Here’s the BEST corned beef and cabbage for your St. Patrick’s Day party!
Either way is delicious.
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Boiled or Baked Corned Beef?
Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer
One day we cooked corned beef and cabbage both ways, boiled and baked.
The whole family agreed, baked corned beef, hands down.
But traditions die hard.
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Also we show two ways to cook the cabbage, boiled or sauteed.
Either cut will work with these methods.
The flat cut is a leaner cut of corned beef.
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Enjoy and Happy St Patrick’s Day!
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Corned beef can be very salty, especially when baked.
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To remove some of the salt before cooking, place it in a pot fat side up.
Cover with water, bring to a boil, and discard the water.
Repeat to remove even more salt.
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Preheat oven to 350F.
Insert the cloves into the top of the slab of corned beef, evenly spaced.
Spread the top with the hot sweet honey mustard.
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Sprinkle brown sugar over the top.
Place foil-wrapped corned beef in a shallow roasting pan and bake for 2 hours at 350F.
Let rest for 5 to 10 minutes, then place on cutting board.
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Pull out and discard the cloves.
Lift the corned beef up to see which direction the grain of the meat is.
Then cut the meat at a diagonal, across the grain of the meat, into 1/2-inch thick slices.
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Place corned beef in a large (6 to 8 quart) pot.
Cover the beef with an inch water.
Add the contents of the spice packet to the water.
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Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer.
Simmer for 2-3 hours, until the corned beef is fork tender.
Removefrom pot to a cutting board.
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(Reserve cooking liquid for boilingcabbage, if you plan to boil and not saute the cabbage.)
Cut slices across the grain, into 1/2-inch thick slices.
Add chopped onions, cook for a couple of minutes, then add garlic.
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Add a third of the sliced cabbage to the pan.
Sprinkle with a little salt and stir to coat with oil and mix with onions.
If the heat is high enough, this should happen quickly.
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Mix well, then spread out the cabbage and repeat.
Serve with the corned beef.
Serve with boiled new potatoes.
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Can be made ahead and reheated.
If it is too salty, add more water to the pot.
Raise the heat until the liquid is simmering well.
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Simmer until the cabbage and any other vegetables are cooked through, 15-30 minutes.
Place vegetables in a serving bowl, add a little of the cooking liquid to the bowl.
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