Small Brisket Recipe
How to slow cook small brisket in oven at 300 with a dry rub and the most amazing sauce to keep it nice and fork tender when it's done. Out of this world YUM!
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 3-4 pound beef brisket mine was 3.2 lbs.
Brisket Dry Rub
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tbsp chili powder
- 1/2 tbsp paprika
Brisket Sauce
- 2 cup broth vegetable was used, or beef
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/8 tsp chili powder
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Rinse off brisket and pat dry with paper towels. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Lay meat flat on a cutting board. Pour half rub on top and rub/pat on so there's a nice thick coat. Flip over and do the same thing on the bottom.
- Put foil on a baking sheet and lay brisket on top, allow excess rub to fall off on cutting board.
- Pour excess from board on top of meat and press on again. Cover pan with meat on top with foil.
- Bake for 3 hours. Before taking it out add sauce ingredients into a small saucepan on the stovetop. Boil until onions are softened.
- Take meat out, take foil off and pour 1/3 - 1/2 of sauce on top of meat. (if sides of pan aren't too high just pour on 1/3, you don't want it to be higher than 1/2 way up sides)
- Put foil back on the top and put back into the oven for 1.5-2 hours (mine was 3.2 lbs. and 1 1/2 hours was enough, larger would need more time to get tender) until meat is fork tender. Ideal internal temperature for fall-apart texture is 195-203F.
- Then take foil off and bake uncovered for 30 minutes so outsides can get nice and brown.
- Remove pan and put foil back on top to let meat rest for 30 minutes before slicing. Serve slices with a side dish with some of the remaining sauce poured on top to make it super moist.
Nutrition
Serving: 3oz | Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 84mg | Sodium: 1163mg | Potassium: 580mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 458IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 3mg