Beef / Pork

Braised Beef Brisket is for Dinner.

Braised Beef Brisket takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Braised Beef Brisket takes 240 minutes to cook.

Braised Beef Brisket makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Braised Beef Brisket are:

1 (6-pound) beef brisket, trimmed of fat [Restaurants always talk about "yield." This is how much actual servable meat you get after you cook it and it shrinks to about 50%.]

1/2 cup BBQ spice blend, be sure and check sodium levels (All-Purpose Spice Rub per teaspoon-SEE RECIPE)

4 cups water (1 cup cold, 3 cups hot)
1 tablespoon very finely ground coffee
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
Freshly cracked black pepper
1/4 cup cider vinegar, preferably unfiltered
6 potato or dinner rolls, split

Here is how you make Braised Beef Brisket:

Recipe courtesy Claire Robinson, 2010Show: 5 Ingredient FixEpisode: Big State BBQ1. Rub the brisket generously with spice blend, cover with plastic wrap and let marinate overnight in refrigerator.2. Preheat the oven to 350?F.3. Put the roast, fat side up, in a roasting pan. Add 1 cup water to the pan and roast the brisket uncovered for 1 hour.4. In a medium bowl, combine the coffee, brown sugar, pepper, to taste, 3 cups hot water and cider vinegar.5. Remove the brisket from the oven, pour the coffee mixture over the brisket, cover with foil and braise until brisket reaches an internal temperature of 185?F and is fork tender, about 3 hours. Remove to a carving board to let rest.6. Simmer the braising liquid in the roasting pan on the stovetop, skimming fat and reduce liquid slightly or to desired consistency.7. Thinly slice beef across the grain. Dip the meat slices or the cut sides of the rolls in the reduced sauce. Make sandwiches with the meat and serve. Pour the remaining sauce into a small bowl and serve it with the sandwiches.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CHUCKLES0719.

The nutritional information for Braised Beef Brisket is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 411.8

• Total Fat: 10.1 g
• Cholesterol: 93.0 mg
• Sodium: 2,294.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 25.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.8 g
• Protein: 53.3 g