What to do with brisket?
junoja
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I bought a huge! (8.8#) brisket last time I went to the farm to get grass fed beef. I have it thawing in my fridge now to cook this weekend. This thing is big enough to have just about every meal this next week. I think I will cook half in the oven and half in the slow cooker. What are your favorite things to do with brisket? Going to need some ideas to keep it interesting this week! Thanks!
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The easiest thing I do is use a Lipton French Onion Soup packet (processed, so not technically Paleo) and sprinkle it over the meat and roast! So simple and so delish!!!
Then once it's cooked, you can use it as shredded beef for lettuce wrap tacos, barbeque beef, taco salad, or just eat it straight up with some cauliflower rice!
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This: http://mycrossfitpaleojourney.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/crock-pot-smoked-beef-brisket/
You won't be sorry. It's absolutely amazing. I like to eat it with steamed broccoli.0 -
Ingredients of lipton french onion soup..TOTALLY NOT PALEO
Ingredients:
Onions (deyhydrated), salt, cornstarch, onion powder, sugar, corn syrup, hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, natural flavors, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.
Made in a facility that processes milk, eggs, soy, wheat, sesame and sulfites.0 -
Ingredients of lipton french onion soup..TOTALLY NOT PALEO
Ingredients:
Onions (deyhydrated), salt, cornstarch, onion powder, sugar, corn syrup, hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, natural flavors, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.
Made in a facility that processes milk, eggs, soy, wheat, sesame and sulfites.
Yeah, it's definitely not paleo. But it is SUPER delicious. And really, it's not huge amount that one typically consumes. I use it when it suits me and it works in pretty much every slow cooker dish I've ever made.0 -
I guess what I should have said is google a recipe and you can find a suitable alternative to boxed soup mix.
Apologies if I have offended the lipton soup crowd 0 -
I guess what I should have said is google a recipe and you can find a suitable alternative to boxed soup mix.
Apologies if I have offended the lipton soup crowd
Ha! No worries. I was not offended. I can just see why folks would make the exception, as I do, for using it. As for making a substitute for it, I'd probably try one but I tend to be lazy about such things. If it came down to making my own or going with out, I'd probably end up going with out. That's actually why I went paleo to begin with: I correctly speculated that I could be absurdly lazy and still lose weight on it.0 -
I bought a huge! (8.8#) brisket last time I went to the farm to get grass fed beef. I have it thawing in my fridge now to cook this weekend. This thing is big enough to have just about every meal this next week. I think I will cook half in the oven and half in the slow cooker. What are your favorite things to do with brisket? Going to need some ideas to keep it interesting this week! Thanks!
I learned to cook brisket many years ago from my boss in Texas and it's the only way I cook it now. Turns out perfect everytime!!!
3-4lb brisket
juice of 1 lime
salt & pepper
Garlic powder
1 small onion sliced
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place a layer of tin foil (ya might need 2 piece) in a 9x13 lasagna dish or a sheet pan with at least a 1" lip.
Take half of the onion and place in the tin foil
Pour half of the lime juice on the meat side of the brisket and then sprinkle with S&P and garlic powder.
Place brisket meat side down (fat cap side up) in the pan
Pour the rest of the lime juice over the brisket
Sprinkle with S&P and garlic powder and add the rest of the onion over the brisket
Wrap foil to seal in the brisket
Cook for about 3 hours (more or less depending how thick it is). I check it after about 2 1/2 hours.
I let it rest out of the oven for about 10-15 minutes before removing the fat cap and I slice it across the grain.
Yum!!!!!0 -
I bought a huge! (8.8#) brisket last time I went to the farm to get grass fed beef. I have it thawing in my fridge now to cook this weekend. This thing is big enough to have just about every meal this next week. I think I will cook half in the oven and half in the slow cooker. What are your favorite things to do with brisket? Going to need some ideas to keep it interesting this week! Thanks!
I learned to cook brisket many years ago from my boss in Texas and it's the only way I cook it now. Turns out perfect everytime!!!
3-4lb brisket
juice of 1 lime
salt & pepper
Garlic powder
1 small onion sliced
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place a layer of tin foil (ya might need 2 piece) in a 9x13 lasagna dish or a sheet pan with at least a 1" lip.
Take half of the onion and place in the tin foil
Pour half of the lime juice on the meat side of the brisket and then sprinkle with S&P and garlic powder.
Place brisket meat side down (fat cap side up) in the pan
Pour the rest of the lime juice over the brisket
Sprinkle with S&P and garlic powder and add the rest of the onion over the brisket
Wrap foil to seal in the brisket
Cook for about 3 hours (more or less depending how thick it is). I check it after about 2 1/2 hours.
I let it rest out of the oven for about 10-15 minutes before removing the fat cap and I slice it across the grain.
Yum!!!!!
^^this is how my mom, Texan since the time that Texas began, told me to do it if i wasn't going to smoke it. Although it's slightly sacrilege to not smoke a brisket in my family, this oven recipe turns out every time and is almost as delicious!!! It's great with the "It Starts Wth Food" or other paleo/compliant BBQ sauce!0 -
(Sighs for the days when it was just as simple as sprinkling Lipton onion soup over a crockpot roast. Or dumping a bottle of Italian dressing or bottle of BBQ sauce over a whole chicken in the crockpot and walking away for 8 hrs. Those were the days... but aches and pains were pretty common then, too, so...)
Youngest created onion dip that is marvelous even without Lipton. I should set her on the project of creating crockpot seasoning alternative next.0 -
I guess what I should have said is google a recipe and you can find a suitable alternative to boxed soup mix.
Apologies if I have offended the lipton soup crowd
Don't apologize, it's not Paleo and there's always better stuff to use. One's own onion mix can be made with dried onion and other spices. Easy. Also, there are better commercial options. GoBio has an onion bouillon (no, not a powder) that has organic corn starch but not the other nasties.
I'm lazy too. Solution: on the weekend make some spice mixes and store them in little jars so they are ready when needed.0 -
Thanks everyone! That is perfect - a crockpot and oven recipe to try! Really curious about using the wood chips in the crockpot. Never would have thought of that.0
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Thanks everyone! That is perfect - a crockpot and oven recipe to try! Really curious about using the wood chips in the crockpot. Never would have thought of that.
Me either, but it's incredible!0 -
cook it and stick it in my bacon hole (I don't say pie hole anymore).0
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Youngest created onion dip that is marvelous even without Lipton. I should set her on the project of creating crockpot seasoning alternative next.
No need.
A quick googling, and a recipe appears! Now you can make a jar and keep on your spice shelf for when you need it....and avoid that Lipton crap.
http://paintmepaleo.weebly.com/paleo-onion-soup-mix.htmlIngredients:
- 3/4 Cup Dried, minced onions
- 4 tsp Parsley flakes
- 3 tsp Onion powder
- 2.5 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tsp Celery salt
- 1/2 tsp Freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients in a glass jar or spice container. I just mix by shaking the jar until even. That's it! 4 Tbls for 1 envelope of onion soup mix, or to taste. Shake before each use to ensure everything's mixed up well. Store in a dry place, just as with all spices.
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Bump. Great ideas!0
