Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe – How to make the best easy low carb and keto friendly dinner for St. Patrick’s Day – with the video tutorial.

Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage

This Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage is the perfect low carb, keto friendly dinner to make on St. Patrick’s Day or any time of the year when you’re craving a hearty comfort food meal that the whole family will enjoy.

I’ve lived in Ireland for 6 years now, and this is by far my favorite Irish inspired meal that I cook over and over again, having adapted the recipe over the years as friendly locals have provided me with cooking tips and the perfect way to create meltingly tender meat. 

As such, there aren’t exact measurements, but rather adding in the right ingredients and enough water to slowly cook the corned beef to perfection. 

You can feel free to cook the easy recipe in your slow cooker, pressure cooker or instant pot, following the directions and length of time for cooking an appropriate sized piece of corned beef according to your machine’s instructions. 

The Simple Ingredients For The Easy Recipe

Here are the keto diet friendly ingredients that are included in the great recipe for traditional corned beef: 

Corned Beef – I’ve used a 1kg/2.2lb piece of corned beef, if yours is bigger (or smaller), then adjust the cooking time accordingly. I usually aim for half an hour per 500g, plus an extra half an hour cooking time, so the 1kg piece of corned beef takes 1.5 hours to cook to tender perfection.

Onion –  the best way to add plenty of flavor to the meal is by adding in sliced onions. I like to keep mine fairly thick so that they can be enjoyed with the meat, rather than chopped so fine that they dissolve into the liquid during the cooking time. 

Garlic – another flavor must have, in my opinion, is plenty of chopped peeled garlic, which I also keep fairly chunky so that it maintains it’s shape during cooking. You can add as little or as much garlic as you’d like, depends on how garlicky you like your meals to be. 

Seasoning –  you can add in your seasoning to taste, although I find that the corned beef that I find at my local grocery store is perfectly seasoned during the curing process and doesn’t need anything else added to it. 

You can feel free to add in sea salt, rock salt, black pepper, mustard seeds, coriander seed, bay leaves or any other seasoning you like into the cooking liquid. You could also add in some beef broth, chicken broth or stock for added flavor, too. 

Cabbage –  you can use green cabbage or purple cabbage wedges as a great way to add in plenty of flavor and nutrition to the meal without brining up the total carbs too much. 

Carrots –  while being higher in g net carbs than other vegetables, I like to include chopped carrots when cooking my best corned beef for the flavor that it brings to the low carb version of the dish. My kids, who don’t follow a low carb diet, enjoy the carrots, while I enjoy the flavor they bring. 

Sides and Leftover Ideas

There are plenty of choices for sides to serve with the easy corned beef and ways to use leftovers of the comfort food meal the next day: 

Sides – serve with your choice of sides such as cauliflower mash, cauliflower rice, horseradish sauce, spinach or broccoli. 

Keto Reuben Casserole – to make this low carb recipe that makes a further entire meal with so much flavor, pop leftover corned beef into a casserole dish, along with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut or cabbage and Russian Dressing, which you can then either bake until cheesy or saute until perfectly cooked to your liking. 

Corned Beef Hash Recipe – a great option is to whip up a hash for breakfast, or breakfast together, by frying leftover beef, along with chopped cabbage or radishes and once golden, cracking over a couple of eggs. (Here’s the full easy keto corned beef hash recipe.)

Meal Prep Boxes – a fun way to use leftovers is to create boxes to grab and go, chopped vegetables such as cucumber or bell peppers and a little sour cream. 

Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe

• 1kg/2.2lbs Corned Beef Silverside
• 1 Onion
• 4-6 Garlic Cloves
• 3-4 Carrots
• Salt, Pepper & Seasoning, to taste
• 1/2 Head of Cabbage

1. Open and clean the corned beef then place it in a large pot or dutch oven. 
2. Peel and chop the onion, garlic and carrots and add them to the corned beef in the pot. 
3. Pour over cold water to cover, then place on the stove top with the lid on, over medium heat to high heat and bring it up to the boil. 
4. Once boiling, reduce to a gentle simmer and cook for 1.5 hours or until cooked through and fork tender. 
5. Remove the meat and vegetables from the cooking liquid and bring it back up to the boil.
6. Slice the cabbage and add it into the bubbling cooking liquid, cooking for 10-15 minutes or until the cabbage is tender to your liking. 
7. Serve the corned beef with the cooked cabbage as a complete meal, along with any of the onion and garlic that you’d like and your side or sauce of choice, mine is my simple Russian dressing. 
8. Store any leftover corned beef and cabbage dinner in an airtight container to consume within a couple of days. 

The classic recipe is the perfect one-pot meal that uses a super cheap cut of meat that’s full of extra flavor, becomes perfectly tender during the cooking process and is a delicious way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. 

Keto Corned Beef Recipe Video

​Here’s the video where you can watch the classic Irish corned beef dish being prepared, step by step. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube. 

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