Cast Iron
Sweet Barbecue Brisket
- Serves 6-8 people
Author Notes
The best, pull apart, melt in your mouth brisket. The brisket your mom used to make with a barbecue twist. —Shellaboo
What You'll Need
Ingredients
- Marinade
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1/2 cup
Vegetable oil
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1/2 cup
Red wine vinegar
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1/4 cup
Barbecue sauce (I use KC Masterpiece)
- Spice Rub and Remaining Ingredients
-
1 tablespoon
Beef flavor soup mix
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1 tablespoon
Garlic powder
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1 tablespoon
Onion powder
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2 teaspoons
Kosher salt
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2 teaspoons
Chili powder
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1 tablespoon
Olive oil
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3
Cloves of garlic
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1 cup
Barbecue sauce
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20
oz. bottle of coke
Directions
- Marinade
- With a fork, poke holes all around a 2-3 lb brisket (preferably second cut).
- Marinate the brisket overnight in the BBQ ,vinegar and oil mixture.
- Spice Rub and Remaining Ingredients
- The next day-- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
- Combine the soup mix, salt, garlic, onion and chili powders.
- Remove the brisket from the liquid and pat down with the spice rub.
- In a large cast iron pan, sear the brisket on all sides (about 1-2 minutes each) in a tablespoon of olive oil. As you sear the brisket add in the whole garlic cloves and basted the brisket with the juices in the pan.
- After the brisket is seared, pour in the coke and cover the top of the brisket in the BBQ sauce.
- Cover the pan with foil and cook in oven for 6-8 hours.
- Pull apart with two forks and serve as a main or on slider buns as an appetizer.
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