Irish Braised Corned Beef and Cabbage (2024)

Delicious Irish Braised Corned Beef and Cabbage meal made easy! An entire dinner with delicious veggies cooked right alongside corned beef. This corned beef brisket recipe will quickly become a comforting favorite!

👩🏻‍🍳 Why You'll Love This Corned Beef in the Oven

Traditionally, corned beef can take DAYS to prepare because of the brining process, but with this corned beef brisket recipe, you can have the great taste of corned beef in a matter of hours instead of days. And as my family can attest, the result is delicious!

This recipe will provide an entire dinner for your family, with cabbage, carrots, and onions cooked right alongside the corned beef in the oven. Just sear the meat, rub it with spices, then toss it in a roasting pan with the veggies, garlic, and a few bay leaves. Simple, quick, and delicious!

🥘 Ingredients Needed

• corned beef brisket flat - the star of this dish!
• ground coriander, caraway seeds, pepper, thyme leaves, clove, thyme - a pungent and delicious blend of spices that give your veggies a warm and earthy taste.
• canola oil - used to sear the brisket.
• carrots, onion, cabbage - tasty vegetables that cook right alongside your brisket.
• garlic - 6 cloves may seem like a lot, but they're all necessary for a punch of flavor!
• bay leaves - help to tie in all of the flavors of the seasonings.
• beef stock - prevents your beef from drying out.

🔪 Instructions

1. Rinse and pat dry your corned beef, then cut into 2 pieces.
2. Mix together coriander, caraway, black pepper, thyme and clove in a small bowl and set it to the side.
3. Sear the brisket in the oil over medium-high heat, fat side down first. It should take 3-4 minutes per side.
4. Rub the brisket with your homemade spice blend and transfer to a roasting pan or Dutch oven.
5. Add the carrots, cabbage, onion, and bay leaves over top, pour in the beef stock, then cover with a lid or some foil and braise at 325 degrees F for about 2 hours or until tender.
6. Slice your brisket thinly and against the grain, then serve alongside vegetables! Garnish with parsley if desired.

👪 FAQs

🧊 Storing Braised Corned Beef

To store, transfer the beef and vegetables into an airtight container (or into separate containers if you prefer) and pop in the fridge. It should last 4-5 days.

There are several ways to reheat, the easiest of which being the microwave (cover it with plastic wrap or some kind of lid beforehand if possible). You can also heat your leftovers in the oven at 325 degrees F until everything is heated through, or transfer to an oven bag and heat in boiling water.

Leftovers can also be frozen for 2-3 months. To reheat, ideally you should let your leftovers thaw overnight and then follow one of the above methods.

💭 Helpful Tips

• When cooking a brisket in liquid, it's best to cook it fat side up.
• Pay attention to the cut of brisket you purchase; a flat cut is leaner and is easier to get a uniform cook, but a point cut tends to have more marbling from fat and will be more tender.
• You will have a leftover ½ head of cabbage, so here's an idea to use it as a side dish for another meal. Buy an extra onion when you are getting the ingredients for this recipe. Cut the leftover cabbage and the onion into strips about ¼ inch to ½ wide. Heat 3 tablespoons butter over medium high heat. Add the onion and cook until it starts to become translucent. Then add the cabbage with about ½ tablespoon salt and cook until tender.

This recipe for corned beef in the oven is an easy and delicious way to get that classic corned beef flavor without all of the extra time and prep that goes into brining the beef yourself!

📖 Variations

• For an even darker and richer flavor, substitute out the beef stock for a beer like Guinness or an Irish stout.
• Another great addition to this recipe would be miniature potatoes; to avoid over-cooking throw them in about halfway through braising the beef.
• You could omit the cabbage from the braising process and instead serve your corned beef with sauerkraut.
• Interested in a different way of preparing your corned beef? Try this easy smoked pastrami recipe!

🥗 Suggested Side Dishes

These side dishes would make great companions for your braised corned beef!

🥩 More Beef Recipes

If this braised corned beef recipe has you in the mood for more beef, try on of these great recipes!

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Recipe reprinted with permission from Certified Angus Beef®.

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Update Notes: This post was originally published in March 2017, but was republished with tips, step by step photos, and a recipe change in March 2021.

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