All of the amazing flavors as my famous crockpot Guinness corned beef done in just 93 minutes all thanks to the wonders of the pressure cooker! Hands down the BEST Corned Beef with Cabbage, Potatoes, and Carrots recipe ever!
My Guinness Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe is one of the most iconic corned beef recipes on the web. Since posting it 4 years ago it’s been liked/tweeted/pinned/shared millions upon millions of times. Simply put, it’s amazing and it’s easy.
No browning, no nothing – just dump it in and walk away. The only part where you actually had to do work on that is if you wanted to make the Guinness Reduction sauce.
For this pressure cooker recipe, I didn’t make the sauce only because I was exhausted from working on the flooring with Mr. Fantabulous. But what I did do was save the liquid and put it in the fridge. I’m actually going to make another corned beef and use that liquid (once I reduce it) as almost a Guinness bbq sauce and make pulled Guinness corned beef.
Genius, huh? LOL
With St. Patrick’s day this Friday and so many of you having pressure cookers, I had to share with you my pc version of this recipe.
Honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever make this again in a crockpot. No way, this is so amazing! And fast! So here’s the dealio. I had made my corned beef recipe in a pressure cooker a few times prior to this most recent recipe. It was good but it wasn’t quite right. Even though it used almost the same ingredients as the crockpot version it was missing something.
Well the other day Mr. Fantabulous and his buddy were downstairs working on the flooring (it literally is never going to freaking end!) and I decided to put this in the crockpot for dinner.
…or so I thought. Yeah, I got sidetracked with 37 other things and totally forgot to put it in. So there it sat in the fridge… waiting. When I finally realized that I never started it I decided to put it in the pressure cooker and hope for the best.
I took my original recipe and studied the ingredients. With pressure cooking, you need at least a cup of liquid but nothing near what you would need for putting something in a crockpot.
Next, I reduced the brown sugar in it (slightly) and added whole-grain mustard to the cooking. Plus I left the veggies out (well not the onions) for the main cooking. The first few times I made it I put them in the beginning and when the meat was done, the veggies were mush – eh, live and learn, right?
Release Method Tip
The other tidbit I did was I went with a natural release method on the pressure instead of a quick release. That (and the whole grain) – those are the secrets behind this ridiculously tender meat!
The flavor was insane! Now here’s the best part – know that head of cabbage, carrots, and potatoes? Yeah.. into the pot they went (once I took the meat out to rest) and they were done in 3 minutes. YES… 3 MINUTES to have tender soft carrots, potatoes, and hello…SOFT CABBAGE!!! But OMG people the flavor!
Now his buddy didn’t get to eat this (and I’m secret/not-so-secretly happy about this as it was more for me us) because even though it only took 93 minutes to make, he had to leave early. So when he left I threw this into the pot and went to help the man with some flooring. When we finished the timer went off. I scooted him off to the shower and started finishing the meal (i.e, adding the veggies). He came out to the kitchen, looking so worn and beaten that I knew this would put a smile on his face.
I grabbed an ice-cold Guinness from the fridge for him (Mt. Dew for me) and started carving the meat in front of him. He, of course, asked what it was, and when I said it was my corned beef he immediately asked for the horseradish…
Crap… I didn’t have any. Horseradish is something I do not like. It’s too…bitey for me; as in it burns and I don’t like the taste. And he, yeah only eats it once a year or whenever I make corned beef. If I take that same corned beef and turn it into a Reuben then he will only eat mustard on it (yeah it’s weird). So I broke the news that I didn’t have any and got a scowl. I heard the “you have a veritable grocery store in this house and you don’t have that? Gee, I don’t know, I’m going to have to dock your pay!” LOL, I just laughed and handed him the bottle of whole-grain dijon.
I got ‘the look’ and said: “just try it, trust me on it”. Now as I was carving it I couldn’t stop snacking on it. OMG, it literally just melted in my mouth. I honestly thought about not sharing it with him even though I was standing maybe 2′ away from him and carving the meat right in front of him.
The thought did cross my mind on how I could hide this from him and perform some Jedi mind trick to make him forget that he ever saw this and crave a pb&j instead but then that whole morality thing set in and I shared…begrudgingly. LOL
He took his first bite and let out an actual moan. Like an honest-to-goodness moan of delight. Oh yeah, Mama done nailed this thing. He raved over and over AND OVER about this. He inhaled it and everything on his plate then eyed up mine. THEN…
yeah then…
then he saw the huge plate of meat I had in front of him that I carved up… damn it, why didn’t I hide it? LOL I know I’m terrible.
That’s when he started to ‘pick’ small pieces and finally said: “OMG get this away from me before I eat the whole thing!” I said “You do and you’ll get beat. We must SHARE this!”
We’ve had this every day for the past 3 days and after our last snack, we have just enough for one plate left. I’m thinking we may have to flip a quarter (I’ll let him flip it while I’m busy shoving the last bites in my mouth!).
I’m telling you what, this is hands down the BEST CORNED BEEF I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE… I mean EVER!
Now if you don’t have a pressure cooker yet, I would recommend anyone of these as they are awesome and I use them:
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Common Sense for Pressure Cooker Recipes
Folks, keep in mind that almost every recipe for pressure cooking does NOT include the time it takes to get up to temperature or how long it takes for a release.
That’s just impossible as we all don’t use the same equipment. The temp of your ingredients all varies from one person to the other.
So use simple logic when it comes to using your pressure cooker and ANY pressure cooker recipe:
- Add anywhere from 5-20 minutes to any recipe as that’s how long it takes a pressure cooker to get to the actual pressure. This cannot, nor will, ever be factored into a recipe
- Factors like cold liquid, cold/frozen items can dramatically extend the time it takes to build up pressure
- The time it takes to cook the item is stated in the recipe. It’s ASSUMED that folks understand this because not all pressure cookers are the same. Again, it’s common sense
- Pressure Release – Again, not all pressure cookers are the same so it can vary from 5 minutes to 20 minutes to do a natural pressure release. This cannot, nor will, ever be factored into a recipe
Pressure Cooker Guinness Corned Beef with Cabbage, Potatoes & Carrots
- Yield: 4-6
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Ingredients
- 3lb flat cut corned beef, patted dry
- Pickling packet
- 3 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 14-16 ounce bottle of Guinness draught
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 head cabbage, cut in 1” wedges, core removed
- 4 carrots, cut into 2–3” pieces
- 6–8 red potatoes, skin on and cut in half
Instructions
- In a bowl mix together the mustards and pickling packet.
- Place the corned beef, fat side up in your pressure cooker and the onions along the sides.
- Spread the mustard mixture over top of the fat on the corned beef and then pour the beer and Worcestershire sauce along the sides of the corned beef.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar, salt and pepper over top of the mustard.
- Place the lid on the pressure cooker and set it to High pressure for 90 minutes.
- When done, allow the pressure to release naturally.
- As soon as the pressure is all gone, immediately remove the lid and take out the corned beef, placing it on a plate and covering it loosely with foil. Set aside.
- Place the cabbage wedges, carrots and potatoes into the pressure cooker, close the lid and set to High pressure for 3 (if you like them super soft go with 4) minutes. When 3 minutes is done do a quick release on the pressure.
- Remove the vegetables from the pressure cooker with a slotted spoon.
- Reserve the liquid to make a Guinness gravy if desired . See notes for ingredients and instructions.
- Remove the foil from the corned beef and slice to desired thickness against the grain.
Notes
Guinness Reduction Gravy
Reserved Cooking Liquid, strained
1tablespoon – 1/4 cup bown sugar (this depends on how sweet you like the sauce)
2 tablespoon grainy mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon horseradish
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup honey
1. Add all of the ingredients to your pressure cooker pot and bring to a boil using the saute function.
2. Cook until the mixture thickens and reduces by half. Depending on how powerful your pressure cooker is, this can take between 15-25 minutes.
Now if you’re fortunate enough to have leftovers, here are some of my FAVORITE recipes to use up that deliciousness!
Ultimate Hot Guinness Reuben Dip
Debbie Long says
OK, I made this recipe on Friday for St. Patty’s Day, but did it in the Crockpot. OMG…this is the BEST I have ever had. The sauce from the drippings took over an hour to reduce, but when it did, it was the smoothest, richest, most delectable sauce I have ever had. Even better than balsamic reduction sauces.
We were pouring the sauce over the potatoes, carrots, cabbage, and even the Irish Soda Bread. Yesterday, I brought some of the leftovers to work and the smell, when I microwaved it, had everyone running into my office to see what it was. The sauce was literally so good, I used my finger to swish out what was left in the bowl so I could suck it off my fingers. The beef was falling apart it was so tender!
My hubby was jealous because I didn’t send any with him yesterday, so this morning, I lovingly made up a container full, smothered with more leftover sauce, and sent him packing with a lunch care packet. I am sure he is going to have the same response when he heats it up today!
Keep up the GREAT work! Looking forward to trying many more great recipes.
TKWAdmin says
WOO HOO! Thank you so much Debbie! I’m so happy that you loved it as much as I do. Yeah the sauce, honestly it depends on how much water content is in the corned beef. If it has more water it will take longer to thicken. That sauce… OMG it’s my favorite! I’ll purposely make this recipe (without the veggies) and shred the meat and use the sauce on a pizza crust with the meat. You want to talk insane! Side note, if you do this… make like 7 as everyone is going to want their own!
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Debbie long says
My hubby has three “work wives”. he took the leftovers to them and within 15 minutes all three had to either call or text me for the recipe. I sent them the recipe plus the link to your blog. You’re following is going to get bigger!
Liz says
When do we use the salt and black pepper listed in the ingredients?
TKWAdmin says
Hi Liz!
When you add the pickling packet.
Bast Kitchen Wishes!
Patti Flo says
This Guinness Corned Beef was amazing. Big hit for our St. Patrick’s day feast.
TKWAdmin says
WOO HOO! Thank you so much Patti! I’m so happy you loved this!
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Liz says
Another question..does the brown sugar make it taste really sweet? And wondering if I can use spicy mustard i have on hand instead of having to buy whole grain mustard just for a tablespoon…
TKWAdmin says
Hi Liz,
No the brown sugar balances out the tang from the mustard and the bitterness from the beer. You can always use a tad less if you wish. You can use the spicy mustard but I would watch how much you use as you don’t want the spiciness to overpower the dish. The whole grain has an acidic twist that balances out the dish.
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Bonnie says
Did you put the meat on the trivet to cook it?
TKWAdmin says
No I did not Bonnie. I wanted the beer to infuse into the meat.
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Kayla says
Made this tonight and wow this was amazing! I absolutely LOVED it! Absolute best corned beef I’ve ever had!
Thank you for another amazing recipe!
TKWAdmin says
Yeah! I’m so thrilled that you loved it! Thank you so much! This is definitely my go-to corned beef recipe!
Best Kitchen Wishes!
KarenB says
Hey Lori. Did you make a reduction sauce with the PC version too? I don’t see it, except for on the crock pot version. As you can probably tell, I am at the natural pressure release timing now. Lol.
TKWAdmin says
Hey hon 🙂
No I didn’t. I even commented on the post. By the time this was done I was exhausted with doing the flooring. Since I re-arranged the ingredients around a bit to make the reduction sauce, simply take the leftover liquid, add about 3Tbl – 1/4 cup of brown sugar (or honey), 1/2 tsp salt and pepper and bring it to a boil (just use the browning function on your PC). Let that reduce by half until it coats the back of a spoon (or thicker if you like a more gravy-type sauce). On the stove this took about 35 minutes. In a PC browning function it should take about maybe 20. I just honestly ran out of time and when I went to make it the next day (I saved my liquid) we had already eaten about 1/2 of the corned beef. I literally have that liquid now in the freezer.
So when I go to make another one of these I’ll literally use that liquid in my pressure cooker (more flavor) and only add maybe a little more beer and mustard to the mix.
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Tim says
I just made this and the amount of beer wasn’t enough. Had to stop the cooking at the 60 minute mark because it was smoking. Opened it and the corned beef is fine but all of the onions are severely burned and stuck to the pan!!!!
KarenB says
My beer bottles were 12 oz and so I opened two and used 1 1/2 bottles and it just came to the top of my roast. No problem here with that. And I HATE BEER and even had to use a real lane at the grocery store to buy it as you can’t do self check with booze in the cart. Lol
TKWAdmin says
Hey Tim,
Hmmm… for a 3lb flat corned beef you only need a 14-16 ounce bottle of Guinness. How big is your pressure cooker? Did you use gas (stovetop) or electric? The one I used was a 6qrt one and the liquid came up almost to the top of the pressure cooker. The only way it would have ran out of liquid is if you didn’t have a full seal for pressure. I’ve made this about 15 times using the same recipe and have never had it run out of liquid.
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Patrick says
Sounds like the top seal was open if it ran out of liquid?
Patrick says
When you use the saute feature to make the sauce should you have the valve open on the top to allow some evaporation?
TKWAdmin says
Patrick,
I actually never put the lid on when I sauté or brown using my pressure cooker. Having a lid on negates the purpose. You don’t want liquid to form but rather evaporate.
Best Kitchen Wishes!
Liz says
If mine is 5 lb, how much do I need to increase the time by?
TKWAdmin says
Hi Liz I would go maybe 95 minutes. You can always under cook it (if after 90 minutes it’s still slightly tough you can cook it for another 5 min or so under pressure) than over cook it. You can’t fix the latter. I haven’t tested 5 pounds (that’s my next one) but I would think 95 should suffice.
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Rosanne says
I am confused as to why if a 3 lb corned beef takes 90 minutes to cook why did you tell Liz that a 5 lb is only 5 additional minutes? That confused me a bit. Thanks and I can’t WAIT to try this recipe!
Michael says
I just made a 5 pound one and cooked it for 95 minutes. It came out perfectly. Read the instructions – you cook for 95, add the vegetables in and cook for another 3-4 minutes (you’re leaving the corned beef in) then you’re letting it do a natural release. So you’re still “cooking” it another 15-20 minutes with the addition of the veggies as well as the natural release.
This is my favorite recipe ever!
Paul says
Roasanne, when I make roasts in my pressure cooker I’ll do about 55minutes for a 5lb roast.
The trick to “fall off the bone meats” is melting all of the collagen. You can do this if you get the internal temp above I think 180F and hold it there long enough. Above 190F the collagen melts pretty much instantly. I can tell if the collagen has melted by the amount of juice in the cooker, but I always use an instant read thermometer to confirm.
What’s great about modern pressure cookers is most of them don’t really release any steam once they’re up to pressure (so long as you don’t turn up the heat and go over pressure). That means if you cook a roast for 55minutes and it’s done or cook the same roast for 90minutes it’ll still be just as done, but it won’t have that dried out, overcooked texture you’d get from too long in the oven.
I cooked this recipe last night with a 6lb brisket that I had brined for 10 days in the fridge (nobody sells corned beef around me!!) I used 90 minutes and it came out great. I suspect I could have gotten the same results at 60-70 minutes. Modern pressure cookers are amazing! so forgiving!
With a recipe like this where you let the meat sit out for so long before serving, it’s absolutely crucial to follow the “natural pressure release step”. A quick release followed by 10 minutes sitting out on the counter will often lead to dried out meat.