Slow Cooker Maple Mustard Corned Beef
118 Comments Mar 11, 2020
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This easy Slow Cooker Maple Mustard Corned Beef combines ingredients that yield a delicious homemade mustard glaze and fork tender beef, which is perfect for a change of pace on St. Patrick’s Day (or any other day!).
If you like corned beef and need a variety of ways to cook it, try my Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage or Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup recipes.
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For the last few years, I’ve made a standard Corned Beef and Cabbage meal. Though that meal turns out great, I really wanted to step this meal up a notch. The first thing I did differently was to ditch that pickling seasoning packet that comes with the corned beef.
Another recipe we make this time of year is slow cooker corned beef hash! It’s great with an over-easy egg. That, along with this maple mustard-flavored recipe are super easy to make. All you need are just a few key ingredients and your slow cooker.
Recipe Ingredients
- Corned Beef: For this recipe, I use a 3 lb. flat-cut corned beef roast. Remember to ditch the spice packet.
- Cooking Oil: For searing the beef prior to slow cooking it.
- Maple Syrup – The star of the show! You can use pancake syrup (that’s what I use!) It really goes well with the salty corned beef.
- Yellow Mustard – I have many fans ask what kind of mustard is this? I use the kind of mustard everyone has in their fridge (yellow table mustard).
- Other Seasonings – Black pepper, and two minced garlic cloves, are all the other flavors needed for this tasty recipe.
- {The full recipe is in the recipe card below the images}
Variations
Any cut of corned beef works well for this recipe. Use what is on sale, as it can get pricey.
Instead of yellow table mustard, you can use Dijon mustard or whole-grain mustard.
Carrots can be added to the crockpot as well, for they taste great with the sweet maple mustard sauce.
Step-by-Step Directions
- Choose a corned beef, I use flat cut if I can find it though point cut works great too!
- Gather your ingredients; cooking oil to brown the corned beef, maple syrup, yellow mustard, garlic and black pepper.
- Mix together the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- Brown the corned beef on all sides.
- Pour the maple-mustard mixture over the corned beef. Place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook for 7 hours on LOW.
- Serve and enjoy.
What goes good with this?
- Slow Cooker Colcannon Potatoes (pictured) these are mashed potatoes with cabbage and bacon!
- Mashed Red Potatoes – so easy to make on the stove top.
- Steamed Cabbage (or Slow Cooker Cabbage)
- Slow Cooker Candied Carrots
My other favorite recipes for St. Patrick’s Day:
- Beer Bread – Recipe by Vintage Recipe Tin
- Slow Cooker Classic Corned Beef and Cabbage
- Slow Cooker Guinness Corned Beef and Cabbage
- Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew
- Slow Cooker Pastrami
- Slow Cooker Reuben Sandwiches
Slow Cooker Maple Mustard Corned Beef
Ingredients
- 3 lb. flat cut corned beef roast, ditch the spice packet
- 2 tsp. cooking oil
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup yellow mustard
- ¼ tsp. black pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
Instructions
- Rinse, then pat the corned beef dry with a paper towel.
- Set a large skillet on the stove top to medium-high heat. Add cooking oil to coat the bottom of the pan. When the oil is hot, brown the meat on all sides.
- Place the browned corned beef into the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl mix together the maple syrup, mustard, pepper, and garlic clove. Pour this sauce over the corned beef in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook and LOW for 7 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Serve with desired sides, I made mashed red potatoes, steamed carrots and cabbage.
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Sarah’s Notes
- Colcannon Potatoes or Mashed Red Potaotes
- Steamed Cabbage
- Buttery Steamed Carrots
- Any cut of corned beef works well for this recipe. Use what is on sale, as it can get pricey.
- Instead of yellow table mustard, you can use Dijon mustard or whole-grain mustard.
- Carrots can be added to the crockpot as well for they taste great with the sweet maple mustard sauce.
Nutrition
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My family loved this recipe! My daughter and I put the Juice over the cabbage and potatoes, if paired deliciously.
I’m leary of corned beef (mainly because of that spice packet), but my husband is Irish so I made this for St Patrick’s Day. It came out so tender and tasty with the simple but delicious maple/mustard sauce. Thanks for the recipe! I think I will dispense with the spice packet from now on as I think corned beef tastes so good without it.
Can I use Dijon mustard instead of yellow?
Yes, that’s a great idea.
So so good, I’ll admit we were sceptical about not adding any liquid but you proved us wrong, it was perfect! We cooked our 1.6 pounder for 6 hours and it was so tender and flavourable. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s sandwiches!!
Can the cabbage be cooked with the corned beef. Would it go on top?
I have not tried the recipe yet but it sounds so good.
I’m unsure how the cabbage would taste with the maple mustard sauce.