Old-Fashioned Beef Brisket

Name: Old-Fashioned Beef Brisket
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 12 servings.
Ingredients: 1 fresh beef brisket (4 pounds); 2 tablespoons canola oil; 2 large sweet onions, sliced; 2 cups ketchup; 2 cups water; 1/2 cup dry red wine or beef broth

Tender slices of beef smothered in onions in a sweet tomato sauce give this entrée an old-fashioned feel. It is simple to prepare and delicious comfort food.

Ingredients

1 fresh beef brisket (4 pounds)
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 large sweet onions, sliced
2 cups ketchup
2 cups water
1/2 cup dry red wine or beef broth

Directions

In a Dutch oven, brown meat in oil on all sides; drain. Top with onions. Combine the ketchup, water and wine; pour over meat and onions.
Cover and bake at 350° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until meat is tender. Let stand for 5 minutes. Thinly slice brisket across the grain. Thicken sauce if desired; serve with beef.

Editor's Note

This is a fresh beef brisket, not corned beef.

Nutrition Facts

4 ounce-weight: 277 calories, 9g fat (3g saturated fat), 64mg cholesterol, 562mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 0 fiber), 31g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1 starch.

Originally published as Gerry's Fresh Brisket of Beef Old-Fashioned Family Favorite in Reminisce December/January 2009

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mars1105

Dec 1, 2010

I made it once with a lg brisket in a Nesco for 4 hours at 400 pour a bottle of ketchup and a bottle of duck sauce over it and thats it.