Sunday, March 18, 2012

Corned Beef and Cabbage with Potatoes

We have to make this every once in a while for my hubby and kids and their Irish heritage.

This traditional dish is surprisingly one of the easiest to make.

Ready?
You need:
A large pot or crock pot
packaged corned beef with season packet
head of cabbage broken up or chopped
peeled and diced potatoes
water
Dump everything into the pot.  Incluing the juices in the meat package and seasonings from the packet.
This is meant to be boiled, so fill with water to the top of the contents of your pot.

Boil for 4-6 hours in a pot or on high in a crock pot
or on Low in the crock pot over night or for at least 12 hours.

When it is done, the beef will fall apart and be stringy.
the cooked cabbage will blend in with the potatoes.


Corned beef is a great source of Iron.  Corned beef and Cabbage has a ton of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, 1/8 your daily value of calcium,  and Potatoes have potassium.This is a high in sodium meal, but they do have lower sodium Corned beef if you look hard enough.

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