Crock Pot Apple and Brown Sugar Corned Beef

Mirj's Note:

An all-in-one meal that's easy to make and a huge pleaser. I got this recipe from a friend's mother.

• Total Time: 10 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 corned beef brisket
• 1 quart apple juice
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 8 small red potatoes
• 2 medium carrots , pared, and cut into chunks
• 1 onion , peeled, and cut into eighths
• ½ head cabbage , cut into chunks

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in a large crock pot (cut meat in half if necessary); stir to mix.
2. Cook on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours or on LOW for 8 to 10 hours.
3. Remove meat and vegetables and some of the cooking liquid.
4. Slice meat thinly across the grain.
5. Serve with vegetables and some of the liquid.

Reviews

[Lennie]

I confess; I didn't make this recipe...but I stole an idea from it and I think the recipe deserves some credit! I made corned beef for dinner on St. Paddy's Day (March 17/02 - part of our Zaar Go Irish-Go Green cook-a-thon) and, thanks to reading this recipe, I added apple juice and brown sugar to the water I cooked the corned beef in. Excellent! Mirjam, I will try this slow-cooker recipe in the future, but I wanted you to know that those 2 ingredients were just super additions and I never would have thought of using them if I hadn't had this recipe in My Cookbook!

[Kellie in SLO]

INCREDIBLE FLAVOR!!!! I used about 1/2 a bag of baby carrots and can see that I will have to add a full bag, my kids were picking through the dish to get at the carrots (they are reminiscent of the brown sugar butter carrots my mom made when I was a kid). At my husbands request I took about 1 1/2 cups of the juices from the crock pot and made a gravy which turned out to be very good. I look forward to making this again and again.

[podapo]

My Irish hubby was in heaven after making this. The smell is incredible. I took another reviewer's suggestion and added more carrots, was glad I did. We gobbled the carrots down first. Thanks for a great recipe.