Cooking Brisket: An Essential Jewish Skill

Cooking for large groups of hungry 20 somethings is no easy feat. Being able to prepare an entire Shabbat meal, or any meal for so many people can brew up several challenges. One of the largest difficulties involved in creating such a meal, is having everything be ready and warm at the exact same time. For my blog, I am going to teach you how to prepare a super tender and delicious brisket, which will even impress your Bubbe, and will require about 10 minutes of preparation at the most. This may not be the best method of preparing brisket, but we have already served it several times in Moishe House LA with rave reviews. I am going to give you the basic rundown of how to prepare this brisket, and then leave you with a list of ingredients you can mix and match to create your very own recipe.

Question: How much brisket should I buy?
Answer: I'd say each pound will happily feed 3 people...
To keep yourself under budget, serve foods with carbs (pasta, cous cous) that will fill folks up for less, and then the brisket will feed more people. Cooking Length: You should cook the brisket for 8 hours at 200 degrees if you want it to be extremely tender. Make sure someone is home during this entire process.

Preparation:

1. Get a pot that has a good cover that will fit your brisket inside. If you're making a larger sized one, you can get those aluminum tins at the market and cover with foil.
2. Put the brisket in the pot and fill the pot with liquids of your choice (see below) until it is about a half inch below the top of the meat.
3. Add spices and vegetables
4. Cover, place in oven, Set it and forget it!

Sauces (mix and match):

• Coca Cola
• red wine
• onion soup mix (or just throw in a whole onion)
  
• ketchup
• bbq sauce
• beer
• whiskey

Spices (mix n match):

• Salt
• Pepper
• Garlic
• Hot Paprika
• Cayenne
• Cinnamon
  
• Coffee grounds
• Cocoa Powder
• Cumin

After 8 hours are up, just take out the brisket and slice it up! You can use the leftover sauce to pour over rice, or you can use it instead of water to make cous cous or rice.

If you make some brisket, respond to this post with what you did, and how it came out!

Thanks,
Benjie