Corned Beef Cabbage Slaw Sandwich Using Leftovers

Name: Corned Beef Cabbage Slaw Sandwich
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 6 sandwiches
Ingredients: Corned Beef (cooked and sliced or shaved thin); Sandwich bread of your choice (I choose seedless rye); 1/2 cup Dijon mustard; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 2 cups shredded green cabbage; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 1 cup plain greek yogurt (I used fat-free); 1 tbsp honey; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp mustard seed; 1/2 tsp allspice (approx 17 berries); 1/2 tsp caraway seed

February 20, 2019 Updated: March 25, 2019 By Julie Menghini 71 Comments

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A Corned Beef Cabbage Slaw Sandwich that is layered with a brown sugar mustard sauce and topped with a creamy caraway slaw. Add a nice seeded rye bread and you’ve got a work of art disguised as a sandwich

This delicious recipe was first published on 3/14/16 and has been updated to improve the reader experience.

Double decker corned beef sandwich oozing with brown sugar mustard and heaped with a caraway slaw is a decadent mouthful.

Corned Beef Cabbage Slaw Sandwich is not an ordinary sandwich!

Leftover Corned Beef? What was I thinking? I bought the biggest corned beef brisket that I could find, and there are only two of us?

Well, I did it on purpose. I only cook corned beef once a year and don’t know why. It makes the best leftovers.

An amazing sandwich with heaps of stacked corned beef slathered in a brown sugar mustard and loaded with a caraway slaw that will have you craving this sandwich. — Not your ordinary Leftover Corned Beef Sandwich

We really look forward to corned beef and the leftovers are a delicious benefit. My mother-in-law always bought a few extra when they went on sale and stuck them in the freezer.

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I’ve got to do that this year too so we can make more of these sandwiches which are slathered with a mild brown sugar mustard sauce that just seeps into this sandwich and guarantees that every bite is going to be flavorful. It’s topped with a creamy caraway slaw that is smooth and adds another layer of flavor binding everything together.

Fun St. Patrick’s Day Facts

Do the Irish celebrate St. Patricks Day?

Until the 1970s, St. Patrick’s Day was a religious celebration in Ireland, and the pubs in the country were closed.

Now the Irish like a good celebration as much as the states. The observance of St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin, alone, has grown to a massive multi-day celebration where around 1 million people take part

Do the Irish eat corned beef and cabbage on St Patrick’s Day?

Truth be told, corned beef and cabbage is about as Irish as a McDonald’s Shamrock Shake. Back in the day, people in Ireland would have celebrated the feast day with a meal of Irish stew and soda bread, or maybe a meal of pork and potatoes, which was inexpensive.

I found a lot of fun facts about St. Patricks day from this article.

I really enjoyed reading up on St. Patricks Day. If that’s not your thing just scroll down for the recipe!

We really look forward to corned beef and cabbage, and usually, just make sandwiches with the leftovers. They were just sandwiches that is until this Corned Beef Sandwich recipe.

Corned Beef Cabbage Slaw Sandwich is slathered in a smooth mustard sauce and heaped with a caraway slaw.

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