NOTE: Please see the recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage for complete instructions. This video leaves out these instructions from the recipe: “Rinse brisket; discard brine. Place in a large pot. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Add onion, celery, and carrot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until very tender, 3 to 3-1/2 hours.” It is important to discard the brine solution and add new water to the pot before you boil the beef. Do not boil the corned beef in the brine.
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Looks wicked yummy! I'll have to try brining next time I make Boiled Dinner.
NOTE: Please see the recipe for full instructions. Namely, this step is not in the video: "Rinse brisket; discard brine. Place in a large pot. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Add onion, celery, and carrot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until very tender, 3 to 3-1/2 hours." It is important to discard the brine solution and add new water to the pot before you boil the beef. Do not boil the corned beef in the brine.
Please see the recipe for full instructions on how to brine and prepare the brisket for cooking.
I will say, that it really does make a difference to brine the brisket yourself. We shoot these videos in my kitchen so I had the great luck of storing and eating the leftovers ;-)
The home made corned beef was very flavorful. By contrast I noticed that store bought corned beef has a metallic "processed" flavor to it.
Corned Beef and Cabbage (a k a New England Boiled Dinner) is my favorite meal and the one thing I ask for every birthday. After we shot this video I ate Corned Beef, Cabbage and roasted vegetables for four days. Yum!
I would use Kosher salt as opposed to table salt.
I don't know about corned beef but brining definitely helps make poultry tender and juicier. ;)
She left out the part about taking the brisket out of the brine and:
"Rinse brisket; discard brine. Place in a large pot. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Add onion, celery, and carrot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until very tender, 3 to 3-1/2 hours."
