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Slow-Cooked Smoky Beef Brisket

Name: Slow-Cooked Smoky Beef Brisket
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 8 h 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 2 kg beef brisket, fat cap left on; 2 tsp fine sea salt; 2 tsp coarsely cracked black pepper; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp ground cumin; 2 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 500 ml gluten-free beef stock; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 1 tbsp gluten-free tamari

Fork-tender brisket with a peppery smoked-paprika bark and glossy, reduced cooking juices. Built for Sunday dinner and even better leftovers.

Prep25 mins

Cook8 hrs

Serves8

DifficultyEasy

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Slow-cooked brisket in irregular tender slices with a dark bark and natural pan juices — **TooGut pick**Flexible, practical, genuinely delicious.

Brisket needs two things: an aggressive first sear and enough quiet time for collagen to soften. The slow cooker handles the second part, but only after the beef earns a dark crust in a proper pan.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves8

Brisket

2 kgbeef brisket, fat cap left on
2 tspfine sea salt
2 tspcoarsely cracked black pepper
2 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspground cumin
2 tbspgarlic-infused olive oil
2 tbsptomato paste
500 mlgluten-free beef stock
2 tbspapple cider vinegar
1 tbspgluten-free tamari

One step at a time

Let’s cook.

Tick each step as you go. Built-in timers keep the important moments close.

Season without being timid

Pat brisket dry. Mix salt, pepper, paprika and cumin, then rub it over every uneven surface. Rest for 20 minutes.

Build a real bark

Heat oil in a wide heavy pan. Sear brisket for 5 to 7 minutes a side, including the thicker edges, until nearly too dark.

Load the slow cooker

Stir tomato paste into the pan, then add stock, vinegar and tamari. Scrape up every browned bit and pour around the brisket in the slow cooker.

Cook low and slow

Cook on low for 8 hours until a fork twists easily in the thickest part. Start checking at 7 hours because every brisket is shaped differently.

Rest and reduce

Rest the brisket loosely covered for 20 minutes. Skim excess fat, reduce the cooking liquid in a saucepan until glossy, then slice the beef unevenly across the grain.

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Nutrition snapshot

Energy2,480 kJ

Protein62 g

Carbohydrate4 g

Fat35 g

Approximate only. Values change with brands, portions and selected swaps.

Set yourself up

Equipment

✓ Large heavy frying pan
✓ 6 litre slow cooker
✓ Small saucepan
✓ Sharp carving knife

Slow-Cooked Smoky Beef Brisket

Ingredients

Brisket

Let’s cook.

Season without being timid

Build a real bark

Load the slow cooker

Cook low and slow

Rest and reduce

Nutrition snapshot

Equipment

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