New England Boiled Dinner
also called boiled dinner · corned beef and cabbage · Yankee boiled dinner · corned beef dinner
- One Pot
- serves 6
- recipe says 4 hr
- Stews & Braises
Also written for Slow Cooker (1 to wash).
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| The beef takes three hours, the roots twenty minutes, the cabbage fifteen. They go in backwards from the end. | ||||
| 4 lb(1.8 kg; rinsed)corned beef brisket | simmer 3 hr, barely moving | simmer the roots 20 min | simmer the cabbage 15 min | rest 15 min, carve across the grain |
| 4 qt(3.8 L; to cover)water | ||||
| 2bay leaves | ||||
| 1 tspblack peppercorns | ||||
| 1 large(halved)yellow onion | ||||
| 2 lb(900 g; halved)Yukon Gold potatoes | ||||
| 6 medium(cut in 2-in lengths)carrots | ||||
| 1 medium(peeled and wedged)turnip | ||||
| 1 small(cut in 6 wedges through the core)green cabbage | ||||
| 1/4 cup(chopped)flat-leaf parsley | ||||
| 2 Tbsgrainy mustard | ||||
| Keep the pot at a shiver. Ladle some over the sliced meat and keep the rest for soup. | ||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.13 things to get out.
Pans and tools
Before anything else
2simmer 3 hr, barely moving
3simmer the roots 20 min
goes in with what step 2 made
4simmer the cabbage 15 min
goes in with what step 3 made
5rest 15 min, carve across the grain
goes in with what step 4 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- 3 hr 50 min
- Needs you
- none of itthe rest you can walk away from
- If you get it wrong
- Narrow — a rolling boil squeezes the brisket into string that ten degrees lower would have made tender
- What you'll wash
- One thing — the stockpot
- Does it keep
- 3 days — the brisket keeps and the cabbage does not: grey and sulphurous by the next morning
simmer 3 hr, barely moving
3 hrwalk awayfrom the start
simmer the roots 20 min
20 minwalk away3 hr in
simmer the cabbage 15 min
15 minwalk away3 hr 20 min in
rest 15 min, carve across the grain
15 minwalk away3 hr 35 min in
- you can walk away
You'll need stockpot
See how it is written
>> title: New England Boiled Dinner
>> category: Stews & Braises
>> tags: beef, corned beef, cabbage, one-pot, simmer, dinner
>> counters: One Pot
>> aka: boiled dinner, corned beef and cabbage, Yankee boiled dinner, corned beef dinner
>> servings: 6
>> time: 4 hr
>> slack: narrow — a rolling boil squeezes the brisket into string that ten degrees lower would have made tender
>> washing-up: the stockpot
>> keeps: 3 days — the brisket keeps and the cabbage does not: grey and sulphurous by the next morning
>> step: The beef takes three hours, the roots twenty minutes, the cabbage fifteen. They go in backwards from the end.
One pot, and the whole discipline is the order things go into it.
>> step: simmer 3 hr, barely moving
Simmer @corned beef brisket{4%lb}(1.8 kg; rinsed) in a #stockpot{} for ~simmer{3%hr} with @water{4%qt}(3.8 L; to cover), @bay leaves{2}, @black peppercorns{1%tsp}, @yellow onion{1%large}(halved).
>> step: simmer the roots 20 min
Add @Yukon Gold potatoes{2%lb}(900 g; halved), @carrots{6%medium}(cut in 2-in lengths), @turnip{1%medium}(peeled and wedged) to @&(~1)pot{} and ~simmer{20%min}.
>> step: simmer the cabbage 15 min
Add @green cabbage{1%small}(cut in 6 wedges through the core) to @&(~1)pot{} and ~simmer{15%min}, until a knife goes through the stem.
>> step: rest 15 min, carve across the grain
Lift @&(~1)boiled dinner{} out with @flat-leaf parsley{1/4%cup}(chopped), @grainy mustard{2%Tbs}, and ~rest{15%min} before carving the brisket across the grain.
>> step: Keep the pot at a shiver. Ladle some over the sliced meat and keep the rest for soup.
Keep the pot at a shiver, never a boil. Ladle a little of it over the sliced meat, and keep the rest for soup.