“Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit!,” pronounced lah leh PAH-drig SUN-uh gwitch, means “Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!” While my Gaelic skills may be weak, my Guinness chugging game remains strong! People around the world celebrate this traditional Irish drinking holiday with friends and family as they try to conjure up wee little Leprechauns to steal their pot o' gold. It's common knowledge Corned Beef and Cabbage is the standard go-to meal most people around the world enjoy around the St. Patrick's Day holiday, but such a meal typically takes hours away from our drinking fun so why not help ourselves out a bit and make this meal all in a single pressure cooker? Today's recipe, Instant Pot Pressure Cooker St. Patrick's Day Feast with Guinness Corned Beef, is a simple, fairly quick version of our favorite meat and potatoes meal made in less than two hours! If that sounds like something right up your alley, grab a Guinness and stick around as I show you how to entertain your friends and family with a delicious feast and minimal effort.....Let's Get Cooking!
Keeping things as simple as possible, there is almost no prep work needed for this recipe. The main thing that needs to get done is to rinse off the curing liquids your corned beef brisket was packaged in. Pat the corned beef dry and then rub all sides with some brown sugar. Believe it or not, that is all the prep work so we can already move on to cooking this holiday feast! Add the beef stock, Guinness (or your choice of dark stout beer), and garlic to your pressure cooker. Insert the trivet and place your brown sugar rubbed corned beef brisket on top. Don't forget about that pickling spice packet that should have came with the brisket. Sprinkle that over the top of the corned beef and close the lid on the pressure cooker.
Set your pressure cooker to high pressure and cook the corned beef for 90 minutes. It will take a few minutes to build up pressure before it starts cooking so this process will actually take about one hour and 45 minutes. Once your pressure cooker timer goes off after the 90 minute cook time, carefully flip the relief valve and perform a rapid pressure release. When able, remove the trivet with corned beef and set aside for now. Be sure to cover it with aluminum foil as it rests for 15 minutes or so to remain warm.
Leaving your pressure cooker as is with those same cooking liquids, add the baby potatoes (or quartered small red potatoes), baby carrots (or rough chopped regular carrots), and diced onion to the bottom of the pot. Roughly quarter and chop up a head of cabbage before adding it on top of the other veggies. Finally, add some diced onion and you're all set! This will likely completely fill your pressure cooker, but the cabbage will cook down so don't worry about it. Put the lid back on and seal it shut. Keep the same high pressure setting and cook the veggies for 5 minutes. This time, the pressure will build much faster since those cooking liquids are already hot.
After the 5 minute cooking time, repeat the same rapid pressure release and remove the lid when able. Oh baby, look at that deliciousness!
Conveniently, that veggie cook time is about a perfect match to our corned beef rest period so the next step is to slice the brisket. Depending on whether you purchased a flat or point cut, the grain will run in different directions. In fact, even within the cut itself the grain direction may change so pay attention while slicing. Find the grain direction and slice across it so your corned beef remains tender. Slicing with the grain will result in a much chewier texture no one wants so take a second to look and slice the proper direction against the grain.
Turning our attention back to the veggies, simply strain off the extra cooking liquids into a pot or bowl to use as a corned beef Au Jus dipping sauce. You can also just dump it down the drain if you wish because this pressure cooked corned beef is juicy and tender as is so it doesn't even need an Au Jus. Anyway, I digress, so remove the veggies and place them onto your serving platter or dish. The potatoes, carrots, and onion should be soft all the way through, and the cabbage should be softened but still have a little bit of texture to it. Other than that, this St. Patrick's Day Feast is ready for the party!
In less than 2 hours we have made an entire St. Patty's Day Feast from start to finish! You just can't beat the timing or that tender, juicy corned beef and perfectly cooked veggies. You can skip the potatoes, carrots, and onion, of course, and just do the corned beef and cabbage the exact same way if that is all you are after for your meal. I would recommend dropping the cabbage only time down to 3-4 minutes since the 5 minute timer was mostly geared towards the potatoes and carrots. Otherwise, the process and results should be the exact same! Will this Instant Pot Pressure Cooker St. Patrick's Day Feast make an appearance in your home the next time March 17th rolls around? It is hard not to love this one, folks, as it barely takes any effort and leaves plenty of time for drinks and fun so pull out that pressure cooker and make your friends and family happy as ever.......Just Keep Cooking!
INSTANT POT PRESSURE COOKER ST PATTY'S DAY FEAST WITH GUINNESS CORNED BEEF
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