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beef brisket slow cooker (south africa)

Beef Brisket Slow Cooker


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  • Total Time: 10 hours 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8 people 1x

Description

This beef brisket slow cooker recipe is a fall-apart tender beef that simmers on low in a deep savory umami braai sauce (BBQ sauce).


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 3 kg beef brisket meat, roughly 6lbs
  • 2 Tbsps olive oil
  • 2 cups braai sauce (barbecue sauce)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 Tbsp paprika dry rub
  • 1.2 Tbsp cumin
  • 2 tsps salt and pepper or to taste

Vegetables (Optional)

  • 6 potatoes, rinsed, skin-on, quartered
  • 2 carrots, washed, peeled and sliced
  • vegetable seasoning
  • salt and pepper
  • olive oil for drizzling

Instructions

  1. Make the braai sauce: 1 x full recipe (+ video) and pour it into the slow cooker. Add the water and mix the sauce. Place the lid on the slow cooker and set to LOW.
  2. Prep: In a small bowl mix the paprika dry rub and cumin.
  3. Season: Generously season the beef brisket all around with salt, pepper and then add the spice mix from the above step. Be sure to coat the whole brisket.
  4. Slow Cook: Place the beef brisket into the slow cooker over the sauce. Place the lid back on, leave it on LOW setting and slow cook for 8 to 10 hours or until the meat is fall-apart tender.
  5. Preheat the Oven: In the last 15 to 20 minutes of the slow cooker beef, preheat the oven to 200 C / 400 F.
  6. Roast: When the meat has finished slow cooking, transfer the beef to a roasting tray. Drizzle with olive oil and oven roast for 15 minutes.
  7. Rest the Brisket: Remove the brisket from the oven and let it rest for 10-15 minutes before pulling-apart using 2 forks it's so tender!
  8. Serve: Serve with roasted vegetables (if roasted) and braai (barbecue) sauce.

Roasted Vegetables

  1. In roughly the last hour of the slow cooker beef brisket, place the prepared vegetables (salt, pepper and vegetable seasoning) into a roasting tray and drizzle with olive oil to coat. Bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork.
  2. Carve: Serve the roasted vegetables with the brisket and sauce.

Notes

Vegetables:  You can also add the uncooked vegetables to the slow cooker in the last 2 hours to cook till or till fork tender (if not roasting). 

Sauce:  When you remove the brisket from the slow cooker, skim the surface of the sauce to discard all the excess oil which would be sitting over the sauce. 

Simmer:  Pour the sauce into a pot and simmer to reduce until desired consistency is reached. It will take about 10 to 15 minutes to reduce or you can make a slurry to help thicken it. 

Cornstarch Slurry:  Mix together 1 tablespoon of cornstarch (Maizena) with 2 tablespoons cold water into a paste.  Pour it into the sauce and bring it to simmer. 

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 hours
  • Category: Dinner, Main Course
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Calories: 487
  • Sugar: 27
  • Sodium: 1460
  • Fat: 15
  • Saturated Fat: 4
  • Carbohydrates: 57
  • Fiber: 4
  • Protein: 30
  • Cholesterol: 78