If you are looking for a traditional Irish recipe to prepare a corned beef and cabbage meal, also know as a “jiggs dinner”, look no further. I prepared this recipe from The Food Network for St. Patrick’s day dinner, and it was a hit! This recipe calls for a slow cooker (crock pot), however I simply made it in a large pot on the stove, on a low temperature for about 8 hours.
Once it was prepared in the pot, it was really just a matter of letting it slowly cook and checking on it once in a while throughout the day. The sour cream, horseradish, mustard sauce was especially tasty mixed in on the beef and cabbage.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds small redskin potatoes, halved
- 4 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 large onion, cut into 1/2-inch wedges
- 2 stalks celery, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 or 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- One 4-pound piece corned beef brisket, rinsed
- 12 ounces stout beer
- 2 tablespoons pickling spice
- 1/2 small head green cabbage, core intact and cut into thick wedges
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup prepared horseradish
- 2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup loosely packed parsley leaves, chopped
Directions
- Layer the potatoes, carrots, onions, celery and thyme in the insert of a 6-quart slow cooker. Put the brisket on top of the vegetables and add the beer and pickling spice. Add enough water to just cover the brisket. Cover and cook on low until the meat and vegetables are tender, about 8 hours.
- Arrange the cabbage over the brisket (it’s OK if the cooker seems crowded), cover and cook until soft and wilted, 45 minutes to 1 hour more.
- Whisk together the sour cream, horseradish and mustard in a small bowl.
- Remove the cabbage and toss with 1 tablespoon of the butter and pepper to taste in a large bowl. Remove the meat and let rest. Strain the remaining vegetables (reserve some of the cooking broth to serve on the side if you like) and toss with the parsley, the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and salt and pepper to taste.
- Slice the corned beef against the grain and serve with the vegetables, horseradish sauce and broth if using.
