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How will you be cooking your corned beef?

violann — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:32:19 GMT

I've used slow cookers, pressure cooker........this year I may slow roast.

Mine is always good, but what's your FAVORITE way?

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:51:19 GMT

Pressure Cooker

Made one from Costco already last month. By the time it was done, you looked at it and said "where's the beef?". This years was not as good as the corned beef I got last year from Costco, tougher, huge shrinkage and overall the flavor wasn't there (and yes, the spice packet was in there)

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

violann — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:57:05 GMT

@violann wrote:
I've used slow cookers, pressure cooker........this year I may slow roast.

Mine is always good, but what's your FAVORITE way?

We have the ShopRite low sodium. I buy those because ther's plenty enough salt for the Corning process, and I can get a little jazzier with the spice packet.

Sorry you were disappointed with yours.

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

Nomorebirthdays — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:36:22 GMT

I've only made it once, it was a greasy mess and threw it out.

BUT. One of the local pizza shops makes a Ruben pizza year round. YUM

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

Ainhisg — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:52:58 GMT

The best corned beef recipe...bar none...perfect every time...

Corned Beef

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Blk&GoldFan — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:01:40 GMT

@Ainhisg

Thanks for this recipe. I try a different recipe each time I cook corned beef. All have been good, some better than others. Might try this method next week. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO ALL!!

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

Ainhisg — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:05:09 GMT

@Blk&GoldFan, you are certainly welcome. I buy my flat-cut corned beef at a local market that specializes in meat, and I do think where you buy your corned beef makes a difference. This recipe is by a personal chef, and it is so tender and good!

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

violann — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:35:37 GMT

@Ainhisg wrote:
The best corned beef recipe...bar none...perfect every time...

Corned Beef

Remarkable! Oven roasting was the reason for my question, because I didn't have the recipe. THIS is what I will try this year.

THANK YOU @Ainhisg!!!!!!!🌈🍀☘️

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

wagirl — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:42:54 GMT

That recipe does look very good, however, for me there are too many steps to go thru. Hands/fingers don't work well and I broke my wrist in January, so the easier the better for me. Am going to use my pressure cooker. Found a recipe that makes more sense than one I used before. Love me some corned beef!!!

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Starpolisher — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 16:48:08 GMT

I made one on Tuesday, although I should have waited for the sales. The thing costs a fortune!

I put it in the slow cooker with pickling spices, the seasoning packet, a head of garlic, about a tablespoon of brown sugar and enough water to cover. Cooked on low for six hours. I took it out, added carrots to the broth and made a brown sugar and yellow mustard topping to put on the corned beef and put it in a hot oven(350 degrees) for 15 to 20 minutes till golden brown on top. I cooked the cabbage in bacon fat adding crushed bacon on top. I mashed the potatoes after boiling with garlic and added Kerrygold herbed butter and milk to them. We also had Irish soda bread. It was delicious! I'll make another for St. Patrick's Day.

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LIndaMJ — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:08:45 GMT

I will simmer 2 of the corned beef with the seasoning packets for a few hours. I boil the potatoes and cabbage separately. What we love the most are the leftovers: Reuben's for a few days!

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3suwm5 — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 19:07:29 GMT

I simmer with the spices, take out a bit early as I don't like it to be dry. I put potatoes and cabbage in the liquid and add the meat to warm up.

Love, love, love with vinegar.

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

Carmie — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 19:15:31 GMT

Corned beef is too salty for my tastes, so I don't make it.

My father always said that St Patrick was Italian and not Irish. He was a missionary who went to Ireland to convert the people.

We always have Italian food on St Paddy's Day.

Fun trivia, not sure if it is true or not, but we do know for sure he wasn't Irish.

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

RedTop — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 21:54:08 GMT

I agree with @Carmie that a corned beef brisket is too salty for me. My family did not care for it; husband loves raw cabbage but will not eat it cooked and boiled potatoes are a hit and miss in this household. My family actually loves corned beef in a can tho!

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

Nomore — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 22:22:55 GMT

I try to find one with a spice packet to add, not the ones already soaking in the spices in with the meat because it is too salty. I don't add the spice packet, cook in the crockpot all day starting with a bit of water. It's not plain and boring to us. Steam the vegetables in another pot, or we might have warm Reubens sandwiches with a vegetable.

Re: How will you be cooking your corned beef?

okaywitheasypay — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:31:15 GMT

I probably won't. DH and I decided we really don't care much for it much. It could be that I have never cooked it right but along with my quest for making a delicious home made pie crust and a tasty corned beef meal-- I give up!

For me due to HBP I have cultivated a low sodium diet and I just don't think DH cares for the spices. We both like lightly steamed cabbage and Gourmets will cover thier ears , but I will use a sprinkle of canned corned beef with it. If I go to a good deli I like Reuben sandwich occasionally.

@Carmie & @RedTop I agree.

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straykatz — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 21:52:14 GMT

Slow Cooker - I don't use the spice packet and I cook my cabbage in the slow cooker on top of the corned beef.

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DiAnne — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 01:01:50 GMT

Trader Joe's has amazing corned beef that they only sell around St. Patrick's Day.

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terrier3 — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 18:51:52 GMT

I use my pressure cooker and prefer it to the slow cooker method. The spices are infused throughout the meat...yum!

Also, Wegman's has an interesting recipe on their corned beef packages that involves some simmering, followed by baking.

I think too much liquid cooks the flavor out of the beef.

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 21:58:27 GMT

I rinse it and then put it in the crockpot. I make mashed potatoes and saute the cabbage with onions.

We only buy JP O'Reilly's flat cut and I don't use the package of spices included. I don't like it floating around.