Air Fryer Corned Beef

4.67 from 6 votes

Air Fryer Corned Beef

Air Fryer Corned Beef is easy to make and turns out tender and juicy every time. This one-pot meal with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes is a definite crowd-pleaser!

Prep Time15

Cook Time2

Total Time2 15

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: air fryer corned beef, corned beef and cabbage, how to cook corned beef

Servings:

Author: Katerina | Diethood

Equipment

Ingredients

3 pound corned beef brisket with spice packet save the spice packet for later use or discard it
⅓ cup Dijon mustard
¼ cup brown sugar
10 baby potatoes quartered
3 large carrots cut into ¼-inch coins
½ head small cabbage roughly chopped
1½ tablespoons olive oil divided
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Prep. Preheat air fryer to 360˚F.
Prepare the corned beef. Mix the Dijon mustard and brown sugar together in a bowl. Brush the corned beef brisket with the Dijon mustard mixture.
Wrap in foil. Set the brisket on a large sheet of foil greased with cooking spray. Wrap the foil around the brisket; seal it closed.
Cook. Place the corned beef in the air fryer basket and cook for 50 minutes. Then, pull the foil back and continue to cook for 40 minutes.
Let it rest. Transfer the brisket to a cutting board and let it rest for 10 minutes.
Season the vegetables. In the meantime, combine the potatoes and carrots in a large bowl and toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.
Cook the vegetables. Transfer the potatoes and carrots to the air fryer basket and cook them at 400˚F for 15 minutes.
Prep the cabbage. Meanwhile, toss the cabbage with the remaining olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Add the cabbage. When the 15 minutes are up, shake the potatoes and carrots, then add in the cabbage. Continue to cook for 8 to 10 more minutes or until the veggies are tender.
Serve. Thinly slice the corned beef and serve with the veggies.

Notes

Corned Beef is made with beef brisket, a cured tough cut of meat that needs to be cooked low and slow. It also comes in two cuts; flat and point. For this recipe, you want to use the flat cut, which is meatier and easier to cook.
Spice Packet: Use the spice packet that comes with the corned beef if you choose to do so. I did not use it in this recipe because it overpowers the flavors of brown sugar and dijon mustard.
Vegetables: I used root vegetables here, but if you want to use anything other than these veggies, you absolutely can; adjust the cooking time accordingly.
Against the Grain: Slice the beef against the grain, which means cutting against the directions the muscle fibers run. This holds true for all cuts of meat. This makes the meat more tender and less chewy.

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