I am 1/3 Irish so this is a great day for me.
Last night, my husband and I went to the club on base and watched the dueling pianos. They were amazing and it was a blast.
We got home around 1am and I thought that was a great time to put the corned beef in the crock pot so we could start eating it around lunch time. Yes I do realize that corned beef is loaded with sodium (970mg in 2 oz) but I only eat it once a year on this day so I am going to splurge a little. I also eat cabbage and red potatoes so it’s not just all corned beef all day.
Corned beef is a very tough piece of meat and it needs to be cooked low and slow. I thought I would share my favorite corned beef and cabbage recipe, slow cooker style.
Corned Beef and Cabbage with red potatoes
Ingredients:
Corned beef
1 head of cabbage
10 red potatoes, quartered
1 med onion, roughly chopped
4 cups water
6oz beer
Directions
Put potatoes and onions in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Pour in water.
Put corned beef on top and sprinkle with spice packet
Pour in beer.
Cook on low for 10-12 hours
Cut cabbage into eighths (quarter and then half the quarters) and lay on top about an hour or 2 before the corned beef is done.
Enjoy!
The house smells amazing and I am so ready to go dig into the corned beef and cabbage with red potatoes.
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