Crockpot Coca-Cola Brisket

Tender coca-cola brisket braised in the slow cooker or crock pot with tomato sauce, which is perfect for any Autumn meal, such as Rosh Hashanah.

Crockpot Coca-Cola Brisket

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

My recipe of the day is for a slow cooker – crockpot coca-cola beef brisket, cooked in a holiday type sauce with tomatoes and coca-cola. Perfect for my Jewish friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah (Sept.29th) but you don’t have to be Jewish to love brisket. I mean, I am not, but it is a favorite of mine (especially on the smoker as bbq).

Big Briskets!

Briskets can be pretty big, and truthfully, this one is a section as they cut it up at the market. You can also get them whole (but a whole brisket isn’t going to fit in any crockpot- and if you have that, consider several crockpots).

What is a Brisket?

The brisket, if for some reason you have not cooked before, is the same kind of cut used for corned beef, except with the one, it is spiced up and also treated with pink curing salt. So this one is not going to taste like that at all.

And mine cooked in 6 hours- and you’ll need to watch yours and check it. I’ve had some brisket that was tougher and wanted more time, but this one was okay. If by some unfortunate event you leave it in for 10-12 hours, don’t blame me if it falls apart (and it will if you overcook it). I’ve seen photos from very prominent chefs and bloggers where it was just crumbled into…well crap.

Make Things Easy to Slice

If you chill it, the slicing is much easier (and this is true for most roasts) and slicing across the grain at an angle, thin as you can manage, is important. If you look at the meat you can see the meat fibers like long strings. Cutting across the grain means those fibers get sliced short, so the meat is not so tough. You don’t want to be able to pull off strings like string cheese.

So if you are cutting this into sections to fit the crock, take it into account how you will be slicing it later, as you don’t want to end up with some odd angle. You want a flat side facing those strings so they will in fact cut short.

Luck of the Draw

Mine was tender as I have said, but if by some misfortune you have got one of those made “out of shoe leather” as my mom would have said, pop those tough slices into a pan with some sauce, cover it with foil or a pan lid, and bake it until it is just tender then (but not so long it cooks apart). Just like steaks, on occasion we get stuck with a tough old bull.

Hopefully you are lucky every time. Just remember not to overcook!

Crockpot Coca-Cola Brisket

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Crockpot Coca-Cola Brisket

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time6 hrs

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Beef, Brisket, slow cooker

Servings: 8

Author: Sue Lau

Heat oil in a large pan and sear brisket on both sides, then remove.

Add onion to the pan and cook until softened.

Stir up the sauce ingredients and place some in the bottom of the crock, topping with the beef.

If it doesn't fit (I used a large oval and it just fit) then cut it into sections to fit.

Top with the onions and remaining sauce.

Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until it is fork tender.

Allow brisket to rest (I chill mine overnight and reheat the next day as it both slices and tastes better).

Thicken sauce with a cornstarch slurry if you like to use as a gravy for noodles or potatoes.

Slice the beef at a 45 degree angle across the grain (this means the long strings in the meat will be cut very short).

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

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