Apple and Brown Sugar Corned Beef

Savory-sweet corned beef briskets with the traditional trimmings of potatoes, carrots, and cabbage simmer slowly in apple juice, brown sugar, and mustard.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 672 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup brown sugar
• 4 cups apple juice
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 2 (3 pound) corned beef briskets with spice packets
• 4 carrots, cut into chunks
• 2 onions, cut into 8 wedges
• 20 small red potatoes, scrubbed
• 1 head cabbage, cored and cut into large chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Pour the apple juice into a large slow cooker, and mix in the brown sugar and mustard, stirring until the brown sugar has dissolved. Mix in the contents of the spice packets, and lay the briskets into the apple juice mixture. Top with red potatoes, carrots, onions, and cabbage chunks. Push all ingredients into the liquid.

Step 2

Cover and cook on High until corned beef is very tender, 4 to 5 hours; or cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours. Slice meat thinly across the grain, and serve with vegetables.