Description
Hearty pioneer woman slow cooker brisket promises rich, tender meat infused with deep southwestern flavors. Texas-style comfort emerges from patient cooking, delivering mouthwatering results you’ll savor with pure culinary satisfaction.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 piece beef brisket (3 lb, 1.36 kg, flat cut)
- 2 ½ cups (590 ml) beef stock
- 1 lb (454 g) golden baby potatoes
- 1 lb (454 g) carrots, peeled, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 3 celery stalks, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 large sweet onion, cut into 8 wedges
- 8 whole garlic cloves
- 8 fresh thyme sprigs
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 1 oz (28 g) envelope onion soup mix
- 1 ½ tsps kosher salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tbsps Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsps cornstarch
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar
Instructions
- Seasoning Preparation: Thoroughly blend onion soup mix, brown sugar, kosher salt, and ground black pepper in a mixing bowl. Meticulously pat brisket dry and massage the spice mixture comprehensively across the entire meat surface.
- Slow Cooker Setup: Arrange the seasoned brisket fat-side down in a 6 to 8-quart slow cooker. Artfully scatter fresh thyme sprigs, peeled garlic cloves, and bay leaves over the meat. Distribute chopped carrots, baby potatoes, celery stalks, and onion wedges evenly around and atop the brisket, creating a vegetable-rich environment.
- Liquid Composition: Dissolve cornstarch in Worcestershire sauce, then whisk into beef stock until achieving a smooth consistency. Carefully pour the liquid across the brisket and surrounding vegetables, ensuring even coverage.
- Cooking Process: Cover and cook on high for 5 to 6 hours, or on low for approximately 8 hours, until the brisket becomes fork-tender yet maintains its structural integrity.
- Serving Preparation: Transfer the cooked brisket to a cutting board using tongs. Remove and discard the exterior fat cap. Slice the meat against the grain into uniform 1/4-inch thick portions. Plate the brisket with accompanying vegetables and drizzle with the rich, flavorful cooking liquid gravy.
Notes
- Moisture Management: Pat the brisket completely dry before seasoning to ensure maximum flavor absorption and better exterior caramelization.
- Fat Side Strategy: Placing the brisket fat-side down helps protect the meat from direct heat and maintains moisture during slow cooking.
- Grain Guidance: Slice the brisket perpendicular to the grain to guarantee tender, easy-to-chew meat portions that practically melt in your mouth.
- Timing Tactics: Adjust cooking time based on brisket size and desired tenderness – low and slow creates the most succulent results, with fork-tender meat that doesn’t fall apart completely.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 7 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg