crockpot brisket

Food-safety warning:
Never load a crockpot with frozen goods. A crockpot cannot thaw that food quickly enough. Quick-thaw your foods under a running faucet or in the microwave.

We have two options to cook the brisket:

dry-cooking (the red crockpot)
Place the seasoned brisket in a dry crockpot with 1 cup of water.
This will give a more savory brisket suitable for pulled meat, like a pot roast.
wet-cooking (The green crockpot)
Place the seasoned brisket in a dry crockpot. Add enough warm water to cover the entire brisket.
This will make a very nice beef soup, the brisket will be soup meat.

A. red crockpot brisket

2014-11-25

Brisket is a cut that needs a very long cooking time to become tender. A crockpot is an ideal tool for that.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 8 servings:

trimmed brisket, 3 lbs.
1 cups each carrots, broccoli, cauliflower
4 each potatoes, tomatoes, whole
S&P

Pic1: crockpot brisket vegetables

Directions

Slow-cook the brisket meat on low setting overnight in 1 cup of water with S&P to taste.
That will create a very concentrated broth, and meat that can be used for pulling.
In the morning, add the vegetables and extra water, S&P, seasoning to taste.
Alternatively:
- Remove the brisket before adding veggies.
- Add the vegetables. Add just enough hot water to cover them.
- Cook the vegetables in the diluted broth.
Cook for 2-4 hours.
Add the tomatoes late (½ hr. before serving) if you don't want them all mushy.
Adjust seasoning.
Slice the meat, serve with the veggies.
Serving suggestion:
- Serve the tomatoes whole, with the meat.

B. green crockpot brisket

2014-09-13

Pic2: load the pot, overnight it
Pic3: more veggies
Pic4: served

This crockpot was loaded with 3 lbs. brisket, 2 bell peppers, sliced, ½ lb. Anasazi beans, 4 thick slices salami. Enough warm water was added to cover all. Crockpot ran overnight on low. (Pic2)
In the morning, I added 1 Japanese eggplant, ½ lb. green beans, ½ cup white rice and S&P, seasoning to taste (Pic3) and left it on low for 4 more hrs. I served the soup meat with the veggies. (Pic4)

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org