Leftover corned beef soup using your leftover corned beef brisket from St. Patricks Day! Make this chowder in your Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or on your stovetop tonight!
I just threw together this corned beef soup and it came out creamy and fantastic! Perfect lunch for me. If you’re wondering what’s the best leftover corned beef recipe I think I have it here! We made it and added it to our list of easy Instant Pot recipes. (affiliate links present)
Table of Contents
- What can you do with leftover corned beef?
- Leftover Corned Beef Chowder Recipe
- Leftover Corned Beef Soup without Cabbage
- Leftover Corned Beef Soup
- What can I do with leftover corned beef liquid?
- Instant Pot Corned Beef Soup
- Pressure cooker corned beef soup
- Can you freeze leftover corned beef?
- How do you thaw frozen corned beef?
- Leftover corned beef recipes
- What goes well with corned beef
- Corned beef chowder
- Corned Beef Soup Leftover Recipe
- Leftover Corned Beef Soup Recipe
What can you do with leftover corned beef?
You can make this recipe in your Ninja Foodi, Crockpot Express or on your stovetop too. I have you covered! Bet you didn’t completely finish your hunk of meat yesterday did you?? Well as good as corned beef brisket is you never want to throw even a bite of it away. Just dice it up on day 2 and make this!
Leftover Corned Beef Chowder Recipe
THIS is the best way to use leftover corned beef ever. You’ll agree with me once you have a bowl of this goodness. Even if yours has become a bit dry in the fridge this will liven it up and make it delicious once again.
If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.
For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.
Leftover Corned Beef Soup without Cabbage
For this you aren’t going to use any cabbage. I will say flat out that whatever you have left in that regard should just be thrown out. You know how I hate to waste food but it just doesn’t save well, and certainly wouldn’t reheat well in a soup. It would just become mush. Use a new drained can of veggies instead.
I had everything I needed in my fridge. To begin with this is what I added. I used frozen vegetables but you could use canned, they will just become softer. Onions go in just about everything I make so those were a given. Since this is a chowder of sorts you don’t need a ton of meat to make it amazing.
One bite sized piece in every spoonful is great, so even if you only have about 1 cup you’ll be good to go still.
Leftover Corned Beef Soup
We made our Instant Pot corned beef and cabbage recipe again this year. Our piece was about 3.5 lbs. which left about 1.5 cups of diced leftover corned beef. A perfect amount for this Instant Pot corned beef chowder we called it.
Cooking corned beef and cabbage has never been easier with the existence of pressure cookers nowadays. Just incredible I tell you. Fall apart goodness with TONS of flavor which is why I say to season when it is done.
What can I do with leftover corned beef liquid?
Save it and once it cools down you should save it in a sealed mason jar to make this the next day. It is a great alternative to beef broth, especially when making soup with corned beef leftovers. Corned beef broth has tons of flavor in it, I want to taste that in this and will provide enough salt so you don’t need to add any more.
- We are trying to decrease our salt intake as a whole
- Some beef broth’s have a lot of sodium in them already
At the end of the day it is up to you whether you add salt during the cooking process or at the end.
Instant Pot Corned Beef Soup
No matter whether you baked, smoked or made air fryer corned beef brisket the night before this will work great. Just dice what you have into bite size pieces and throw it right in.
- Leftover corned beef
- Chopped into bite sized pieces
- Leaving caraway seeds in the mix is fine
- Beef broth
- We used this low sodium container
- Could opt for chicken broth if you desire
- Onion
- Heavy whipping cream
- Cornstarch
- Frozen mixed vegetables
- Can use canned but they will come out much softer
- Salt and pepper to taste
- I don’t feel a lot is necessary because the meat has a lot in it already
If you wanted the addition of some shredded cabbage you could add that at the end when it’s on the saute function to soften.
Pressure cooker corned beef soup
What if you want to make corned beef chowder on the stovetop? You can do that too like we did initially to cook our dutch oven corned beef shown below.
- I have directions for that in the recipe card below
- There are really no changes other than to put first 4 ingredients in a pot, heat to medium
- could add chopped cabbage and potatoes diced very small in there too if you wanted
- Cover and bring to a boil over medium heat until boiling
- Then reduce heat to low.
- Allow your soup to stay on a slow rolling boil until meat and vegetables soften to your liking
- this typically takes 20 minutes or so
- Use cornstarch and whipping cream mixture to thicken at the end
I haven’t made this in a corned beef and cabbage soup in a slow cooker but I imagine you could put all ingredients (minus whipping cream & cornstarch) on low for 4-6 hours. Then whisk last 2 together and add at end allowing them to heat on high for 30-60 min.
Can you freeze leftover corned beef?
It’s recommended to drain the brine because salt encourages rancidity and texture changes. Of course the flavors and texture will diminish with prolonged freezing, but the product is still safe to consume. After cooking, it’s best for leftover corned beef to be refrigerated for 3 to 4 days max, and frozen for about 2 to 3 months for best quality.
How do you thaw frozen corned beef?
Put the meat in a pot large enough to pot or pan to catch any drippings. Place the roast in your refrigerator. Allow it to stay in there until the beef has defrosted, this is the best method even though it takes time.
Depending on the size and weight of the meat, this can take 2 to 5 days. We even have an Instant Pot frozen corned beef recipe now.
Leftover corned beef recipes
- We love our homemade corned beef hash recipe
- You can of course make corned beef sandwiches too
We usually don’t have enough to make more than 1 more dish out of our cut but there have been times. Above is our corned beef potato hash with a creamy addictive twist!
What goes well with corned beef
- Slice baked apples with brown sugar sliced really thin and rewarm it on top, or spoon a bit of applesauce over the top
- Cranberry sauce can be paired with it too for a salty sweet meal
- Warm a piece and serve it with a garlic pickle on the side too for an over the top dish.
Corned beef mustard is one of my favorites for dipping those bites. sweet chili sauce is a great dip too.
Corned beef chowder
Printable recipe is below with nutritional information too.
I have a printable recipe card for you below but here is a quick step by step so you can get an idea of how this was done:
Corned Beef Soup Leftover Recipe
Dice your leftover corned beef into small bite size pieces. Add this, your diced onion, frozen mixed vegetables and beef broth into your pressure cooker.
- Can add salt now, I choose to season at the end (some corned beef and broth already has a lot of salt in it)
- If cooking on a pot on your stovetop put on medium heat. Allow it to come to a rolling boil stirring it until the vegetables are as soft as you’d like and meat has softened.
- In an Instant Pot, set to high pressure for 2 minutes. Allow to naturally release for 5 minutes, then let out rest of steam.
- Whisk together your whipping cream and cornstarch in a separate bowl until all lumps are gone.
- Turn your pressure cooker off, then press saute and wait until it begins to bubble. Pour your cornstarch mixture in and allow to bubble for about 2 minutes, stirring, so chowder/soup thickens. Serve!
- If making on stovetop add cornstarch mixture once your vegetables are softened to your desired texture, stir until it is as thick as you want it.
Remove from heat and serve immediately. We like to serve this with a side of rolls.
Leftover Corned Beef Soup
Ingredients
- 1.5 c corned beef, or more, diced, this is how much we used
- 3/4 c onion, diced
- 2 c beef broth
- 1 c frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 c heavy whipping cream
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp salt, optional, I suggest seasoning when it is done
Instructions
- Dice your leftover corned beef into small bite size pieces. Add this, your diced onion, frozen mixed vegetables and beef broth into your pressure cooker. Can add salt now, I choose to season at the end (some corned beef and broth already has a lot of salt in it)If cooking on a pot on your stovetop put on medium heat.
- Set your pressure cooker to high pressure for 2 minutes. Allow to naturally release for 5 minutes, then let out rest of steam.If making on the stovetop allow it to come to a rolling boil stirring it until the vegetables are as soft as you’d like and meat has softened.
- Whisk together your whipping cream and cornstarch in a separate bowl until all lumps are gone.
- Turn your pressure cooker off, then press saute and wait until it begins to bubble. Pour your cornstarch mixture in and allow to bubble for about 2 minutes, stirring, so chowder/soup thickens. Serve!If making on stovetop add cornstarch mixture once your vegetables are softened to your desired texture, stir until it is as thick as you want it. Remove from heat and serve immediately.
- We like to serve this with a side of rolls.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this after St. Pat’s day last year and loved it so I was looking forward to it this year. I did something a little different this year and wanted to share it. When I made the corned beef (in the Instant Pot), I added potatoes, onions and carrots. I probably had plenty for a couple more meals. Instead I saved the broth for the corned beef and the veggies. I used those in my soup and it worked out well. BTW, I’m the one who couldn’t get the recipe to print last year. Never happened since. I always enjoy the recipes on your site.
I love your recipes but wanted to let you know that the Print option on this and the Lo Mein recipes didn’t work, at least not on my MacBook. This has never happened before so I wanted to let you know.
Just tried on my Mac desktop and it seems to be working just fine. Try again please.
I tried again today and it worked. Just some computer glitch the other day, I think.JJ