Coned Beef & Cabbage
Slowly simmering meat, vegetables and spices together for several hours is the key to this dish.
Ingredients
- 3.5 to 5 lbs. corned beef brisket trimmed of most fat and cut in half
- Spice packet or 2 Tb. pickling spices
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 Tb. cider vinegar
- 2 Tb. sugar
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 red potatoes halved
- 4 carrots peeled and sliced in chunks
- 2 onions large dice
- 3 stalks celery large dice
- Small green cabbage cored and sliced
Instructions
- Place the vegetables, except cabbage, in 5-qt. crock pot and top with beef.
- Add seasonings to 3 C. water and pour over meat.
- Top with cabbage.
- Cook covered on low until meat is fork tender, 8 to 9 hours.
- Season if needed and fish out bay leaves.
- Strain liquid to remove hard spices.
- Slice beef across the grain and savor.