Best 16 Easy Brisket Recipes

EASY BAKED BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• Season both sides of the brisket generously with salt, pepper, and cayenne. For best results, place brisket over an aluminum foil "rack" set over a plate and refrigerate, uncovered, 8 to 12 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and salt. Cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, rosemary, and apple juice. Increase heat to high and boil until liquid is reduced by about half, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer half of the apple-onion mixture into a baking dish. Place brisket fat-side up on top; cover with remaining apple-onion mixture. Cover baking dish tightly with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F (121 degrees C) and bake until fork-tender, about 2 hours 15 minutes. Check for doneness after 2 hours.
• Transfer brisket to a plate and tent with foil.
• Pour the onions and braising liquid into a large measuring cup or bowl. Skim some fat off the top. Puree with a stick blender to create a gravy.
• Slice brisket across the grain and serve with the gravy.

EASY TEXAS BBQ BRISKET

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. With a fork or sharp knife, prick holes in briskets. Rub meat with seasoning mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight., Preheat oven to 325°. Place briskets, fat sides up, in a roasting pan. In a small bowl, combine steak sauce, liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce; pour over meat., Cover tightly with foil; bake 4 to 5 hours or until tender. Let stand in juices 15 minutes. To serve, thinly slice across the grain. Skim fat from pan juices; spoon over meat.

EASY CRANBERRY SWEET AND SOUR BRISKET

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat.
• In a bowl mix together beer, cranberry sauce and ketchup; set aside.
• Sprinkle the brisket with salt and pepper (I use seasoning salt) brown on both sides about 6 minutes per side; transfer to a plate.
• Add in sliced onion and garlic (if using) saute for about 7-8 minutes or until soft, stirring with a wooden spoon and scraping the bottom of the pan.
• Transfer the brisket back to the pot and pour in the beer mixture and bring to a boil.
• Cover the pot tightly and transfer to the oven.
• Cook for about 3 hours at 325 degrees, or until the brisket is tender, seasoning the sauce with salt and pepper if desired the last 30 minutes of cooking.
• Transfer the brisket to cutting board and slice.
• Spoon any fat off from the top of the gravy.
• Transfer the slices to a serving platter and pour over the gravy.
• Delicious!

SUNNY'S EASY BBQ BRAISED BRISKET WITH SWEET POTATO AND CARROT MASH

Steps:

• Coat the brisket on all sides with the rub and actually rub it in. Pull out a length of plastic wrap for the brisket and drizzle some oil where you plan to place the brisket. Place the brisket on top and drizzle the top with oil. Wrap tightly and rest at room temperature for 2 hours. If you are making this ahead of time, you can refrigerate, then rest on the counter for 2 hours before braising.
• Add 2 tablespoons of oil to a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. When the oil begins to swirl, add the brisket and sear on all sides until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove to a plate.
• Add the onions, carrots and potatoes to the pot and cook for a few minutes to coat them in the fat and get a bit of color. Make the contents of the pot as level as possible, toss in the garlic, then place the seared brisket on top of the vegetables.
• Stir together the BBQ sauce and stock in a medium bowl. Add to the pot around the brisket, being careful to only fill halfway up the brisket, leaving a bit of the seared meat above the liquid line (you may not use all the liquid). Raise to a boil and lower to a low simmer. Cook, covered, for 2 to 3 hours without peeking, until the brisket is tender!
• Remove the brisket from the pot to a plate and cover gently with aluminum foil. Remove the vegetables from the pot with a slotted spoon and place in a food processor. Blitz until smooth, adding liquid from the pot if needed for texture. Use the remaining liquid as a sauce for the brisket, if desired. Transfer the mash to a bowl and fold in the parsley. Serve with the sliced brisket and additional sauce.

EASY CROCK POT CRANBERRY BRISKET WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• Season the brisket with salt and pepper all over and place in the crock pot (you can brown the brisket in oil first if desired).
• Sprinkle the onions on top and around the brisket.
• In a bowl mix together all remaining ingredients and then pour over the brisket.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours or until brisket is tender, turning the brisket over halfway through and season sauce with salt and pepper.
• Remove the brisket to a carving board, cover and let rest for 15 minutes.
• Slice the brisket across the grain into thin slices.
• Skim off any fat from the sauce in the crock pot and serve with beef.
• Delicious!

EASY TEXAS OVEN BBQ BRISKET

Steps:

• 1. In a small bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.
• 2. In the bottom of a large roasting pan, mix all the liquid ingredients together, stirring well. Stir in the dry ingredients to make sauce.
• 3. Add the brisket to the pan and coat all sides with the mixture. Cover with foil and place in refrigerator for 3 to 6 hours to marinate, turning occsionally.
• 4. Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
• 5. Place brisket in oven and bake for approximately 5 hours or until meat is thoroughly cooked. Slice against the grain and serve.

EASY BAKE BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Place the beef brisket in a baking dish. In a bowl, mix the onion soup mix, diced tomatoes and green chiles, tomato sauce, and garlic powder. Pour over the brisket.
• Loosely cover the brisket with foil. Bake 3 hours in the preheated oven, or to an internal temperature of at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

SUNNYS'S EASY BBQ BRAISED BRISKET SWEET POTATO CARROT MASH

Steps:

• Coat brisket with rub. rest at room temp for 2 hours if desired.
• Brown brisket in olive oil in large dutch oven. remove.
• add onions, carrots, potatoes to pot and cook and stir to coat with oil for a few minutes. toss in garlic. Place seared brisket on top.
• Stir together BBQ sauce and beef stock in medium bowl. Add to pot. not too high for good braising. rasie to boil, then cover and simmer, or in a 300 degree oven for 2.5-3 hours.
• Remove brisket and cover with foil. remove veggies into cuisinart. Blitz until smooth with a little liquid if needed. Use remaining liquid as sauce for meat.

EASY BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• Remove wrapper and absorbent sheet from frozen brisket (I forgot once, and didn't take out the absorbent pad--wouldn't recommend doing that!).
• Place brisket in large 10 x 13" pan with sides at least 2" - 3" high.
• Sprinkle generously with worcestershire, then liquid smoke.
• Sprinkle on salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
• Pour water AROUND roast--don't wash off the seasonings by pouring it OVER the roast!
• Cover completely with foil and place in oven.
• Bake at 250 degrees 8-10 hours. Don't worry if you're a half-hour late coming home from work! This roast will be fine at this temperature!
• Use the leftovers for BBQ, hot roast beef sandwiches, or beef stew. See my other recipes for directions.
• GRAVY:.
• In a 2 1/2 quart saucepan, place drippings.
• Add warm water, bouillon, liquid smoke, worcestershire,garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a rolling boil.
• In a small covered container, place cold water and cornstarch. Shake well.
• Add to boiling broth, stirring constantly till thickened (some brands of cornstarch are less effective at thickening than others. You may need to add more. Just repeat the addition of cornstarch and cold water again, and bring back to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Serve with roast, potatoes and carrots.

CHUCKWAGONCOOKIE'S EASY BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• The day before cooking, cover the meat with the dry rub, massaging it into the brisket. Wrap in plastic wrap, put in a plastic bag and refrigerate overnight.
• The next morning, take brisket out, preheat oven to 275 degrees.
• Prepare your grill for indirect heat cooking.
• Place brisket fat side up on the unheated side of your grill. You should have a temperature around 250 degrees. If you have a smoker box, use it with hickory chips for three cycles of smoke. If you don't, don't worry about it.
• Let the brisket cook on indirect heat for three hours.
• Make a foil packet big enough for the brisket. After three hours, place brisket in the packet and pour in the braising liquid. Seal the foil packet and put brisket on a baking dish or pan.
• Place in oven, and forget about it for 5 hours.
• Check internal temperature every half hour after 5 hours. You want the center of the brisket to be around 190 degrees.
• Remove from oven, carefully pour braising liquid into a pan, and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, cover the brisket and let sit. You can turn off the oven and put the brisket back in after 15 minutes.
• Let the liquid boil down to a thick consistency. less than half of the original amount should remain.
• Slice brisket against the grain and drizzle sauce on top.
• Goes great with cole slaw!

SUPER EASY BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• Top a cookie sheet with a long length of heavy duty foil.
• Place brisket fat side down in the middle of the foil.
• Sprinkle brisket with soup mix, then top with BBQ sauce.
• Fold aluminum foil over brisket and fold closed, then seal ends tightly.
• Bake in 275 degree oven for five hours.
• There is no need to baste, turn or check on the brisket.
• Remove from oven and allow meat to rest for 15 minutes before serving.

VEAL BRISKET IN A PRESSURE COOKER - FAST, EASY AND WONDERFUL

Steps:

• Trim all visible fat from brisket.
• Chop shallots, garlic and onions-set aside.
• Dredge brisket in flour.
• Heat olive oil in nonstick pan over m-h heat and brown brisket on both sides.
• Set aside brisket.
• In same oil saute garlic, onions and shallots until lightly browned.
• Place garlic, onion, shallots, brisket and all the other ingredients into pressure cooker.
• Cook under high pressure 45 minutes then turn off heat and let pressure come down slowly.
• Open cooker and take out brisket.
• Slice brisket against the grain and return slices to gravy in cooker.
• Serve over noodles.

BREAKFAST BRUNCH ESSENTIALS: EASY BRISKET HASH

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
• 3. Add the brisket, potatoes, onion, tomato, and egg to a small bowl, and thoroughly combine.
• 4. Season with salt, and pepper, to taste.
• 5. Add the grapeseed oil to a small cast-iron pan, or skillet over medium heat.
• 6. Add the mixed ingredients to the pan, and spread out evenly.
• 7. Let the pan sit over medium heat for 5 - 6 minutes without moving the pan.
• 8. Chef's Note: This will help to develop a nice crust on the bottom.
• 9. Reduce the heat to medium-low, flip the hash over, and allow to cook for an additional 4 - 5 minutes.
• 10. Chef's Note: The hardest part of this recipe is flipping the hash over... it takes a bit of practice. If it breaks up during the flipping, no worries, just serve it up as a "rustic" dish.
• 11. Chef's Note: By the end of the cooking time, the potatoes should be nice and tender.
• 12. PLATE/PRESENT
• 13. Serve in the skillet, for a rustic look, or make it fancy, and place on a separate plate. Sprinkle a bit of cheese on top and a slice of lemon, and tuck in. Enjoy.
• 14. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

EASY BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• Put brisket fat side up in roasting pan.
• Mix together cola, chili sauce and soup mix and pour over brisket.
• bake at 325 for 3-4 hours (30 minutes per pound).
• After roasting, defat brisket by cutting away with a sharp knife.
• Slice against the grain.

EASY BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• Combine the first seven ingredients and pour over the brisket. Allow to marinate for 24 hours in the refrigerator.
• When ready to bake, place the beef brisket in a roasting pan and pour the marinade over it.
• Cover the pan with a lid or foil and bake in a 325 degree oven for 4 hours or until tender.
• Transfer the beef to a cutting board and slice against the grain. Pour some of the liquid back onto the meat to keep it moist. Save the juice to pour on any leftovers.

EASY BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Combine Chili sauce, coke and soup mix in a bowl to make a sauce.
• Place Brisket in heavy foil baking pan. Or, use your own pan and foil line same.
• Pour sauce mix over Brisket.
• Cover with foil and seal edges around baking pan.
• Bake for 1 hour PER POUND (3-4 hrs for 3.5lb brisket).
• Let sit in oven for 1 hour more with oven off. Do not open oven.
• Carve in thin slices against the grain and serve pan juices over brisket and on the side as an extra sauce.
• Sauce will be thin.