sweet and sour brisket

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (3 pound) beef brisket, top cut or thin cut
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, or to taste
• 2 large onions, thickly sliced
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1/2 cup dry red
• 1 cup bottled chili sauce
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup apple vinegar
• 1 bay leaf

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 20 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 35 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• heat vegetable oil in a large dutch oven or heavy roasting pan over medium-high heat; pat brisket dry with paper towels. rub meat with garlic and cracked black pepper and place into the hot oil. brown brisket on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes per side. remove brisket and set aside.
• reduce heat to medium and cook and stir onions until very browned, about 10 minutes; stir beef broth and red into the dutch oven. scrape up any brown bits and bring the mixture to a simmer.
• stir chili sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and bay leaf into the red mixture; place brisket in the sauce. spoon sauce over the meat and cover the dutch oven.
• bake in the preheated oven until the brisket is tender, 2 to 3 hours. let brisket cool in pan. remove brisket, slice the meat, and return the slices to the pan.
• return to oven and bake until the sauce is bubbling, 10 to 15 minutes.