Description
Enjoy a wholesome meal with this easy Slow Cooker Pastrami recipe. Featuring flavorful corned beef, spices, and beer, it’s the perfect comfort food that’s incredibly simple to prepare.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 lbs. corned beef, flat cut
- spice packet that comes with the corned beef
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 3 tbsp. brown sugar
- ½ tsp. ground black pepper
- 5 garlic cloves, peeled, but left whole
- 12 oz. beer
- 3 cups water
- 1 tsp. hickory liquid smoke
- marble rye
- thousand island dressing
- swiss cheese
- sauerkraut
Instructions
- Rinse the corned beef thoroughly to remove excess salt.
- Place the corned beef in the slow cooker.
- Sprinkle the spice packet, onion powder, brown sugar, and black pepper over the beef. Add the garlic cloves.
- Pour in the beer, water, and hickory liquid smoke.
- Cook on LOW for 7-8 hours.
- Transfer the cooked corned beef to a cutting board, let it rest for 5-10 minutes, then slice and serve.
Notes
For added flavor, consider using different types of beers.
Serve on marble rye with toppings of your choice for best results.
Storing leftovers in an airtight container keeps them fresh for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 750mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 90mg