Texas Smoked Brisket

Total Time: 11 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 medium onions, cut in half rounds
• 2 tablespoons sweet paprika
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo, minced
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 (4 lb) beef brisket, fat trimmed
• 1 cup ketchup

Recipe

• 1 spread the onions on the bottom of the insert of a 5- to 7-quart slow cooker and turn the machine on low.
• 2 stir the paprika, chilies, pepper, cumin, sugar, worcestershire, and vinegar together in a small bowl.
• 3 rum the mixture over the brisket and place the brisket on top of the onions in the slow cooker.
• 4 cover and cook for 10 hours on low, until the brisket is tender.
• 5 remove the brisket from the cooker and cover with foil.
• 6 skim off any fat from the cooking liquid and strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a saucepan.
• 7 stir in the ketchup and simmer for 20 minutes, until thickened.
• 8 slice brisket across the grain to serve, accompanied by some of the sauce.