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Slow Cooker Smoky Beef Brisket
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Slow Cooker Smoky Beef Brisket

Ginger ale, herbs, spices, mustard, ketchup, soy sauce, liquid smoke and a slab of meat equal tender and juicy slow cooker smoky beef brisket.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Beef, Slow Cooker
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 7 hours 50 minutes
Servings 6 people
Author Connie Veneracion

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1.2 to 1.5 kilograms beef brisket in one piece
  • 1 large onion peeled and thinly sliced

For the smoky barbecue sauce

  • 3 tablespoons rock salt
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 tablespoon celery salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground mustard
  • 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons ground white pepper
  • 3 tablespoons smoky paprika
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon ginger powder
  • ½ cup spicy grainy mustard we used homemade
  • ½ cup tomato ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • ¼ cup dark brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 cup ginger ale
  • ¾ to 1 tablespoon liquid smoke the amount depending on the actual weight of the brisket

Instructions

  • Spread the onion slices to completely cover the bottom of the slow cooker bowl.
    Lining bottom of slow cooker with sliced onion before putting in a slab of beef brisket
  • Rinse the brisket, pat dry with paper towels and lay on top of the onion slices.
  • Place the rock salt, thyme, oregano and basil in a spice grinder or food processor. Process until powdered.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix together the processed salt and herbs with the rest of the ingredients for the sauce until the salt and sugar are dissolved.
  • Pour the sauce over the meat.
    Pouring barbecue sauce over beef brisket in slow cooker
  • Set the slow cooker on LOW and cook the brisket for 7 and 1/2 hours.
  • Remove the bowl from the cooker and let the brisket cool slowly to room temperature.
  • Preheat the oven to 400F.
  • Line a baking tray with foil and spray with oil. Alternatively, line the tray with non-stick baking paper or a silicone mat.
    Reducing Slow Cooker Smoky Beef Brisket Sauce on Stovetop
  • Lift the brisket and lay on the prepared baking tray.
  • Strain the sauce into a sauce pan. Boil, uncovered, until reduced to the consistency of syrup. DO NOT wait until too thick; it thickens as it cools.
  • Brush the reduced sauce on every exposed surface of the brisket.
    Brushing Reduced Sauce on Slow Cooker Smoky Beef Brisket
  • Bake the beef brisket at 400F for about 10 minutes or until the sauce is lightly caramelized.
  • Transfer the brisket to a cutting board, slice and serve with the remaining sauce on the side.

Notes

My first time to cook Texas-style beef brisket. But the moment I started slicing the meat, I already knew it was going to be superb. And it was. We went to meat heaven.
It all started with Young Sheldon. You know, the spin-off from The Big Bang Theory. In Episode 7 of Season 1, Meemaw refuses to give George her brisket recipe which, apparently, was to die for. That piqued my interest. 
Texas-style beef brisket is traditionally slow cooked in a smoker. Ten to fourteen hours. We don't have a smoker but we have a slow cooker and a bottle of liquid smoke. They did the trick.
Sliced Slow Cooker Smoky Beef Brisket