The easiest and fastest way to cook corned beef - Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage! A perfect classic corned beef and cabbage recipe for St. Patrick's Day that is so easy to make.
Has social distancing canceled your St. Patrick's Day plans? Don't worry - I've got your back with the easiest and most delicious recipe for Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage! This recipe seriously could not be easier and I promise, you'll think you are in an Irish pub enjoying your favorite Irish meal.
Usually making corned beef and cabbage can take hours, but not with the Instant Pot. A pressure cooker speeds up the cooking time from hours in the oven to just an hour and a half! The Instant Pot can still produce super tender, fall apart corned beef and perfectly cooked potatoes and cabbage.
Looking for other St. Patrick's Day recipes? Check out my Turkey Shepherds Pie, Reuben Casserole, and Reuben Sliders!
Making corned beef and cabbage really is very simple and requires just a few ingredients. Especially in March when it's closer to St. Patrick's Day, it's easy to find corned beef at the grocery store, which is salt-cured corned beef brisket that comes with pickling spices. The pickling spices add delicious flavor to the brisket which are classic corned beef flavors!
If you'd like to make your own homemade pickling spices, you'll need 2 tablespoons of coriander seeds, 2 teaspoons peppercorn, 1 tablespoon mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon anise seed, 4 bay leaves, and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Add the coriander, peppercorn, mustard seed, and anise seed to a cast iron skillet and heat over medium high heat for 2 minutes. Add the bay leaves and red pepper flakes and cook one more minute. Then pour the spices into a blender or spice mill and grind/pulse a few times to release the flavors. Then season the beef brisket with the spice rub!
Along with the corned beef, you'll simply need beef broth and veggies. I used onion, carrots, potatoes, and cabbage, which are very classic ingredients to go along with corned beef. You might notice I used baby carrots in this recipe. Honestly, this wasn't on purpose. I thought we had regular carrots in our refrigerator when I was grocery shopping after we came home from our Florida trip. Turns out, we didn't. Baby carrots were an easy stand-in but I'd definitely recommend regular carrots instead!
Add the onion. To make this pressure cooker corned beef and cabbage in the Instant Pot, you'll start by placing the sliced onion on the bottom of the Instant Pot.
Add the beef. Place the corned beef on top of the onion, add some beef broth, and then sprinkle the corned beef with the pickling spices from the spice packet that is included with the corned beef.
Cook the corned beef brisket. Secure the lid on the Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 85 minutes. Note - the vegetables are not included at this point! If the vegetables were cooked for 85 minutes they'd be pure mush.
Add the vegetables. Add the carrots, potatoes, and cabbage wedges after the corned beef is cooked, and need just 3 minutes of high pressure and a quick pressure release.
Serve. Serve the entire meal plated on a serving dish and enjoy!
Storage. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Leftover corned beef is delicious in a reuben sandwich or in corned beef hash!
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