Easy Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage

Corned beef with cabbage is one of the most popular recipes to make on St. Patrick’s Day, and for good reason. This Irish-American classic has it all. It’s flavorful, filling, nutritious, and it’s not at all complicated to make. This recipe takes about 2 hours to cook, so it does need some lead time but definitely not as much as other recipes that will have you slow-cooking for 6-8 hours. The juicy corned beef is definitely worth the effort, so give this a try for your next potluck.

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Easy Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage

• Author: Anna - MissWish.com
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 1 hour, 33 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour, 43 minutes
• Yield: 6 1x

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Ingredients

2 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet

6 cloves garlic, chopped

1 large onion, cut into wedges

1 (12 oz) bottle Guinness beer or 1 ½ cups beef broth

2 cups water

3 medium carrots, cut into large pieces

2 medium potatoes, cut into large pieces

1 small cabbage, cut into wedges

Instructions

1. Rinse the beef brisket.
2. Add the garlic and onion in the Instant pot.
3. Place the brisket in the pot and sprinkle with spice packet.
4. Pour in the beer and water.
5. Close and seal the Instant pot.
6. Turn the venting knob to SEALING.
7. Press PRESSURE COOK button and check to make sure the pressure level shows as “High” on the display.
8. Adjust the timer to 90 minutes.
9. When finished cooking, let the pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release the rest of the pressure.
10. Open the lid and remove the brisket from the pot.
11. Add the carrots, potatoes and cabbage to the pot.
12. Close and seal the Instant pot.
13. Turn the venting knob to SEALING.
14. Press PRESSURE COOK button and check to make sure the pressure level shows as “High” on the display.
15. Adjust the timer to 3 minutes.
16. When finished cooking, let the pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release the rest of the pressure.
17. Slice the brisket.
18. Place the brisket on a serving plate with vegetables.
19. Pour over the cooking liquid and serve.

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