Tried something a little different this year...

[SeattleVet]

instead of the usual corned beef & cabbage, I did a grilled corned beef with grilled cabbage.

I simmered the corned beef for about an hour to reduce the salt content a bit, then rubbed it with the spices from the packet and put it at one edge of the grill, and had the opposite side on low (indirect heat - thermometer showed about 250 degrees inside the grill). The cabbage I cored, then slathered with minced garlic, salt, pepper, and about 1/4 stick of butter, wrapped in foil and put next to the corned beef.

A little over 3 hours later:





(red potatoes and carrots were cooked in the water I'd simmered the beef in, to kick up a little flavor and seasoning)

Off the grill and opened the foil, then grated some grana padrano over the top of the cabbage.

Stunningly delicious! I've done grilled corned beef before, but never the cabbage this way. It pretty much steams in the foil, melts the butter which carried the garlic all the way through. I'll definitely be doing this again, and will experiment with some different seasonings on the brisket and the cabbage. The cabbage should be very good with a nice spicy cajun type of seasoning.

[CherokeeDem]

1. I am dying to taste this...

the cabbage looks amazing....going to fix some tomorrow night that way...might try the cajun seasoning per your suggestion.

Thanks!!!

[LeftofObama]

2. That looks delicious!

I'm not even a big fan of corned beef and cabbage, but I'd dig in to that!

[SeattleVet]

3. I got the idea from here:

http://grillinfools.com/blog/2010/03/04/grilled-corned-beef-and-cabbage-just-in-time-for-st-pattys-day/

and modified it to suit the time and materials I had at hand.

I didn't smoke anything this year; just the indirect heat side of the grill for both items. The cabbage recipe they have at the site is pretty close to what I did, minus the smoking after unwrapping.

The cabbage was done just about perfectly in a little over 3 hours with the grill around 250-300 degrees.

Good luck, and enjoy!

[Warpy]

4. That sounds a lot better than the usual boiled mess

One thing I was always grateful to my mother for was that she never inflicted on us, either in the form of corned beef & cabbage or the New England boiled dinner.

This preparation sounds worth doing and would probably work as well in the oven.

[Callalily]

5. Super interesting concept!