Air Fryer Corned Beef

How will this dish make your life easier?

If you love to make corned beef for St Patrick's Day every year, but want a fast, easy, and hands off method? This air fryer corned beef with veggies is the answer.

This small batch recipe requires no additional spices, when you use the pickling spice pack.

Want to make corned beef in your Instant Pot instead? Try this Instant Pot Corned Beef recipe. It's just as easy. You only need to add water to this recipe.

Buy a 1-2 pounds and have enough leftover corned beef for a reuben sandwich or corned beef hash. You can also buy 3-4 pounds (which is much easier found) and freeze for later or make 6-8 servings.

Wonder if you should get an Air Fryer? Here's some info for you.

Ingredients

Scroll down to the Air Fryer corned beef recipe card for the amounts of each ingredient, but here's a quick visual + description of what's in this recipe.

• Corned Beef: to make a small batch (for 2-3 people) use 1-1.5 pounds of corned beef. Add the spices for a punch of flavor!.
• Green Cabbage: It's classic with corned beef. Add it straight to your Air Fryer for crispy edges.
• Yukon Gold Potatoes: I love yukon gold potatoes, they get nice and soft in this recipe. But don't look super great after. You can boil them to look better, or even make some mashed potatoes like 'Roasted' Garlic Mashed Potatoes.
• Carrot: if you like cooked carrots, definitely use one. You can roast them for a different texture.

Instructions

Scroll down to the recipe card for more detailed instructions. Here's a quick overview + photos to see how to make this recipe in general.

The first step to make your air fryer corned beef is to cut up your vegetables and corned beef, if needed.

Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the basket. It needs to be big enough to completely cover the beef and vegetables. Place beef in foil, sprinkle portion of seasoning packet over beef, fold edges together to create a packet.

Note: rinse meat off for slightly less salty corned beef.

Replace basket in fryer. Cook air fryer corned beef at 360 degrees for 60 minutes.

After it's cooked for 60 minutes, add vegetables to your air fryer corned beef, just enough to fit in the basket. Seal foil packet. Cook at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.

Test doneness of potatoes and slice a thin slice off corned beef to determine doneness. Taste test, if it's too chewy, cook at 20 minute increments until your air fryer corned beef is tender. Remove vegetables if they're done.

Substitutions/Tips

• Cabbage, baby potatoes, and carrots are great with this air fryer corned beef.
• If you bought a 3+ pound corned beef, slice 1-1.5 pounds off to cook. It needs to fit into your air fryer.
• Look for corned beef with seasoning in a packet instead of already added to the beef, it'll be too salty without boiling it in lots of water.
• Your corned beef may be up to temperature (145 degrees F) after 60 minutes, but it won't be very tender.
• Other great add-ins: other vegetables or no vegetables.

How do I make Instant Pot Corned Beef?

Here's the recipe for IP Corned Beef. It's super tender and easy to make.

How can I repurpose?

Add leftover Air Fryer corned beef to a reuben sandwich or make corned beef hash for breakfast. You can freeze leftover cooked or uncooked corned beef.

Place cooked corned beef slices in air fryer to heat up for leftovers. Cook at 400 for 1-3 minutes.

What can I make with leftover ingredients?

• Cabbage: Korean Beef Bulgogi, Red Wine Vinegar Coleslaw, Warm Kale Salad, or Veggie Tacos.
• Carrots: Red Wine Vinegar Coleslaw, Pan Fried Pork Chops with Apples, Roasted Winter Veggies, or this White Bean & Farro Salad.
• Potatoes: Cheesy Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Baked Salmon in Parchment Paper, No-Mayo Potato Salad, Pan Seared Pork Chops, and Cajun Shrimp Foil Packets.