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Beef Brisket

Beef Brisket

Looking for an easy way to prepare beef brisket and still impress your friends? This is it! What's crazy is how good it is given how ridiculously easy it is to make. All you do is mix together some barbecue sauce, soy sauce, and water, slather the brisket with the sauce, wrap it in aluminum foil and bake it for several hours, until it's falling apart tender.

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Beef Brisket Recipe

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 3 hours

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 lbs of a brisket cut of beef
  • 3/4 cup barbeque sauce
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 cup of water

Method

1 Preheat oven to 325ºF.

2 In a bowl, mix together the barbeque sauce, soy sauce, and water.

3a Place the brisket roast on a large piece of aluminum foil. Spread the BBQ sauce mixture generously over meat. Wrap the brisket in aluminum foil and place it in a roasting pan. Bake for 1 hour for every 1 pound of meat.

Alternatively,

3b Place the barbecue sauce and the brisket in an oven roasting bag. Sprinkle a teaspoon of flour into the bag. Poke a couple small holes in the bag. Place the bag in a roasting pan. You may find that the cooking time is faster with this method, or you can reduce the oven temperature to 300°F.

4 Remove from oven and let rest in the foil for 30 minutes before serving.

Yield: Serves 8.

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10 Comments

Just a suggestion on the temp of the cook. You may find that you will have a much more tender brisket if you lower the cooking temp to around 250-275 degrees. Also cook it till it gets to an internal temp of 195 degrees. Then let it rest for an hr wrapped in foil. I do a lot of briskets in the smoker and the oven and have always had great results with them!

Posted by: Dave on November 27, 2005 6:36 PM

The best brisket I have ever made... all 12 lbs of it were gone before New Years was over and I saw quite a few naughty vegetarians going back for seconds. I threw a bunch of garlic (whole) into the mix and we spread that on bread and dipped it into the sauce. A total hit!!!

Posted by: Beth on January 6, 2007 10:49 AM

I did not have the soy sauce, so I added some lime juice. I must say this was the best brisket I have ever made in the oven:).
I cooked it for 5 hrs at 275 degrees. My husband loved it. I was afraid it was going to be a little dried so, I also made a salsa to pour over the brisket. I sauted some jalapenos, onions and tomatoes and then added the drippings from the brisket it was so GOOOOD!!!
P.S. The brisket was not dry at all.

Posted by: Lupe on July 2, 2007 10:25 PM

This was so great! I am a new cook so the comment about not using ALL of the marinade was very helpful. I also added two cloves of garlic (whole) like someone else suggested and it was amazing. I cooked it a little longer at 300 degrees so it wouldn't cook so fast. Thanks so much

Posted by: Janell on March 13, 2010 7:02 AM

Awesome recipe. Found a sale on brisket and couldn't pass it up. I used 1/8 cup soy sauce and the juice of a lime...and added a couple of garlic cloves minced. OMG the smell. I think the neighbors were jealous. I was smug. Cooked at 275 for about 3.5 hrs on a 2# brisket. Next sale, I gotta get a bigger brisket! Elise, you have made me look like a culinary goddess again!

Posted by: Alicia* on August 19, 2010 10:40 AM

Elise, just curious. I made the brisket and it's tender & tastes wonderful. However, it did not get the crispy on the outside like in your picture. Did I miss something?

I think the crispiness you see is where the barbecue sauce caramelized at the edges. ~Elise

Posted by: Nora on March 5, 2011 4:26 PM

I used this recipe and it was great. I did make a few changes: I used a crockpot and slow cooked it all day, omitted the soy sauce, used garlic powder, a little salt, beef broth, water, and a 16 oz bottle of barbeque sauce. I made this for my girlfriend and she called to tell me how tender and well seasoned it was. She said it was flavorful all the way through.

Thanks to all, since I incorparated some ideas here, especially Elise : )

Posted by: Esther on June 10, 2011 12:31 AM

I come from the school of "low and slow" when it comes to brisket but this turned out quite nice. I suppose it's a lot to do with the cut of meat and your 'finesse' with it. I will make it again. Thanks.

Posted by: Lisa on June 11, 2011 9:30 AM

I made your brisket recipe for dinner tonight and it was SO GOOD!! The whole family loved it! I loved how easy it was. This recipe is a keeper!

Posted by: Lisa on October 16, 2011 4:48 PM

Can I just tell you how awesome the leftovers were for making BBQ beef sliders the next day? Ohhh yeah, baby!! I saved the juices left over from when I roasted the meat, added a little more BBQ sauce, and warmed the slices up in that, threw them on some little potato rolls and served them up with some coleslaw - fantastic! My family wants me to make this brisket, and of course, the sliders, every week :-)

Posted by: KariVery on December 9, 2011 3:18 PM

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