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Quick Recipe: Easy Instant Pot Corned Beef

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  I've always loved corned beef ever since I was a kid, and I've tried a few different ways to make it before finally settling on the method I'm going to describe here. It gives perfectly tender meat with a crispy, slightly sweet crust on top that nicely compliments the salty corned beef.  First though, let's take a minute to explore why corned beef isn't really an "authentic" Irish dish, although it's so closely associated with that country. The story begins during the industrial revolution in Britain... Just kidding! If I ever make you scroll through five paragraphs of filler before I get to the recipe, call the authorities because someone is holding me against my will and I am trying to send a duress signal. Let's just jump to the important parts: Get your Instant Pot out (or whatever off brand automatic pressure cooker you have) and set it to 70 minutes on high, and turn off the 'keep warm' if yours is like mine and defaults to that. Ri