Smitten Kitchen has 2 good beef brisket recipes

http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/tangy-spiced-brisket/

http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/01/southwestern-pulled-brisket/

Any difference/preference btn 200 degree oven and crockpot on low for 8 hours?

i cook it the same as 13:47 but use ketchup in lieu of the wine (so mix onion soup mix and ketchup).

When are you cooking it?

Somewhere between 8 and 9am place you brisket on a square of tinfoil. Sprinkle with onion soup mix and 1/4 cup of wine, wrap up tightly and place on a baking sheet in a 200F oven. Take it out an hour before you want to eat.

Made this the other day...it real good


2 lbs. flat-cut beef brisket, trimmed
2 cloves garlic, smashed
2 bay leaves
1 large onion, sliced
Kosher salt, to taste
1/4 lb. jack cheese, cubed
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
1 tbsp. chopped canned chipotle
chiles en adobo
4 scallions, chopped
3 medium tomatoes, cored, seeded,
and finely chopped
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Warmed corn tortillas
Sweet paprika, to taste
1 avocado, pitted and sliced
1. Bring the beef, garlic, bay leaves, onions, salt, and 6 cups water to a boil in a 6-qt. dutch oven. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until the brisket is tender, about 3 hours.
2. Remove pot from heat and let brisket cool, uncovered. Transfer brisket to a cutting board; shred with your fingers. Roughly chop meat; transfer to a bowl. Mix in the cheese, lime juice, cilantro, chipotles, scallions, and tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve the salpicón wrapped in tortillas and topped with paprika and avocado slices.

It has to be braised for a really long time (maybe 2.5 - 3 hours), and will become tender and delicious, and you'll have delicious leftovers too (this always seems even better on day 2; also slices more easily into perfect thin slices). I always use Mark Bittman's recipe in his "How to Cook Everything."

http://www.cookstr.com/recipes/braised-beef-brisket

Serve over wide egg noodles.

Make barbeque? The old family recipe is to mix: half a chopped onion, a clove of garlic, a cup of ketchup, a few tablespoons of sugar, and a squirt of mustard. You can throw anything else in you like. I put it in one of those oven bags, squoosh it all around, and cook it at a low temp for hours, til it falls apart. Then serve as sandwiches.

Beef stew is the other thing I do with brisket.

I have a 3 lb portion of beef brisket and need ideas of what to do with it.