Pioneer Woman’s Beef Brisket

Beef Brisket is a cut of meat from the chest of a bovine animal. There are different ways to cook brisket; "The Southern Way" usually involves smoking the meat very slowly over several hours and serving with barbeque sauce. This is yummy, of course, in a barbeque kind of way, but I much prefer the brisket my mom always made: instead of cooking in an enclosed smoker, it cooks slowly in a pan in the oven, braising in a delicious liquid consisting of beef consomme, soy sauce, and other savory ingredients. 

Brisket is a meat that must be cooked slowly over many, many hours. The scientific explanation is that it takes a certain number of hours of low heat to gradually begin to dissolve the very tough connective tissues found throughout the meat; if it’s not cooked long enough, the brisket will be unpleasantly tough and difficult to chew. On the other hand, if you go overboard and cook it too long, the resulting meat will be dry. In my experience, however, it’s much easier to salvage brisket that’s a little overcooked—the "jus" can rescue it nicely—than it is to eat brisket that hasn’t been cooked long enough. So allow for plenty of cooking time. And be patient. The fall-apart goodness of this delicious meat is worth every hour.

Pioneer Woman’s Beef Brisket

PREP TIME:

10 Minutes

DIFFICULTY:

Easy

COOK TIME:

6 Hours

SERVINGS:

12 Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 cans Beef Consomme

1/2 cup Lemon Juice

1-1/2 cup Soy Sauce

5 cloves Chopped Garlic

2 Tablespoons Liquid Smoke

10 pounds Beef Brisket

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine first five ingredients in large roasting pan (a disposable is just fine). Place brisket in the marinade, fat side up. Cover tightly with foil. Marinate in refrigerator for 24-48 hours. When ready to cook, place pan covered in foil into a 300-degree oven. Cook brisket for approximately 40 minutes per pound.
2. When fork-tender, transfer whole brisket to a cutting board. Slice against the grain and place slices back into the cooking liquid. Serve immediately, spooning juice over the slices. Barbeque sauce may be used, if preferred.
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