This 5-ingredient recipe makes it easy to create corned beef brisket in a slow cooker for sandwiches. Whether you're celebrating Oktoberfest or meal prepping for a week of delicious Slow-Cooker Reuben Sandwiches, all you need is 15 minutes of prep to make this juicy and flavorful dish. Not sure how to cook corned beef for Reubens? Simply place the sauerkraut and beef brisket in your slow cooker (along with any included spices) and set on low heat for 9 to 11 hours. Once it's done, build a delicious sandwich with Swiss cheese, Thousand Island dressing and toasted pumpernickel rye bread.
Slow-Cooker Reuben Sandwiches
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 11 hr 15 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 package (2 pounds) refrigerated sauerkraut
- 1 package (2 to 3 pounds) corned beef brisket
- 1 cup Thousand Island dressing
- 16 slices pumpernickel rye bread, toasted
- 8 slices (1 ounce each) Swiss cheese
Instructions
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Step1Place sauerkraut in 3- to 4-quart slow cooker. Place beef brisket on sauerkraut. (If brisket includes packet of spices, sprinkle spices over brisket.)
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Step2Cover and cook on Low heat setting 9 to 11 hours.
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Step3Remove beef from cooker; place on cutting board. Cut beef into slices. To serve, spread 1 tablespoon dressing on each toast slice. Using slotted spoon to remove sauerkraut from cooker, top 8 slices toast with 1/2 cup sauerkraut each. Top sauerkraut with beef slices and cheese slice. Top with remaining toast. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer’s directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.
Nutrition
540
Calories
35 g
Total Fat
29 g
Protein
33 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 540
- Calories from Fat
- 315
- Total Fat
- 35 g
- Saturated Fat
- 12 g
- Cholesterol
- 110 mg
- Sodium
- 2390 mg
- Potassium
- 430 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 33 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 6 g
- Protein
- 29 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 14%
- 14%
- Calcium
- 36%
- 36%
- Iron
- 26%
- 26%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 1 Vegetable; 3 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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