Awesome. My family usually does not like cooked cabbage, but they loved this.

My family actually enjoyed my yearly St. Patty's day corned beef dinner this year! They even asked for seconds. I'm keeping this recipe for sure. I did make two tiny changes to this recipe - I added the seasoning packet as other users have done and I also poured a bottle of beer over the roast before adding the water to cover. Yum, Yum, Yum! I could eat this every week! (post note on Aug. 5, 2008 - I have made this 3 more times since March! My family actually requests this!)

This was great! I made it even more special by adding the peppercorn spice packet that was packaged with the brisket I used (actually, I think it would have been very bland without it). My brisket was only 3 lbs., so I cooked it only 3 hours. You will know it's ready when you insert a fork, the meat comes up easily. I used fewer ingredients (added the last 20-30 minutes of cooking): 1 onion, about 15 baby carrots, 10 new potatoes (cut in wedges), and only 1 head of cabbage. I served it with 'Irresistible Irish Soda Bread' from this site. The 2nd time I made this, I used a slow cooker. Put the meat, seasoning packet on top of it, onion wedges, and poured in 1/2 cup water. Cooked on low for 6 hours. Took the meat out (leaving the onions and broth), added the potatoes (cut in wedges), then carrots, then cabbage, and cooked on high for 3 hours. Perfect! Wow, what a great Irish meal! Thanks for the recipe!

YUM!! Came out so much better than my experience with a crock pot. Meat was so tender and veggies were cooked to perfection. This is the recipe I will use from now on. Delish!

This was great, I boiled my beef two hours in the morning, then a hour before dinner, layer the cabbage, beef, and potatoes, and boiled for 45 more minutes, perfect.

I thought this recipe was very good. My brisket was considerably smaller, so I didn't add as many vegetables. The corned beef was super-tender, and the vegetables were just right.

Thank you so much Ann for this recipe! I have never been able to get the timing of all the components of a boiled dinner to work. Your recipe did it for me! No mushy potatoes (I used red potatoes because that’s what we like), no overdone cabbage, no soggy carrots, and the brisket was perfection! I added the spice packet that came with the corned beef and some extra caraway seeds. Divine! Thanks again.

This is a family favorite. I have made it several years in row for St. Patrick's day. The only changes I make to this recipe is adding 2 tsp. each of pickling spice and ground mustard. I also add 4-6 cloves of garlic peeled & halved with the meat and onions in the beginning. When taking the onions out the cut up be careful! They are filled with boiling water!

This is almost identical to the wonderful recipe my Norwegian mother used to make. The only difference was that she added peppercorns and a couple of whole bay leaves. This was one of my favorite childhood dishes, and I'm making it right now.

I have been making corned beef dinners this way for years! I always use the seasoning packet that comes with the beef, use the broth over the vegetables, and sprinkle a little malt vinegar over them. A side of horseradish or mustard for dipping the meat goes well also!

Everyone raves that this is the best boiled dinner ever! I also like to make it with Ham. (bone in shoulder picnic style) this adds great flavor!

My husband and all his buddies go crazy over this recipe. Thanks for sharing!

So simple, it was perfect exactly as described. It even got a self proclaimed cabbage hater to demand more!

This was pretty good. I used a three lb. corned beef brisket. I also used baby white potatoes which were a little over done with 30 minutes. I will probably make this again - maybe in a couple years. Corned beef is not something we regularly eat but it was good. Thanks for the recipe. It is super easy and pretty tasty. Also, I added the seasoning that comes with the meat to the water.

A very good starter recipe. Without adding extra spices, this comes out kind of bland. I added garlic, peppercorn and it turned out great: the meat was very tender and the veggies came out perfectly cooked as well. I'll be making this again soon.

I'm sure this is the traditional Irish way to cook corned beef but was looking for something with much more flavour. It was moist but utterly blahh.