Recipe: Irish Corned Beef with Vegetables

Ingredients

• 4-5 pound corned beef
• spice packet
• 3 quarts water
• 1 onion - quartered
• 3 carrots - cut in large chunks
• 3 ribs celery - cut in 2-inch pieces
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 pounds red potatoes
• 1 small green cabbage - cut in 8ths
• hot mustard and rye bread

Instructions

Step 1

Cut 3 carrots into large chunks.
Cut 3 ribs celery into 2-inch pieces.

Step 2

Place 4-5 pound corned beef in a pot, and then add in spice packet,
3 quarts water,
1 quartered onion,
carrots chunks,
celery pieces,
1 tsp salt, bring to a simmer.
Heat the pot.
Get rid of the foam on the top.

Step 3

Cover the pot, turn the heat very low,
simmer for 3 hours.

Step 4

Then add in 2 pounds red potatoes, simmer potato for 30 minutes.
While simmering, cut the cabbage into 8ths. put them into the pot.
Cook covered til tender or for 20-30 minutes.

Step 5

Now pull out the meat, let it rest for 15 minutes. Cut the meat against grain into strips.

Step 6

Place the meat strips into a plate, then add some vegetables from the pot to the plate.