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Brisket for a Beginner
photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 -4 lbs chuck roast or 3 -4 lbs beef brisket
- 1 large white onion, chopped
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
- 1⁄2 cup water
directions
- Line roasting pan with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray.
- Place beef in pan.
- Mix all ingredients together and pour over beef.
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours at 350 degrees.
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Reviews
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My mother-in-law taught me how to cook her Jewish brisket when I was a young southern bride in the 60's. This was her recipe, BUT the secret is to fry the onions for a long, long time in butter until they are deep golden brown and caramelize. After the onions are finished cooking, remove them and sear the brisket on both sides. Return the onions to the brisket, adding 2 cups of water. Let the brisket bake (or keep it in the dutch oven on top of the stove) for about an hour and a half. Remove it and cut it into even slices. Replace the slices back into the pan and mix the dry onion soup mix with the water and catsup (which you have already mixed together). Cook it for another hour or so until fork tender. This makes a little bit of highly-flavored gravy to serve over wide noodles or with potato kugel. Oh, there is not another meat recipe out there to rival this one. It has been my children's favorite their whole lives. Actually, it is so good that I have been known to go into the refrigerator and eat it cold. If possible, I cook this one day in advance so that the fat will rise to the top and I can remove it easier when it has been refrigerated. Slowly reheat it and the flavors will have really permeated the meat. It is even better left-over with left-over kugel.
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This was extremely easy to fix. We had all the ingredients on hand too which was quite convenient! The only difference we made was rubbing the roast with some salt and pepper prior to adding to the pan and also tossing in a few cloves of garlic. We found that our roast, almost 4lb, had to cook a little longer, for about 3 1/2 hours, in order to be fork tender. We all enjoyed it , but found it to be a bit on the sweet side for our taste. Thanks for an easy recipe!
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I made passover for the first time since getting married and my mother-in-law, who is critical of everything, would not stop ranting and raving about it. The one thing I did was when the brisket was done cooking, I sliced it and put in back into the juices and let it sti covered for another hour at 200, it absorbed so much flavor and was so tender.
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My mother-in-law taught me how to cook her Jewish brisket when I was a young southern bride in the 60's. This was her recipe, BUT the secret is to fry the onions for a long, long time in butter until they are deep golden brown and caramelize. After the onions are finished cooking, remove them and sear the brisket on both sides. Return the onions to the brisket, adding 2 cups of water. Let the brisket bake (or keep it in the dutch oven on top of the stove) for about an hour and a half. Remove it and cut it into even slices. Replace the slices back into the pan and mix the dry onion soup mix with the water and catsup (which you have already mixed together). Cook it for another hour or so until fork tender. This makes a little bit of highly-flavored gravy to serve over wide noodles or with potato kugel. Oh, there is not another meat recipe out there to rival this one. It has been my children's favorite their whole lives. Actually, it is so good that I have been known to go into the refrigerator and eat it cold. If possible, I cook this one day in advance so that the fat will rise to the top and I can remove it easier when it has been refrigerated. Slowly reheat it and the flavors will have really permeated the meat. It is even better left-over with left-over kugel.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Carrie Richman
Kalamazoo, MI
Married to husband Steve for 14 years with 2 daughters Madeline 11 and Rachel who is 5. I grew up in a time where Mom's stayed home and cooked from scratch. My biggest pet peeve about other peoples cooking is when they use too much salt. My favorite type of food varies on my mood. But generally it's something Middle Eastern or Asian. The recipes I post are recipes that I've tried and would make again or recipes from my childhood-good old comfort food. ENJOY!