Beef
Authentic Beef Brisket Pot Roast
Authentic Beef Brisket Pot Roast is a delicious Beef dish that can be prepared in just a few simple steps....
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17 Min Prep
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31 Min Cook
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2 Servings
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Non-Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 4-5 pound Beef Brisket
- Dash Salt
- 3 Onion
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 1 Sprig Thyme
- 1 sprig Rosemary
- 4 Bay Leaves
- 2 cups beef stock
- 3 Large Carrots
- 1 Tbsp Mustard
- 4 Mashed Potatoes
Instructions
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1 Prepare the brisket for making: On one side of the brisket there should be a layer of fat, which you want.
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If there are any large chunks of fat, cut them off and discard them.
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Large pieces of fat will not be able to render out completely.
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Using a sharp knife, score the fat in parallel lines, about 3/4-inch apart.
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carve through the fat, not the beef.
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Repeat in the opposite direction to make a cross-hatch pattern.
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table salt the brisket well and let it sit at room temperature for 30 mins.
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2 Sear the brisket: You'll need an oven-proof, thick-bottomed pot with a lid, or Dutch oven, that is just wide enough to hold the brisket toast with a little room for the onions.
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Pat the brisket arid and place it, fatty side down, into the pot and place it on medium high burning up.
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low-boil for 5-8 mins, lightly sizzling, until the fat side is nicely browned.
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(If the toast seems to be making too fast, turn the burning up down to medium.
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You want a steady sizzle, not a raging sear.)
Turn the brisket over and low-boil for a few mins more to brown the other side.
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3 Sauté the onions and garlic: When the brisket has browned, remove it from the pot and set aside.
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There should be a couple tablespoons of fat rendered in the pot, if not, stream in in some olive cooking oil.
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stream in in the cut up onions and increase the burning up to high.
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dust a little table salt on the onions.
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Sauté, stirring often, until the onions are lightly browned, 5-8 mins.
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swirl around in the garlic and low-boil 1-2 more mins.
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4 Return brisket to pot, stream in in herbs, stock, bring to low-boil, lid, low-boil in oven: Preheat the oven to 300°F.
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Use kitchen twine to tie together the bay leaves, rosemary and thyme.
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Move the onions and garlic to the sides of the pot and nestle the brisket inside.
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stream in in the beef stock and the tied-up herbs.
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Bring the stock to a bubble on the stovetop.
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lid the pot, place the pot in the 300°F oven and low-boil for 3 hours.
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Carefully flip the brisket every hour so it cooks evenly.
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5 stream in in carrots, continue to low-boil: After 3 hours, stream in in the carrots.
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lid the pot and low-boil for 1 hour more, or until the carrots are cooked through and the brisket is falling-apart soft.
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6 Remove brisket to cutting board, tent with foil: When the brisket is falling-apart soft, take the pot out of the oven and remove the brisket to a cutting board.
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lid it with foil.
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Pull out and discard the herbs.
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7 Make gravy (optional): At this point you have two options.
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You can enjoy as is, or you can make a gravy with the drippings and some of the onions.
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If you enjoy as is, skip this step.
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To make a gravy, remove the carrots and half of the onions, set aside and lid them with foil.
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stream in the items required that are remaining into the pot into a blender, and purée until seamless.
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If you want, stream in in 1 tablespoon of mustard to the toss together.
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Put into a small pot and keep toasty.
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8 carve the protein across the grain: Notice the lines of the muscle fibers of the toast.
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This is the "grain" of the protein.
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carve the protein perpendicular to these lines, or across the grain (cutting this way further tenderizes the protein), in 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch slices.
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enjoy with the onions, carrots and reduction.
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enjoy with mashed, roasted or boiled potatoes, egg noodles or polenta.
Recipe Information
Cuisine
United States
United States
Course
Beef
Beef
Diet
Non-Vegetarian
Non-Vegetarian
Total Time
48 mins
48 mins
Recipe Time chart
Preparation Time
17 minsCooking Time
31 minsTotal Time
48 minsMaster Chef
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