Chef John's Corned Beef and Cabbage

Name: Chef John's Corned Beef and Cabbage
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 230 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 (4 pound) corned beef brisket with spice packet; 3 quarts water; 1 onion, quartered; 3 carrots, cut into large chunks; 3 stalks celery, cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 pounds red potatoes, halved; 1 small head cabbage, cut into eighths

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It's almost St. Patrick's Day, and for many that means boiling up a nice authentic Irish dinner of corned beef and cabbage. The original Irish recipe actually used a type of lean bacon, made with a cut of pork similar to Canadian bacon. Corned beef came into the picture as a lower-cost substitution, to replace the more expensive and harder to find cut.

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🔗 Recipe adapted from AllRecipes

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 15 min

Cook 3h 50m

Serves 8

Difficulty Hard

🛒 Ingredients

1 (4 pound) corned beef brisket with spice packet

3 quarts water

1 onion, quartered

3 carrots, cut into large chunks

3 stalks celery, cut into 2-inch pieces

1 teaspoon salt

2 pounds red potatoes, halved

1 small head cabbage, cut into eighths

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 8

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 380

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 19.6g 25%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 1504mg 65%

Total Carbohydrate 29g 11%

Dietary Fiber 5.5g 20%

Total Sugars 6.5g

Protein 22.4g 45%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Combine corned beef and spice packet contents, water, onion, carrots, celery, and salt together in a large pot or Dutch oven; bring to a simmer, skimming off any foam that rises to the surface.

Cover the pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer until meat is almost fork-tender, about 3 hours.

Add potatoes and simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are almost tender, about 30 minutes more.

Place cabbage pieces on top of and around meat, cover the pot, and simmer until cabbage is tender, 20 to 30 minutes more.

Remove meat to a cutting board and let rest 10 to 15 minutes.

Cut across the grain and serve in a bowl; ladle vegetables and broth over the top.