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Crockpot Brisket
1- (4 to 6) pound trimmed brisket
2 tablespoons prepared mustard (that’s right just the regular kind)
2 teaspoon beef base (I use Organic Better than Bouillon -regular is available at Wal-Mart and other stores) dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water with the dried onion added in
3 teaspoons dried onion or 1/2 cup chopped onions
Use THM Baking Blend to thicken the gravy or leave it au jus if you prefer. (I left this brothier than my usual gravy and used 2 tablespoons blend per cup of meat juice. *See gravy tips at the end of this post.
Place the brisket in the crockpot lean side up and pour 2 tablespoons of the beef broth/onion solution over the top then slather it with 1 tablespoon of the mustard and flip it over carefully. (If you’re using fresh chopped onion just add them to the top of the fat side of the meat once you get the other ingredients added). Repeat the same process with the top of the brisket on the fat side. Cook on in the crock pot on low overnight (8 hours). Skim the mustard and seasonings from the top of the brisket and mix with the pan juices in the pot. Peel off fat and discard it.
(Note: it is not a lot of fat as shown in the picture and my husband did not want ours discarded so you see how it looks if you leave it on.)
Remove the brisket to a separate dish (if you slice it now it will shred a little, I refrigerated it to get it to slice as shown and I used an electric knife to slice it because I didn’t have a super sharp knife so it’s your choice, it is yummy either way).
Drain the juices into a gravy separator and save the meat juices and discard the fat. (Alternately refrigerate the pan juices and skim off the fat later if you don’t own a separator).
When you get ready to serve the meat just heat the juices to very hot on the stove and whisk in enough baking blend to thicken (2 tablespoons per cup of liquid) or as I mentioned just pour some of the juice over the top of the meat and let it soak in, the juice is where a lot of the flavor will be but it absorbs back into the meat very easily.
*Gravy tips: I love thickening with THM’s baking blend! But at higher concentrations, it can get a little grainy. This is easily solved by putting the gravy into a blender or mini processor or using an immersions blender on the sauce.
I have used a lower concentration of blend to meat juice in this recipe and had to problems at all. I normally mix some form of cheese into the gravy/sauces and that takes care of it, but I did not want to do that with this gravy so I left it thinner.
Crockpot Brisket (Low carb, S)
Ingredients
- Crockpot Brisket
- 4 pound trimmed beef brisket
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard (that's right just the regular kind)
- 2 teaspoon beef base (I use Organic Better than Bouillon -regular is available at Wal-Mart and other stores) dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water with the dried onion added in
- 3 teaspoons dried onion or 1/2 cup chopped onions
- Use THM Baking Blend to thicken the gravy or leave it au jus if you prefer. (I left this brothier than my usual gravy and used 2 tablespoons blend per cup of meat juice. *See gravy tips at the end of this post.
Instructions
Place the brisket in the crockpot lean side up and pour 2 tablespoons of the beef broth/onion solution over the top then slather it with 1 tablespoon of the mustard and flip it over carefully. (If you're using fresh chopped onion just add them to the top of the fat side of the meat once you get the other ingredients added).
Repeat the same process with the top of the brisket on the fat side.
Cook on in the crock pot on low overnight (8 hours).
Skim the mustard and seasonings from the top of the brisket and mix with the pan juices in the pot.
Peel off fat and discard it.
*(Note: it is not a lot of fat as shown in the picture and my husband did not want ours discarded so you see how it looks if you leave it on.)
Remove the brisket to a separate dish
*If you slice it now it will shred a little, I refrigerated it to get it to slice as shown and I used an electric knife to slice it because I didn't have a super sharp knife so it's your choice, it is yummy either way).
Drain the juices into a gravy separator and save the meat juices and discard the fat.
* (Alternately refrigerate the pan juices and skim off the fat later if you don't own a separator).
When you get ready to serve the meat just heat the juices to very hot on the stove and whisk in enough baking blend to thicken (2 tablespoons per cup of liquid) or as I mentioned just pour some of the juice over the top of the meat and let it soak in, the juice is where a lot of the flavor will be but it absorbs back into the meat very easily.
*Gravy tips: I love thickening with THM's baking blend! But at higher concentrations, it can get a little grainy. This is easily solved by putting the gravy into a blender or mini processor or using an immersions blender on the sauce.
I have used a lower concentration of blend to meat juice in this recipe and had to problems at all. I normally mix some form of cheese into the gravy/sauces and that takes care of it, but I did not want to do that with this gravy so I left it thinner.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 774Total Fat: 47gSaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 22gCholesterol: 270mgSodium: 328mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 5gProtein: 74g
Nikki Cheshire says
This should say to cook on LOW overnight/8 hours, right? 🙂
Teresia says
Yes it should and I’ll go take a look at the recipe. Thanks Nikki!
Charlene says
Is there a strong mustard taste? Somehow my kids can always sniff out mustard 🙂 If so, can you suggest a substitute for the mustard? Thanks!
Teresia says
I understand and my husband dislikes mustard intensely but has never noticed this at all. Mustard is a wonderful basting sauce for grilled pork and chicken as well.
Mary Elizabeth says
Could this be made with a roast instead of a brisket? Thanks!
Teresia says
It seems like it would work Mary, but I haven’t tried it yet so I can’t say from experience. If you try it just make sure the roast size is about the same as the brisket used in this recipe. Hope this helps. 🙂