Sweet Mustard Corned Beef Brisket and Cabbage Recipe
Corned beef and cabbage is one of my most favorite meals. Not only is this recipe easy to cook in either a slow cooker or pressure cooker, but it is a complete meal with two sides all cooked together. I particularly love to cook this recipe in my Instant Pot.
Corned beef, being the principal ingredient, typically comes out of a package when I buy it. It sits in a red brine solution which if left on the meat, can make it too salty for my liking. I will rinse the meat with water before putting it in the cooker. The cabbage, which takes up a good portion of the sides, steams softly after 6-8 hours. If you want it to be more buttery, I recommend adding a few tabs of butter to the top of the cabbage before cooking or just add it when plating.
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Cost to make this recipe.
The beef is the chief ingredient and unfortunately costs the most. With everything store-bought, I calculated this recipe to be under $20 or over $3 per serving. As a homesteader with a garden, I can lower the cost by growing onions, potatoes, and green cabbage. It isn’t much of a savings but it is something and every little bit helps, doesn’t it?
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Sweet Mustard Corned Beef and Cabbage
Ingredients
- ½ large sweet onion cubed…[$0.25]
- 3 lb corned beef brisket …[$16.50]
- 1 cups water …[$0]
- 1 cup brown sugar divided…[$0.47]
- 2 Tbsp wholegrain mustard …[$0.24]
- 1 tsp salt …[$0.07]
- ½ tsp black pepper …[$0.46]
- 1 whole green cabbage …[$1.38]
- 6 medium red potatoes …[$0.60]
Instructions
- Cut all the onion into large pieces and place at bottom of slow cooker along with water and ½ cup brown sugar.
- Remove corned beef from package and rinse briefly under cold water. I like to rinse some of the brine off because I find it too salty for my tastes. You don’t have to do this part.
- Place beef in slow cooker with the fatty side down. Don’t trim the fat, it gives more flavor to the sauce.
- In a bowl mix remaining brown sugar, mustard, salt & pepper together. Smear mixture over entire corned beef.
- Wash and quarter the red potatoes and place on the sides of the slow cooker bowl.
- Cut up the entire green cabbage into large pieces and put on top of beef and potatoes in slow cooker.
- For the slow cooker, set to low and let cook for 8 hours or until the beef becomes soft.
- For pressure cooker, add 1 more cup of water and set to high for 30 minutes.
Sweet Mustard Corned Beef
Cooking Methods
- Slow Cooker
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- ½ large sweet onion, cubed…[$0.25]
- 3 lb corned beef brisket, …[$16.50]
- 1 cups water, …[$0]
- 1 cup brown sugar, divided…[$0.47]
- 2 Tbsp stone ground mustard, …[$0.24]
- 1 tsp salt, …[$0.07]
- ½ tsp black pepper, …[$0.46]
- 1 whole green cabbage, …[$1.38]
- 6 medium red potatoes, …[$0.60]
Instructions
- Cut ½ large sweet onion into large pieces and place at bottom of slow cooker along with water and ½ of the 1 cup brown sugar.
- Remove 3 lb corned beef brisket from package and rinse briefly under cold water. I like to rinse some of the brine off because I find it too salty for my tastes. You don't have to do this part.
- Place 3 lb corned beef brisket in slow cooker with the fatty side down. Don't trim the fat, it gives more flavor to the sauce.
- In a bowl, mix remaining 1 cup brown sugar, 2 Tbsp stone ground mustard, 1 tsp salt & ½ tsp black pepper together. Smear mixture over entire corned beef.
- Wash and quarter the 6 medium red potatoes and place on the sides of the slow cooker bowl around the seasoned corned beef.
- Cut 1 whole green cabbage into large pieces and put on top of beef and potatoes in slow cooker.
- For the slow cooker, set to low and let cook for 8 hours or until the beef becomes soft.
- For pressure cooker, add 1 more cup of water and set to high for 30 minutes.