Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Hooray, it’s March! And you know what that means. It’s almost St. Patrick’s day! Time to go hunting for leprechauns and see if you can snag yourself a pot of gold! Me, I’ve never caught one, but I don’t mind. I’ve already got a pot full of something magical in my kitchen: corned beef and cabbage. This hearty Irish dish is so good, with the salty, garlicky beef lending its flavor to all the veggies in the pot.
The only catch is, it takes a long time to make. Beef brisket is a pretty tough cut of meat, so you have to let it simmer pretty much all day to get it nice and tender.
Unless, of course, you cook it in the Instant Pot.
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With my new Instant Pot, I can now make my traditional Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage in just a couple of hours. The beef cooks up tender in only 90 minutes, and then the veggies are done in just a few minutes more. Then you put it all together on a platter, and your Irish meal is served. If your corned beef brisket does not come with a spice packet, I have a recipe for one over in this post.
Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
INGREDIENTS:
4-5 garlic cloves
4 cups water
2.5-3 lb. corned beef brisket, including spice packet or DIY spice packet
2 lbs petite red potatoes, quartered
3 cups baby carrots
1 head green cabbage, cut into large wedges
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place corned beef brisket, spice packet, garlic and 4 cups of water into the instant pot. I used the rack to keep the brisket off the bottom of the pot.
2. Cook on 90 minutes using the meat/stew setting or high pressure for 90 minutes. Once time is up, quick release pressure. Remove corned beef to a platter and cover with foil. Let rest while cooking the vegetables.
3. Without discarding liquid, add potatoes, carrots, and cabbage to pressure cooker, you may remove the rack if desired.
4. Cook at high pressure for 4-5 minutes. Do a quick pressure release before removing vegetables.
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Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
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Ingredients
- 4-5 garlic cloves
- 4 cups water
- 2.5-3 lb. corned beef brisket - including spice packet
- 2 lbs petite red potatoes - quartered
- 3 cups baby carrots
- 1 head green cabbage - cut into large wedges
Instructions
- Place corned beef brisket, spice packet, garlic and 4 cups of water into the instant pot. I used the rack to keep the brisket off the bottom of the pot.
- Cook on 90 minutes using the meat/stew setting or high pressure for 90 minutes. Once time is up, quick release pressure. Remove corned beef to a platter and cover with foil. Let rest while cooking the vegetables.
- Without discarding liquid, add potatoes, carrots, and cabbage to pressure cooker, you may remove the rack if desired.
- Cook at high pressure for 4-5 minutes. Do a quick pressure release before removing vegetables.
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This is my go-to recipe for corn beef and cabbage. I add baby potatoes and onions to it and use chicken broth instead of water. I also let it release naturally and it comes out perfect! I’ve been using your recipe for years! Thank you! Jackie
Hello. Yes, this was my first time making corned beef in my Instant Pot, but not very satisfied. Meat seemed almost too dry; 3.77lb. So I’ve cut up a bit then put back in with the veggies to sit on “High Warm” for a while. Thank you.
Easiest and best way to make corned beef! Meat does not dry out…. veggies cook quickly in 4 minutes while meat is resting.
This came out so good. This will be the go to from now on ! Thank you .
Love it! Thank you!!!
I cooked my veggies for 5 minutes like the recipe said and they were mush. Idk if 4 minutes would have made a difference,
when i cook veg in the pot again I’ll probably try 2 minutes. But the meat was perfect, I cut up two yellow onions and put them under the roast instead of using the rack and the onions were great.