Texas Brisket

Total Time: 28 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup paprika
• 3 tablespoons fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons coarse salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 7 -8 lbs beef brisket, whole and untrimmed
• 12 ounces beer
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons jalapenos, minced
• 1 cup barbecue sauce, any kind you prefer
• 1 tablespoon chili powder

Recipe

• 1 mix first five ingredients for dry rub in small bowl. save 1 tablespoon to another bowl and reserve for mop.
• 2 spread dry rub all over brisket.
• 3 cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.
• 4 mop:.
• 5 mix first six ingredients plus reserved dry rub in heavy medium saucepan.
• 6 stir over low heat five minutes.
• 7 pour 1/2 cup mop into bowl, cove and chill for use in sauce later.
• 8 cover and chill remaining mop.
• 9 preheat oven to 375.
• 10 place brisket, fat side up, in dutch oven or other heavy baking pan large enough to accomodate the brisket.
• 11 roast brisket in pan for 3-4 hours basting with mop every 20 minutes, until tender.
• 12 transfer brisket to platter, let stand 15 minutes.
• 13 combine barbeque sauce, and chili powder in heavy saucepan, add any accumulated juices from brisket and bring to a boil. thin sauce with some of the reserved 1/2 cup mop if needed.
• 14 thinly slice brisket across grain, serve passing sauce separately.