in a 5-quart slow cooker. Combine water, garlic, bay leaf, sugar, vinegar, and contents of spice packet in a small bowl; pour over vegetables. Top with brisket and cabbage.
• Cover and cook on Low until meat and vegetables are tender, 8 to 9 hours. Remove bay leaf before serving.

CORNED BEEF

Steps:

• Place the water into a large 6 to 8 quart stockpot along with salt, sugar, saltpeter, cinnamon stick, mustard seeds, peppercorns, cloves, allspice, juniper berries, bay leaves and ginger. Cook over high heat until the salt and sugar have dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the ice. Stir until the ice has melted. If necessary, place the brine into the refrigerator until it reaches a temperature of 45 degrees F. Once it has cooled, place the brisket in a 2-gallon zip top bag and add the brine. Seal and lay flat inside a container, cover and place in the refrigerator for 10 days. Check daily to make sure the beef is completely submerged and stir the brine.
• After 10 days, remove from the brine and rinse well under cool water. Place the brisket into a pot just large enough to hold the meat, add the onion, carrot and celery and cover with water by 1-inch. Set over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and gently simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until the meat is fork tender. Remove from the pot and thinly slice across the grain.

EASY SLOW COOKER CORNED BEEF

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from corned beef and put in a large enough slow cooker that the brisket can lay almost flat along the bottom. Place onion on top of beef.
• Drain sauerkraut and pile on top of onion. Mix broth and mustard together and pour over everything in the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low until brisket is very tender, 7 to 9 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 160 degrees F (71 degrees C).

HOMEMADE CORNED BEEF

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, combine water, kosher salt, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons pickling spices, pink curing salt and garlic. Bring to a simmer, stirring until salt and sugar are dissolved. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until chilled., Place 1 large oven roasting bag inside another. Place brisket inside inner bag; pour in cooled brine. Seal bags, pressing out as much air as possible; turn to coat meat. Refrigerate 10 days, turning occasionally to keep meat coated. Remove brisket from brine; rinse thoroughly. Place in a Dutch oven with water to cover. Add carrots, onions, celery and remaining pickling spices. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, adding water if necessary to keep brisket covered, until meat is tender, about 3 hours., Serve warm or cool. Slice brisket thinly and serve in a sandwich or with additional vegetables simmered until tender in cooking liquid. , To make ahead: Refrigerate meat in cooking liquid for several days; reheat in liquid.

SIMPLE CORNED BEEF - CROCK POT

Steps:

• Remove beef from the plastic bag and rinse.
• Place onion slices in the bottom of the crock pot. Place beef on top.
• Add bay leaf, cloves and peppercorns.
• Mix together the water, mustard and sugar. Pour over the beef.
• Cover, and cook on High for approximately 5 hours.
• When cooked, remove from the broth and allow to rest (covered loosely with foil) for 15 minutes before slicing.