This Keto Corned Beef And Cabbage Recipe can be made using leftover corned beef or corned beef picked up from your local deli. Plus, this tasty recipe only calls for a few basic ingredients and can be on the table in less than 30 minutes!
Usually when making corned beef and cabbage you need to cure and brine a beef brisket then cook it low and slow with lots of fragrant seasonings.
Instead of cooking an entire beef brisket, though, I made this recipe quick and easy by using leftover corned beef or by using corned beef from the deli section of the grocery store.
When ordering corned beef at the deli, you will be asked to pick a number indicating the thickness of the meat.
It's a scale from 1 to 5 and the higher the number the thicker the cut.
I wouldn't recommend cutting it extremely thin, but anywhere from a 3 to a 5 should be good. I usually cut mine at a 3.
Or, if you prefer to make homemade corned beef, check out this Crock Pot Corned Beef from A Dash Of Megnut, it looks delicious!
For low-carb
Traditional recipes consist of corned beef & cabbage (of course!), onion, carrots, and potatoes.
Potatoes obviously have a lot of carbs so I left them out, but surprisingly cabbage has a lot of carbs too!!!
And since the recipe is corned beef and cabbage I couldn't leave the cabbage out!
I went ahead and wrote the recipe using an entire head of cabbage which makes each serving have 10 net carbs, but I tried it with only ½ head of cabbage and it was just as good and brings the net carbs down to only 5.
So to make this recipe lower-carb, just reduce the cabbage by half. However, the serving size (¼ of the recipe) will be slightly smaller.
🔪 Easy instructions
Start by cutting up ½ an onion and 1 carrot. If you don't mind 2 extra carbs, you can use 3 carrots and a whole onion 👍
Saute the veggies in bacon fat over medium heat until tender.
While you don't have to use bacon fat, I highly recommend it because it gives the dish great flavor!!
Once the veggies are tender, core and coarsely chop a head of cabbage. Add the cabbage to the skillet along with ⅓ Cup of water.
Cover, leaving the lid slightly vented, and cook for around 10 minutes. The cabbage should be getting tender but still have a slight bite to it.
While the cabbage is cooking, cut the corned beef into bite-sized squares.
Add the corned beef to the skillet and cook an additional 3 minutes, or until the beef is heated through and the cabbage is tender.
Season with salt, pepper, and celery seed powder. Then, serve with Low-Carb Thousand Island Dressing and enjoy!!!
💭 Top tips
- When buying corned beef from the deli, have it cut on the thicker side - from a three to a five.
- To reduce the carbs, only use ½ head of cabbage. I've made this dish only using ½ head of cabbage and it tastes just as good!
- I recommend using bacon fat because it adds great flavor! If you don't have bacon fat though, you can sub butter or avocado oil.
- Even though this can be eaten plain, I recommend serving it with Low-Carb Thousand Island Dressing! It adds a little something extra and takes the dish to the next level.
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📖 Recipe
Quick & Easy Keto Corned Beef And Cabbage
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. Bacon Fat - avocado oil or butter can be substituted
- ½ small Onion - peeled and chopped
- 1 medium Carrot - peeled and chopped
- 1 Head Cabbage - cored and coarsely chopped, can reduce to ½ head for lower carbs
- ⅓ Cup Water
- 1 Lb. Leftover Corned Beef or Corned Beef From The Deli
- ½ tsp. Sea Salt
- Ground Pepper - to taste
- ¼ tsp. Celery Seed Powder
- Keto Thousand Island Dressing - for serving
Instructions
- Chop the carrot and onion and set them aside.
- In a large skillet or dutch oven, add the bacon fat and melt over medium heat. Add the carrots and onion and saute until tender, around 5 minutes.
- Add the chopped cabbage and water. Cover, leaving the lid slightly vented, and cook 10 minutes or until cabbage is mostly tender but still has a slight bite to it. Stir occasionally as needed.
- Cut the corned beef into bite-sized pieces and add to the skillet. Cover, leaving the lid slightly vented, and cook until the beef is heated through and the cabbage is tender - around 3 minutes.
- Season with salt, pepper, and celery seed powder. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
- Serve drizzled with Keto Thousand Island Dressing.
- Leftover without dressing can be stored in the fridge for 2 to 3 days.
Add Your Own Notes
Notes
- Nutrition Facts do not include dressing. To reduce the carbs only use ½ head of cabbage, which would make each serving have 5 net carbs. However, the serving size of ¼ of the recipe wouldn't be quite as large.
- When buying corned beef from the deli, have it cut on the thicker side - from a three to a five.
- I recommend using bacon fat because it adds great flavor! If you don't have bacon fat though, you can sub butter or avocado oil.
- Even though this can be eaten plain, I recommend serving it with Keto Thousand Island Dressing! It adds a little something extra and takes the dish to the next level.
Nutrition
NET CARBS = Total Carbs - Fiber - Allulose - Xylitol
Nutritional information is approximate and may vary. Sugar alcohols, xylitol, and allulose are included in the total carbs and fiber.
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E From A says
So, basically you reduced the serving size. You took all that stuff out, but the only way to get less net carbs per serving is if you used fewer ingredients, but had the same number of servings as the original recipe, which made each serving size smaller than it would have been in the original recipe. If you reduced the amount of ingredients, that would produce a smaller amount of this recipe. In most cases, you would then reduce the number of servings, which would put your net carbs at the exact same amount as the original recipe. So essentially, you don't have to take anything out. You can just reduce the serving size.
Cassidy Stauffer says
Yes, you can just reduce the serving size if that's what you prefer 🙂 The serving size of the recipe as written is quite large - it's 1/4 of the entire recipe and very filling!
-Cassidy
Angela Sackett says
This looks delicious! How do you find corned beef that's Whole 30 compliant? Can't wait to give it a try. 🙂
Cassidy Stauffer says
Hi Angela!
Unless I mis-read the package, I found some Whole30 corned beef in the deli section at Target! I just asked to get it sliced 🙂
-Cassidy
Shelby says
Yum, I cannot wait to make this, my mouth is watering right now! I'll come back and let you know when we have had a chance to try it!
Cassidy says
Thank you Shelby! I hope you like it!!!
-Cassidy