Our Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe is a traditional Irish recipe and is the perfect dinner recipe to make for your family for St. Patrick’s Day. Enjoy this pretty effortless meal with the easiest way to cook the perfect corned beef and cabbage.
Once you make this traditional dish in the Instant Pot, it will become your favorite way to cook the cut of beef and ditch your Dutch oven. The only thing left to do is wait to serve this tender meat on a serving platter for the whole family to enjoy.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our Instant Pot corned beef and cabbage, you need the following ingredients:
- Protein: you will need to use a corned beef brisket which is a flat-cut brisket
- Vegetables: use fresh carrots, chopped onion, and a quarter green cabbage
- Herbs: for the best results use both fresh parsley and bay leaves for added flavor
- Spice packet: this is normally included with the corned beef when you buy it at the grocery store
- Liquid: you will need to use either water or beef broth to ensure this is perfectly juicy and tender meat
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
- Place the corned beef brisket in the bottom of the Instant Pot. Add the baby carrots, onion, parsley, and bay leaves. Sprinkle the seasoning packet on top. Carefully pour in the water down the side (you don’t want to wash away all of the seasoning and flavor by pouring it on top of the beef).
- Place the lid on top of the pressure cooker, move the venting position to SEALING, and press the PRESSURE COOK button. Set timer for 90 minutes.
- You can let the high pressure do a natural release (it should take 15-20 minutes). Remove the lid.
- Add the cabbage wedges in with the food in the Instant Pot and place the lid back on top. Press the PRESSURE COOK button and set the timer for 3 minutes.
- When the timer is done, do a quick release of the pressure.
- Remove the lid, remove the bay leaf, and pull out the beef brisket.
- Slice the brisket against the grain (it should be fork tender) and serve with horseradish sauce, carrots, onion, and cabbage on the side.
Recipe Notes
You can usually find a Corned Beef Brisket at your grocery stores and most of the time they include a seasoning packet. If you don’t have a seasoning packet, you can make your own that includes coriander seeds, mustard seeds, peppercorn, and a couple of other simple ingredients. Get a homemade recipe here.
Turn any leftover corned beef into another easy dinner and serve the corned beef over bread with some Swiss cheese and your favorite sandwich toppings for a tasty family dinner.
Storage Suggestions
Fridge: If you have any leftover cooked corned beef and cabbage, it’s easy to place in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
When it comes to knowing if you should cook your meat fat side up or fat side down, here is a good way to remember: fat side up if you are cooking it in liquid and fat side down if you are cooking it directly on a heat source.
In a slow cooker or Instant Pot, we recommend cooking it with the fat side up so that it keeps your brisket nice and moist.
From start to finish, this St. Patrick’s Day staple recipe will take about 2 1/2 hours to get the best corned beef.
This easy corned beef recipe should serve about 6 people depending on the serving size. If you are concerned there may not be enough, you may want to try and get a larger beef brisket. This does make for some delicious leftover corn beef sandwiches!
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Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Ingredients
- 2 pound corned beef brisket
- 3-4 carrots, peeled and cut into large pieces
- 1 onion, quartered
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 bay leaves
- spice packet, (included with the corned beef)
- 1 head green cabage, quartered
- 3 cups water
Instructions
- Place the corned beef brisket in the bottom of the Instant Pot. Add the baby carrots, onion, parsley, and bay leaves. Sprinkle the seasoning packet on top. Carefully pour in the water down the side (you don't want to wash away all of the seasoning and flavor).
- Place the lid on top of the pressure cooker, move the venting position to SEALING, and press the PRESSURE COOK button. Set timer for 90 minutes.
- You can let the high pressure do a natural release (it should take 15-20 minutes). Remove the lid.
- Add the cabbage wedges in with the food in the Instant Pot and place the lid back on top. Press the PRESSURE COOK button and set the timer for 3 minutes.
- When the timer is done, do a quick release of the pressure.
- Remove the lid, remove the bay leaf, and pull out the beef brisket.
- Slice the brisket against the grain (it should be fork tender) and serve with carrots, onion, and cabbage on the side.
Notes
- You can usually find a Corned Beef Brisket at your grocery stores and most of the time they include a seasoning packet. If you don’t have a seasoning packet, you can make your own that includes coriander seeds, mustard seeds, peppercorn, and a couple of other simple ingredients. Get a homemade recipe here.
- Turn any leftover corned beef into another easy dinner and serve the corned beef over sliders with some Swiss cheese and your favorite sandwich toppings.
- To make this in the slow cooker: Add corned beef, carrots, onion, parsley, bay leaves, spice packet, and water to your slow cooker. Cook on low for 7-8 hours. Add the cabbage to the slow cooker and continue to cook for 2-3 hours, until the corned beef is fall-apart tender. Reaching higher temps (around 185 degrees F) will help break down the fibers in the beef and make it much more tender. Remove bay leaves and beef from the slow cooker. Let the beef rest for about 10 minutes and then serve with carrots, onions, and cabbage.
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Would it be possible to add potatoes to this? When would you add them?
We haven’t tried adding potatoes to this recipe! You could add them in to cook with the corned beef, just make sure they’re not chopped too small or they will end up really mushy!
The brisket was delish but the vegetables were “mush”. Did I go too long or are there different pressures?
The beef became so tender so quickly! Such a delicious recipe.
The carrots may cook too quickly if they are smaller, or if you use baby carrots. Using larger, thicker carrots and only halving them (or even leaving them whole) could help, or you could add the carrots at the end and cook them in the Instant Pot with everything for an additional minute to get a more tender-crisp texture.
Looks so yummy
How long do I cook this in a crock pot? I dont have an instapot.
Can I place the corned beef on a trivet to make removal easier when it’s done? Or does it need to be directly on the bottom of the pot.
Yes a trivet would work great!
Corned beef in a slow cooker takes 8–10 hours on LOW or 4–5 hours on HIGH t
Can you substitute a good beer as the liquid ??
We have not tried this with beer as the liquid. If you give it a try let us know how it turns out!
Absolutely delicious! Will make this again and not just for st Patricks Day! My husband loved it also!