This year, prepare a feast that will make your family look forward to St. Patrick's Day as much as they do to Thanksgiving. Traditional Corned Beef Brisket Don't let cooking a corned beef brisket scare you. It's very simple and does not require much fuss. Corned beef briskets come already cured and ready to cook. Most even come with their own little plastic bag of seasonings you can add to the cooking water.
Corned beef is simply a cut of beef that has been cured in a pickling solution, or brine.
It's a tender cut of meat that is well marbled and very tender. The vegetables cooked along with the meat are usually carrots, cabbage and potatoes. The meat is simply boiled along with the vegetables, then removed, shredded and returned to the pot. Leftover corned beef can be used in a variety of ways. Shred the meat and cook it with diced potatoes and cooked cabbage to make a hash .