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Texas Brisket Sandwiches

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Lunch, Dinner, Sauce, BBQ, Smoked

Tags: barbecue, main course, medium difficulty, recipes for sandwiches, recipes using beef brisket, recipes using cayenne, recipes using vinegar, recipes using yellow mustard, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings, smoked, texas

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ATexas_Brisket_Sandwiches)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ATexas%20Brisket%20Sandwiches&oldid=4613374

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 ea. (8 pounds) beef brisket, trimmed to ¼ inch of fat
  • 2 tbsp salt
  • 2 tbsp black peppercorns, cracked
  • ¾ cup apple cider vinegar
  • ¾ cup yellow mustard, divided
  • 2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • ¼ cup paprika
  • 2 tbsp hot sauce
  • 9 hamburger buns
  • 3 tbsp molasses
  • Large mesquite chunks

Directions

  1. Combine hot sauce, molasses, vinegar, and ¼ cup mustard. Pour into a spray bottle and set aside.
  2. Coat brisket with ½ cup of the mustard. Set aside.
  3. Combine seasonings and salt. Press mixture into both sides of brisket. Refrigerate overnight.
  4. The next day, heat up a smoker to 200°F with the mesquite chunks. Add brisket and cook 9 hours, spraying every 3 hours with vinegar mixture, and changing wood as needed to keep temperature at 200°F.
  5. Remove brisket from smoker and let rest ½ hour. Separate along the fat line and slice thinly across the grain.
  6. Finely chop slices and toss with remaining vinegar mixture. Place 1/9 into each bun and serve warm.

Notes

If you don't have a smoker, just preheat your oven to 190°F. Place ¾ cup soaked mesquite chips in the bottom of a roasting pan and add a rack and your rubbed brisket. Cover tightly with foil and cook the same.