Busy Day Faux-Smoked Brisket

There's nothing like a big hunk of meat to make the fam really happy. Especially if it is smoked. I fool 'em all the time with my cheaters recipe for smoked brisket. I pull out the slow cooker for this one.It is  so easy and the house smells like a Texas Bar B Que all day long.

I am enjoying taking hoards of pics then blowing them up. I figured since this is a Texas style recipe, the pics should be Texas size, too. 

Ingredients:

Trying some outdoor photos. Cool perspective, don't you think?  And all with a micro camera.

Take your slab of brisket and brown it in a skillet that has been heated with a bit of canola oil. Be sure to turn on the exhaust and alert the fire dept. Add a little tobasco. Be careful.

Time for the dry rub, use a spatula to press it into the meat.

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Place in slow cooker and add some more stuff.

And now for my favorite cooking ingredient: Onions. Slap some sliced ones on top.

Cook  for a really long time. Voila!This is what it looks like when done. Yee Haw.Can you say Voila and Yee Haw in the same sentence? That's my Texalian coming out.

Shred with a fork and serve on buns with barbque sauce today and use the left overs to make a Tex Mex pizza tomorrow night! To have leftovers at my house, I would have to have a bigger hunk of cow.

Busy Day Faux-Smoked Brisket

3-4 lb trimmed beef brisket

1 Tablespoon canola oil

few shakes of Tabasco

For the dry rub:

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp.

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. celery seed

1 Tablespoon smoked paprika

For the smokey goop:

1 Tablespoon smoke flavoring liquid

1 tsp. honey

1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1 Tablespoon soy sauce

1 Tablespoon Thick Worcestershire sauce 

1 onion, sliced

Heat skillet til very hot. Add oil and cook brisket  until lightly browned. Remove skillet from heat and add dry rub to brisket, using a flat spatula to press the seasoning into the meat. Transfer  meat to a slow cooker set on low. Mix together smokey goop ingredients and pour over brisket. Add sliced onion to the top. Place lid on top and cook for 4-5 hours. Shred with a fork.  Serve with your favorite barbque sauce. Makes about 8 sandwiches.

Notes: You can use this very recipe with a pork roast or country pork ribs. The smoked paprika really adds a nice color and a super smokey flavor, but if you don't have it available, use a little more of the  liquid smoke flavoring. If you don't have a slow cooker, wrap the brisket in foil, place in a shallow pan and cook 300 degrees until tender--about 3-4 hours.

Busy Day Faux Smoked Brisket