Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! My Scotch-Irish, green eyes were really smiling over this Corned Beef Colcannon Casserole for many wonderful, and surprising reasons!
Firstly, this is all done in one pan! Oh yea. Can’t beat that, right?
It comes together easily and quickly. Always a plus when you’re tired or under the weather. 😉
It’s VERY inexpensive to make, always a bonus! 😉
It tasted surprisingly fantastic!! Better than I had anticipated!
And my hubby actually loved it, who swears he hates corned beef as well as cabbage! A miracle in itself!
So this dish really made my night! And I hope that it makes yours, too, and soon!
I simply started off by sautéing a half of a head of cabbage that I had leftover from my Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Stew that I recently made, with some onions, butter and seasonings in my cast iron skillet until tender. If you don’t have a cast iron pan like this, I highly recommend that you take the leap and just get one! Or, you could of course, use a dutch oven that can be used on both the stovetop as well as go into the oven. That should work nicely, too.
When that mixture was nice and tender, I added the corned beef and sautéed another minute or so to “frizzle” it. I removed it all with a slotted spoon into a bowl, wiped out the pan, and coated it with butter.
Then you just whip up the simple no-cook sauce, slice the potatoes nice and thin, grate the swiss cheese, and start layering!
First the potatoes, then some of the corned beef and cabbage mixture, part of the cheese, and drizzle with the easy no-cook sauce. I repeated this to make three beautiful layers using extra cheese on the top!
You then just pop this baby into the oven and relax until suppertime! I enjoyed a few festive green beers while I cleaned up the kitchen! 😉
This is hearty and filling enough that you really don’t need to serve much with it.
A nice chunk of Irish Soda Bread, or even some rye bread toast, (which is what we ended up having), is plenty! Your meat and veggies are already in there.
So if you’re looking for an easy, inexpensive casserole to chase away the chills, that tastes surprisingly delicious….then you have the luck o’ the Irish on your side!
As this is one pot o’ gold of a recipe to try!! 😉
I so hope that you enjoy it as much as we do! And keep this in mind for St. Paddy’s Day for a main dish or side dish, too! (You can make this into a side dish or vegetarian by eliminating the corned beef)! Either way, everyone’s eyes will be smiling! 😉
Have a fantastic day!
♣ Sláinte! 😉 😀♣
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Yield: 8 servings *Can sub 1 thick slice (1 lb.) deli corned beef or 3 (2 oz.) packages Buddig Corned beef, diced.Ingredients
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**My cast iron skillet measures 10" across and is 3" deep. It holds 3 cups MORE than a 2½ quart baking dish, which would be too small for this. So a dutch oven would be a good alternative if you don't have the same sized cast iron skillet.