Beths Sweet And Sour Brisket Food

SWEET-AND-SOUR BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place brisket in a large, heavy-bottomed roasting pan; season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large straight-sided skillet over medium-high; add onions, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring, until onions are translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add broth, chili sauce, brown sugar, and vinegar; bring to a boil.
• Place roasting pan over two burners; pour in broth mixture and return to a boil. Cover pan with parchment-lined foil and roast in oven 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees; roast 1 hour, 15 minutes more. Add carrots and potatoes and continue roasting, uncovered, tossing vegetables occasionally, 1 hour. Baste meat with pan juices and continue to roast, basting and tossing vegetables occasionally, until meat is tender but not falling apart, and potatoes and carrots are cooked, about 1 hour more.
• Transfer brisket to a cutting board. Let stand 10 minutes, then slice and serve with sauce, vegetables, and parsley.

BRISKET IN SWEET-AND-SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Let meat stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Place everything but the soda, olive oil and brisket into a food processor, and process with steel blade until smooth. Pour the mixture into a large bowl and whisk in soda and olive oil.
• Place brisket, fat side up, into a heavy baking pan just large enough to hold it, and pour sauce over it. Cover tightly and bake for 3 hours. Turn brisket over, cover pan, and bake 2 to 3 hours more or until fork-tender. Cool, cover brisket and refrigerate overnight in cooking pan.
• The next day, transfer brisket to a cutting board, cut off fat and slice with a sharp knife against grain, to desired thickness. Set meat aside. Remove any congealed fat from sauce and bring to a boil on top of stove.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Taste sauce to see if it needs reducing. If so, boil it down for a few minutes or as needed. Return meat to sauce and warm in oven for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

ANNIE'S SWEET AND SOUR BAKED BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Place brisket on a large piece of foil in a baking dish. Pour other ingredients over it. Seal foil.
• Bake at 325°F for 3 - 3/12 hours until meat is tender.
• Slice against the grain.
• NOTE: Just made a wonderful discovery! I had some leftovers that I had frozen a while ago. I thawed the leftovers out, shopped it very fine, and put it in a pot with about 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce (any kind you like.) And voila! BBQ brisket sandwiches. The kids LOVED them.

SWEET AND SOUR BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Pat the brisket dry and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat in a Dutch oven or braising pot. Sear the brisket until it is browned, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer the brisket to a plate.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the pot and cook the onion, stirring a few times, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the tomato sauce, broth, brown sugar, 1/3 cup of the vinegar, the raisins, peppercorns and allspice and stir to combine well. Bring the mixture to a boil, return the brisket and any accumulated juices to the pot, spoon some of the tomato-vinegar mixture over the brisket, cover tightly and transfer to the oven. Cook until the brisket is fork tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
• Remove the brisket from the oven, transfer the meat to a cutting board and let rest for 10 to 20 minutes or, if serving later, cover and refrigerate the meat and sauce for several hours or overnight. When you are ready to serve, cut the meat against the grain into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Stir the remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar into the warm sauce. Return the sliced brisket to the sauce until heated through, then serve.
• Yield: 10 servings, serving size: 4-ounces brisket plus 3 tablespoons of sauce

BETH'S BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Put the brisket in a roasting pan and scatter the mushrooms, carrots, celery and onions on top. Whisk together the ketchup, brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire and 2 cups water in a bowl and pour it over the top. Cover the pan with foil and cook for about 5 hours.
• Transfer the brisket to a plate, cover it with foil and let it rest for 20 minutes. Transfer the vegetables to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Skim most of the fat from the liquid and strain.
• To serve, slice the brisket and put it on a platter with the vegetables. Pour over the sauce and serve with extra sauce on the side.

BETH'S SWEET AND SOUR BRISKET

Steps:

• Place brisket in heavy heated Dutch oven.
• Brown meat on all sides over medium heat.
• Add onions and garlic. Brown, about 15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cover pot and simmer about 3 hours until meat is tender.
• You can heat it in the oven if the meat is too large for the pot.
• This is best made ahead and you can freeze and reheat it.
• Slice meat against the grain.

SWEET-AND-SOUR BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine beer, cranberry sauce and catsup in medium bowl and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in heavy large Dutch oven over high heat. Season brisket with salt and pepper. Add brisket to Dutch oven and sear until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer brisket to plate. Add sliced onion to same pot and sauté until soft and brown, stirring and scraping bottom of pot frequently, about 8 minutes. Place brisket on onions. Pour beer mixture over brisket. Bring liquids to boil. Cover pot tightly. Transfer to oven and bake until brisket is tender, about 3 hours. Let brisket cool 30 minutes before serving.
• Spoon fat from top of gravy. Transfer brisket to cutting board. Thinly slice brisket across grain. Return brisket to gravy. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over low heat before serving.)

SWEET AND SOUR BRISKET

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the tomatoes, onion, raisins, brown sugar, lemon juice and garlic. Pour half into a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray., Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Transfer to slow cooker. Top with remaining tomato mixture. Cook, covered, on low until meat is tender, 8-10 hours., Remove brisket to a serving platter and keep warm. Skim fat from cooking juices. Thinly slice meat across the grain. Serve with tomato mixture.

SWEET N' SOUR BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Mix together the onion soup mix, water and the jellied cranberry sauce, mixing and smashing until mixed well.
• Put brisket in a roasting pan.
• Pour cranberry mixture over the brisket.
• Season with pepper.
• Cover and bake for 3 hours or until tender, stirring sauce once.
• Skim fat from sauce and serve with noodles.

SWEET AND SOUR BRISKET (SAUERKRAUT IS THE SECRET)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put brisket in a baking pan.
• Pour the sauerkraut over the brisket.
• Add the tomatoes with their liquid.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Cover with foil and bake for 3 hours.