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Sliced corned beef roast, reminiscent of air fryer corned beef, boasts a charred exterior on a wooden cutting board. The inside is pink with a glazed, crispy surface, and juices glisten on the board.
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Air Fryer Corned Beef Recipe

Air fryer corned beef is here! How to cook tender beef in air fryer with a mustard sauce, perfect for St. Patricks Day or year round.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 45 minutes
Course: Entree, Main Course
Cuisine: American, irish
Keyword: air fryer, corned beef, instant pot air fryer, mustard
Servings: 8
Author: Justine

Equipment

  • 1 air fryer
  • 1 dish to make mustard

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat air fryer 360 F for 5 minutes. In a small bowl, mix contents of pickling package with mustard and apple cider vinegar. Place corn beef on a large piece of aluminum foil, big enough to wrap corn beef.
  • Spread 2/3 of mustard mixture over meat, top and sides. Fold foil around corn beef and place in air fryer basket. Cook at 360 degrees for 1 hour.
    A spoon drizzles yellow mustard sauce over a thick, raw cut of Air Fryer Corned Beef on foil.
  • Carefully pull back foil, spread remaining mustard mixture on top of corn beef, recover, and cook for another 40 minutes.
    A foil-wrapped Air Fryer Corned Beef sits inside the basket, ready to be cooked to perfection.
  • Pull back foil, cook at 400 F for 5 minutes to crisp the top of the meat, if desired. Lift out of foil and on to a cutting board. Slice against the grain and serve with cabbage.
    Air Fryer Corned Beef rests on aluminum foil inside the air fryer basket, freshly cooked and ready to serve.

Video

Notes

Internal Temperature of Fall-Apart Corned Beef

You need it to reach 145F for food safety reasons but with this cut you need it to cook longer to break down the connective tissues. To reach a fall-apart texture it needs to be 160-180F so I tend to aim for 170F, lift out, cover with foil, allow to rest for 10 minutes covered (it will rise another 5 degrees during that time) and then slice against the grain on a cutting board.

Nutrition

Serving: 1oz | Calories: 449kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.3g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 122mg | Sodium: 2760mg | Potassium: 675mg | Sugar: 0.01g | Vitamin C: 61mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 4mg