Easy slow cooker corned beef brisket and vegetables is a complete meal. With carrots, potatoes, and cabbage that are all slow-cooked together in beer with a corn beef brisket. This Irish-inspired boiled dinner recipe can be ready in 6 hours on high in a crock pot.
It's that time of year when the stores have sales on corned beef. So I say this year for St. Paddy's Day serve up this easy-to-make slow cooker corned beef and cabbage recipe.

Corned beef and cabbage is one of those meals that only happens once a year, on St. Patrick's Day. When the aroma of this tender meat and vegetables fills the house everyone gets excited about dinner.
I have always done this meal in the slow cooker, I like how the meat has time to slowly cook and become fork tender. I also like using the crockpot so I can fill it up with all the traditional vegetables that go along with corned beef.
Cuts Of Corned Beef Brisket
Did you know that there are two cuts of corned beef briskets? There is a flat cut and a point cut.
The flat cut is a leaner cut of meat and will slice nicely, making it ideal for corned beef and cabbage. This cut does have a layer of fat on the bottom of the meat. The fat helps to bring in more flavor and make the meat tender. Typically this is the cut of meat you will find in the grocery store.
Point cut comes to a point at one end of the meat hence the name point cut. This cut typically has more fat so most grocery stores don't sell it because it doesn't look very appealing. The point cut is great for shredding and is also the tender of the two cuts of meat.
For me when I buy corned beef I typically buy what's on sale since corned beef can be expensive. Because of this, I have used both cuts of meat for this recipe. A flat cut is what I ended up using this time.
I did trim some of the fat off of the bottom of the meat before cooking it. There just seemed to be a little extra fat on this piece of meat. However, leaving some of the fat on will help to seal the flavor of the meat and make it juicer.
When placing the corned beef into the crockpot place the fat side of the meat up. This will allow the fat drippings to soak into the meat.
Don't forget to save that little package of seasoning that comes with the corned beef. The season is usually a mix of peppercorns, mustard seeds, cloves, salt, and coriander.
Speaking of salt, corned beef can be kind of salty so before I add it into the slow cooker I like to rinse it under water then pat it dry with paper towels.
Slow Cooker Vegetables
What I love about this recipe is that I can load up my slow cooker with a mixture of fresh veggies along with the meat. Then I have a complete meal that is ready at dinner time. This traditional recipe is made with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes.
Into the slow cooker I added quartered red potatoes, you can use whichever you prefer. Then chunked carrots were added, you could use baby carrots, and of course, cabbage that had been cut into 1-inch pieces.
I also added in some sliced onions and minced garlic for more flavor. The vegetables were seasoned with oregano, pepper, two bay leaves, and ground cloves.
You could use whole cloves if you have otherwise ground will work. Once the veggies were all seasoned I place the corned beef brisket in, again with fat side up.
The corned beef brisket and vegetables were slow cooked in beer, water, and a splash of apple cider vinegar. You could leave the beer out if you like, I liked the flavor the beer added to this meal.
Set the slow cooker to low for 8-10 hours or on high for 6 hours. For our dinner, I set ours on high for 6 hours, and the brisket and veggies all come out tender.
This slow cooker corned beef brisket and vegetables is a hit in our house every St. Paddy's Day.
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Slow Cooker Corned Beef Brisket And Vegetables
Corned beef brisket is slow cooked along with carrots, potatoes, and cabbage for a complete crockpot easy meal.
Ingredients
- 12 Ounce Beer any kind I used Miller Lite
- 1 Cup Water
- 2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
- 6 Large Red Potatoes cut into quarters
- 5 Large Carrots Cut into bite sized chunks
- ½ Large Cabbage cut into 1-inch pieces, remove core before cutting.
- 1 Large Onion sliced
- 3 Teaspoons Garlic ~ minced
- ¼ Teaspoon Ground Clove or 4 whole cloves
- ½ Teaspoon Oregano dried
- 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 3-4 Pound Corned Beef Brisket tim fat and save seasoning packet
Instructions
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Into the slow cooker add in the beer, water, apple cider vinegar, red potatoes, carrots, cabbage, onion, and minced garlic.
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On top of the vegetables season with ground cloves, oregano, black pepper, and bay leaves.
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Trim the fat from the corned beef brisket and rinse under cold water. Pat dry with a paper towel and place into the slow cooker fat side up.
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Sprinkle the seasoning packet that comes with the corned beef brisket onto the corned beef.
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Place the lid on the slow cooker, turn iyt on to high for 6 hours or low for 8-10 hours.
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When cook time is done remove the corned beef brisket from the slow cooker and slice against the grain of the meat. Seve with the vegetables and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
Red Wine Vinegar can be used in replacement of apple cider vinegar.
Replace the beer with beef or veggies broth, or even water. You could also use water with some beef bouillon.
The nutritional value may vary depending on the ingredients used.
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Ava
Corned beef and cabbage is my favorite!! Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Jennifer
It's such a great recipe for this time of the year. Hope you enjoy.
Sam
I will be using this recipe this St. Patrick's Day, can't wait to try it.
Jennifer
Hope you enjoy this recipe
Sam
Made this for St. Patrick's Day, so easy and it turned out great.
Jennifer
Happy to hear that you enjoyed this corned beef brisket recipe.