Eileen's Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner
The vegetables come out so sweet and the meat is tasty and tender. This is the only way I will eat cabbage. I make this every St. Patrick's day. A sure winner. I use a teaball to keep the spices together but you can put them in cheesecloth.
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 3
- 2⁄3
- 1
- 1
- 8 -10
- 1
- 1
Spiceball
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons pickling spices
- 2 -3
- 1
DIRECTIONS
- Trim fat from meat. Place the 5 spices in a teaball or cheesecloth. Fill 6 qt pot with water. Put in meat and spiceball. Add onions and bay leaf. Bring to boiling. Skim fat from surface. Reduce heat to a simmer, with cover ajar, for 1 hour and a half.
- Add carrots to pot. Return to boiling another 45 minutes.
- Add potatoes to pot. Return to boiling for 25 minutes.
- Add cabbage to pot. Cover and cook about 20 minutes more until vegetables and meat are tender.
- Discard bay leaf and spices. Remove meat from pot. Thinly slice meat across the grain. Transfer meat and vegetables to a serving platter.