Brisket Recipes

[Anonymous]

I just bought a 2.5-lb brisket. Usually I use chili sauce and onions and put it in the crock pot for 9 hours. then, voila. awesome.

looking for other ideas though. Please share!

[Anonymous]

What do you end up doing with all the fat?

[Anonymous]

It falls off after it cooks.

[Anonymous]

Smoke it.

Same method as for the dry-rubbed ribs on the other thread:

If you're using a gas grill, soak some wood chips. Wrap them in a foil packet and then stab a bunch of holes in the packet. Fire up all your gas burners, get the grill hot, brush off the crud, then turn off the middle burner(s), leaving only the end two burners on. Put your ribs down in the middle (either naked or wrapped in foil as a PP suggested; I do naked). Fit that foil packet of soaked wood chips in there somewhere. Close the lid and let 'em go.

You want the temperature to stabilize somewhere between 200 and 250, and you want to let them go for hours. Resist the temptation to peek too often. It's hard to say how long without knowing how many ribs you're doing, but somewhere between 4 hours and all day.


If you're using a charcoal grill, use pure hardwood charcoal, or hardwood chunks. No lighter-fluid-impregnated crap--that stuff will get into your meat. Build your fire with all the charcoal on one side. After the fire has settled down to ashes, put your ribs down on the OTHER side, not over the coals. Cover, and set your vents so the fire burns low. Same idea -- indirect heat, you want to do it low and slow. You put these things right over the fire, you're going to dry them out and ruin them. Same advice as above re temperature and time.

For either method, if you find on your first run that they dry out on you, you might try putting small metal bowl of water or marinade, or for that matter a cracked open beer can (drink half the beer first) in there with them--somewhere on some spare grill space. The steam from the water/marinade/beer will keep the environment moist, though it won't be enough to steam the meat--you'll still be smoking it.

If you get to liking this, buy a cheap bullet (water) smoker. The charcoal fire goes in the bottom, a water/marinade pan and grill #1 go in the middle, and grill #2 goes on the top. Easy peasy, and holds beaucoup meat. I had a ton of fun with one of these in grad school, hosting bbq parties for 30-40 people.


For more details, google Steve Raichlen, buy one of his books, and start surfing BBQ blogs. They're out there.

P.S. good for you for doing dry rub. Don't add any sauce till you serve.

I once heard a pitmaster say, "There's two kinds of cooks. Them that puts sauce on the meat and cooks it, and them that cooks the meat and puts sauce on it. I ain't got time for them first fools."

[Anonymous]

Put a dry rub on the brisket before you smoke it. Google "Steve Raichlen dry rub" and see what you come up with.

[Anonymous]

I always slow cook it with a ketchup and Lipton onion soup mix.

[Anonymous]

I followed a Pioneer Women recipe for Thanksgiving and it was delicious!

[Anonymous]

I usually just use barbecue sauce and the brisket in the slow cooker but also like a brisket with a can of whole cranberry sauce and packet of dry onion soup mix.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always slow cook it with a ketchup and Lipton onion soup mix.

This is what I'm doing today. First timer. I hope it turns out well!

[Anonymous]

Brown the meat well, add salt and pepper. Then saute a boatload of sliced onions until they are very soft. Add a bouillon cube, 2 tbs Balsamic, a couple of bay leaves, and a bottle of beer. Put the meat back in the pot and cover it with the onions. Low oven for 3-4 hours. If you're using a slow cooker, use less liquid.

[Anonymous]

I mix golden mushroom soup and lipton's onion soup right on top of the raw meat, seal it very tight with foil and bake for 4 hours. It makes its own gravy -delicious!

[Anonymous]

Is this for passover, Orin general?

[Anonymous]

this was my thread! How fun to see it again right before Passover!

Although I'm thinking of cooking brisket for the first seder and lamb later in the week.

[Anonymous]

Smitten kitchens recipe is awesome

[Anonymous]

My husband is jewish and their family recipe is onions, carrots, cup of catsup, cup of chili saice, 1 beer. Cook for 3-4 hours at 300 covered, cook 1 more hour uncovered at 350.

I always brown my meat first and cook it in my dutch oven.