Holy slow cooker brisket Batman!!

It’s been a while ... but I finally made something blog worthy again :)

Lately I’ve been obsessed with brisket, and its expensive and hard to find a restaurant that serves a really good one.. so I thought I’d give it a go. also I’ve never used a slow cooker, but my cousin Nedda from Canada got me one, and she’s kind of a master chef, so I figure if SHE says it’ll work out, it must be worth a try.

Okay so I started off by going to Publix (again, our grocery store here in florida) and asked the Butcher lady for 3 pounds of beef brisket. She pointed me to the ground beef and said its right there.. duh. I didnt even look! But then when i came home, I realized I should’ve asked her to cut the fat off, because then iiii had to do it, and 1. It’s so gross. and 2. It’s freakin hard to do!! basically I hacked up the slab of beef pretty badly and it looked terrible :/ but it was my first time and whatever lol.. I figured out later that the meat looks better once its cooked, even if you do hack it all up. Also you’ll want them to leave SOME fat on, because lets be serious: fat = delicious, delicious flavor.

 

Moving on – Using a slow cooker is SUPER EASY! (as I wrote to my friend Audrey) it would’ve been super easy for me if I hadn’t babysat it for 6 hours.. I sat there and watched it, and smelled it, and fussed over it up until it had 20 minutes left – it was an exhausting day. Anyway, if I hadn’t been so obsessive, I can totally see how using a slow cooker is really easy. ALSO! I THINK, a slow cooker, and a crock pot are the same exact thing. I wish someone would explicitly said that somewhere, or at least not come up with 2 similar names for the same thing.. if there is a difference, can someone tell me please?

So I’ll get to it, it’s SO EASY you won’t believe it.

Ingredients you’ll need:

 

3lbs Beef brisket (this will feed 6 regular people. Or 4 boys)

1 yellow onion (cut coarsely- and if you love onions cut them bigger, you’ll be able to find them more easily lol)

2 cloves of garlic (I usually use the jarred already-minced garlic, but for THIS, I busted out the fresh garlic. Peel two cloves, and you can smoosh them, or you can mince them.. I minced because I don’t have a crusher)

2 cups of low sodium chicken broth

Spices to rub on the Brisket:

Salt

Pepper

Garlic Salt

Chili Powder

Basil

Oregano

Onion powder

So First things first, cut up the onions and garlic and throw them in the crock-pot/slow cooker lol. Then take the big slab of meat out and sprinkle it generously with salt and pepper. Seriously, one thing I learned from the saddest experience is that if you under-salt meat (especially red meat) it tastes terrible! So salt the crap out of it! And then rub the brisket with the other spices. I feel the same way about red meat that I do about chicken. Its super gross and I can’t touch it without making a face. So I have gloves. If you’ve already read my other blog entries then this is old news, but if you haven’t, then this is very useful! Buy disposable latex gloves basically anywhere (Publix, Safeway, Target, Costco, CVS…anywhere) and use them when handling meat. It makes the experience SO MUCH LESS disgusting.

After you rub the brisket down w the spices, put it in the crockpot with the onions and garlic. Then pour the chicken broth on top and set the pot to high for 6-7 hours!

….that’s IT. That’s literally it. You're done. Then you can go about your life for the day, and it’s amazing. One thing I learned: if some of the meat isn't covered by the broth, it’ll be okay, it still turns out moist and pull-apart delicious.

If you try this! Let  me know how yours turns out! :)