Try these corned beef and cabbage sandwiches! I love the way this whole recipe comes together and you will too.
Every year as we approach St. Patrick’s Day the stores start to put the corned beef briskets in the coolers next to the cabbages. This year, rather than serving your family dry corned beef and soggy cabbage, mix it up with these delicious sandwiches. The mayo is what makes them extra-yummy.
Check out my web story about these amazing sandwiches!
Ingredients:
Pretzel rolls
Beef
1 small/medium corned beef brisket
3 ounces of beer (don’t worry it cooks off)
Juice from packet
Seasoning packet
Cabbage
1 medium head cabbage
2 Tablespoons butter
1/4 cup beer
Celery salt to taste
Mayo
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 Tablespoon horseradish
2 ounces heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire
1 teaspoon mustard (dijon or stone ground)
Pinch celery salt
3 dashes Tabasco
Directions:
In a Dutch oven or another pan with a tight fitting lid, add brisket, all juice, seasoning packet, and 3 ounces of beer. Cover the brisket with a single layer of cabbage leaves from your cabbage head (this will help steam the brisket and lock in the flavor).
Cook at 300 degrees for 4-5 hours, checking fluid level half-way through to ensure no liquid is escaping. This “low and slow” approach will give you a fork-tender brisket that’s easy to shred. (You can also do this in a crockpot) Shred.
Slice and chop the remaining cabbage. Sauté until lightly translucent in butter and 1/4 cup beer sprinkle on celery salt to taste. (Don’t overdo the cabbage so it adds a little crunch to the sandwich.)
Mix mayonnaise, horseradish, cream, Worcestershire, mustard, celery salt, and Tabasco.
Lightly toast buns, and assemble meat, cabbage and mayo. Serve with potatoes or fries. Delicious.
Update: I still make these sandwiches every year and the entire family LOVES them. It’s so easy and just a delicious way to serve classic corned beef and cabbage.
The secret to these corned beef and cabbage sandwiches are really in the sauce. Just like other classic sandwich combos the “special sauce” is in the special sauce, so don’t skip that part!