How do you make corned beef?

How do you make corned beef? I wanted to make my DH the traditional Irish meal tonight to celebrate his irish heritage, only problem is I have no idea how to cook corned beef. I've seen roasting and boiling and I'm leaning more towards roasting. Any suggestions?

Take him out for dinner! It looks way too complicated for me.

J/K check allrecipes.com they have great recipes

Ours is in the crockpot at home right now

It's a tough, fatty cut of meat, so the slower you cook it, the better.

11.5 hours for us

I boiled mine on the stove. Bought the thin cut (the kind that's NOT on sale- so I paid a fortune)

Boiled for about 1.5-2 hours then added carrots, cabbage and potatoes and boiled for another hour. It came out great!

We boil ours (actually it is suppose to simmer not boil). We get a brisket cut, more tender, and put it in water with a few tablespoons of pickling spices (it may come with a bag of spices).

I boil it for about 2.5 hours. After 2 hours I throw in some red russet potatoes and the last 15 minutes a whole cabbage quartered!

Take everything out of the pot and put it on a platter and slice up the meat. I also make homemade butter .

TO make the butter. Pour heay cream into a large mason jar, don't fil it more than half way. Add 1 tsp of salt and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE
DH usually shakes the butter, it takes anywhere from 7-15 minutes shaking depending on how lazy he is. Pour off the liquid (butter milk) and put into a pretty dish and serve with Irish soda bread!!
Enjoy

I did ours in the crockpot. I added the carrots and potatoes. I will do my cabbage seperately because I don't like mine too soggy.

I made it in the crockpot for 10hours.....to late for that!

Sorry!

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Posted by melbalalala



Ours is in the crockpot at home right now

It's a tough, fatty cut of meat, so the slower you cook it, the better.

11.5 hours for us

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11.5hours! Ohh my gosh!

Sounds Really Good.
I will have to try it out in my Slow Cooker.

I love how the Longer you cook it, the Better it is.

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Posted by ruzi777

Sounds Really Good.
I will have to try it out in my Slow Cooker.

I love how the Longer you cook it, the Better it is.

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What else do I put in the slow cooker???

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Posted by FullersBride

We boil ours (actually it is suppose to simmer not boil). We get a brisket cut, more tender, and put it in water with a few tablespoons of pickling spices (it may come with a bag of spices).

I boil it for about 2.5 hours. After 2 hours I throw in some red russet potatoes and the last 15 minutes a whole cabbage quartered!

Take everything out of the pot and put it on a platter and slice up the meat. I also make homemade butter .

TO make the butter. Pour heay cream into a large mason jar, don't fil it more than half way. Add 1 tsp of salt and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE
DH usually shakes the butter, it takes anywhere from 7-15 minutes shaking depending on how lazy he is. Pour off the liquid (butter milk) and put into a pretty dish and serve with Irish soda bread!!
Enjoy

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Yummy.

Thanks for Sharing.

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Posted by michey1217

How do you make corned beef? I wanted to make my DH the traditional Irish meal tonight to celebrate his irish heritage, only problem is I have no idea how to cook corned beef. I've seen roasting and boiling and I'm leaning more towards roasting. Any suggestions?

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Thanks girls. I found a recipe that said you could rost it at 350 for about 2 hours (we only had a 1.5lb brisket) so I baked it with foil over it. It came out great! I used the meat thermometer just to make sure it was cooked all the way through and it was! FH was so happy! He was so proud of me.

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Posted by michey1217

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Posted by michey1217

How do you make corned beef? I wanted to make my DH the traditional Irish meal tonight to celebrate his irish heritage, only problem is I have no idea how to cook corned beef. I've seen roasting and boiling and I'm leaning more towards roasting. Any suggestions?

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Thanks girls. I found a recipe that said you could rost it at 350 for about 2 hours (we only had a 1.5lb brisket) so I baked it with foil over it. It came out great! I used the meat thermometer just to make sure it was cooked all the way through and it was! FH was so happy! He was so proud of me.

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that is so great! i want to learn how to make it too but it is MIL's 'thing' so i dont want to step on any toes. . . and she makes it sooo yummy too!

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Posted by micknjohn

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Posted by melbalalala



Ours is in the crockpot at home right now

It's a tough, fatty cut of meat, so the slower you cook it, the better.

11.5 hours for us

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11.5hours! Ohh my gosh!

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Just because that's how long we were away from the house and at work.

It was DELIGHTFUL!