This Low Carb Keto Corned Beef and Cabbage is made quickly in the Instant Pot or slow cooked in the Crock Pot with directions for both!
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Whether you are Irish or not, when St.Patrick's day comes around during the month of March, Corned Beef and Cabbage can be found in abundance in all supermarkets.
Being Italian we never ate corned beef and cabbage, but once I met my husband and married 19 years ago, it was a must for him and I fell in love with this tasty beef brisket.
This classic recipe for St.Patrick's day just needed a little tweak to make it lower in carbs. Just by removing the potatoes typically in this recipe, it lowers the carbs significantly. Of course if carbs are not a problem for you, just add them back into the veggies I've used here.
Even my kids who aren't too keen on boiled veggies enjoy eating this, of course they prefer a larger portion of the beef as opposed to the veggies, but it's all good to me.
But my kids do also love my Reuben Cabbage Rolls and Reuben Calzone!
Add some Irish Soda Bread or Irish Soda Muffins to make these meal even better!
Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage
Some of you may not have an Instant Pot and that is certainly fine as I've provided directions for making this in a crock pot as well. Both taste equally delicious, but the Instant Pot cuts the cooking time down by half if you were making this on the stove top.
Whichever method you choose to use to cook this scrumptious meal, I'm sure you won't have any complaints from the family. It's tasty and comforting!
Even my picky hubby who is a meat and potatoes man but recently is eating lower carb, didn't complain there were no potatoes in this. That is a little miracle to me to be honest with you!
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Instant Pot Keto Corned Beef and Cabbage
Instant Pot Low Carb Corned Beef and Cabbage
Ingredients
- 4 pounds corned beef brisket
- 6 cups water
- 2 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 teaspoon dried mustard
- 1 cabbage cut into wedges or 8 cups
- 1 cup onions sliced
- 1 cup carrots sliced into thirds
- 1 cup celery stalks chopped
Instructions
- Place beef brisket into the pot. Discard the spice packet that comes with the meat.
- Cover the beef with water, add more to cover if needed.
- Add the spices into the pot.
- Cover and set on "Meat/Stew" for 60 minutes on high.
- Hit Cancel then use the Natural Release method, about 20 minutes.
- Remove cover carefully, watch for steam, remove brisket and keep warm.
- Add the vegetables to the pot and press "Soup" setting for 15 minutes.
- Use the "Quick" Release method.
- Uncover and add the beef back to the pot to warm through.
- Enjoy immediately!
Crock Pot Directions:
- Add all ingredients into the crock pot except the cabbage. Make sure the meat is fat side up.
- Cook on low 6 hours or until vegetables are tender.
- In the last hour add the cabbage.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Used this recipe last night for St. Patty's day and it was fantastic. This was the first time I've cooked a corned beef and I was a bit nervous about doing it in the Instant pot but it turned out great. I would like to share a couple of tweaks I made/additional comments. I used a 3.29lb cut of meat and set the time for 1 hour and 15 minutes. It was falling apart around the edges but the middle was still a bit tough. I felt it could have gone a little longer (definitely a personal preference though). I did the natural release for 20 mins like suggested. The veggies were a bit mushy so if you like a bit of crunch, definitely reduce the time here. One other change I made was I cooked the onions with the meat. When I took the meat out, I took the onions out as well and discarded them before adding the cabbage, carrots and celery. At this time I also took out two cups of the liquid and used it to make a low carb gravy. I paired this dish with a cauliflower mash and some sauerkraut! Thank you for this wonderful recipe, this is definitely one I will be using again! 🙂
Im guessing there is no need for broth or anything of that sort because everything else combined is gonna make it’s own broth and flavor for the meats and veggies, yeah?
Well the 6 cups of water is enough because the meat cooks and flavors the water.
thanks for sharing the crock pot version as well I don't like instant pot. Meat should be well cooked.
it's looking delicious, surely gonna try it, thanks for sharing it.
Hey Brenda!
It's Mouthwatering!
Definitely going to try this. Thanks for sharing.