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Slow-Cooker Corned Beef

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Bev Cooks
Updated Jan 27, 2020
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Thanks to our easy slow-cooker corned beef recipe, you can make this traditional Irish dish with little effort. Whether you’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, your Irish heritage or you just really enjoy tender corned beef, this method for cooking brisket delivers on flavor and ease.

Slow-Cooker Corned Beef

  • Prep Time 10 min
  • Total 4 hr 10 min
  • Servings 6
  • Ingredients 7
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Ingredients

  • 1 large potato, quartered
  • 1 large white onion, quartered
  • 2 carrots, cut into chunks
  • 2 celery stalks, cut into chunks
  • 2 1/2 pounds corned beef brisket, with the pickling spices
  • 4 cups chicken stock (or water)
  • 1 dried bay leaf

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Place all the ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours.
  • Step 
    2
    Remove brisket from slow cooker and carve thin slices against the grain.
  • Step 
    3
    Discard vegetable solids from the slow cooker, but keep about a cup of the broth. Serve corned beef with any sides you prefer. Lightly pour the broth over the beef.

Nutrition

400 Calories
26g Total Fat
27g Protein
17g Total Carbohydrate
4g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
400
Calories from Fat
230
Total Fat
26g
39%
Saturated Fat
9g
43%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
130mg
44%
Sodium
1880mg
78%
Potassium
600mg
17%
Total Carbohydrate
17g
6%
Dietary Fiber
2g
9%
Sugars
4g
Protein
27g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
70%
70%
Vitamin C
6%
6%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
20%
20%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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