Cure brisket: Mix SPICE RUB and brown sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle over beef brisket and rubbing it into the meat. Wrap with Saran and refrigerate overnight, ideally between 8 and 12 hours.
Cook brisket: Stir soup mix together with water and pour into slow cooker. Unwrap brisket and brush with ¼ cup WATC BBQ SAUCE. Transfer brisket to slow cooker, cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours. Turn slow cooker off and leave beef covered in crock to cool for 30 minutes.
Pull beef: Transfer cooked beef to a platter or tray. Using two forks, gently pull beef apart, transferring it into a large bowl. Add 1 cup of WATC BBQ sauce and stir to combine. Add more sauce to taste.
To serve: Place a mound of pulled beef onto the bottom of hamburger or kaiser buns, add a slice of Swiss cheese, then bun top.
Serve with chips, pickles, coleslaw or a favourite salad.
Beef Brisket Sandwich Recipe
Ingredients
For the beef:
4 pound beef brisket
3 tablespoons WATC BUTCHER’S BLEND
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
¼ cup WATC ORIGINAL BBQ SAUCE
1 cup water
1 package onion soup mix
1 cup WATC ORIGINAL BBQ SAUCE
To serve:
hamburger, brioche or kaiser buns
Swiss cheese slices
Directions
Cure brisket: Mix SPICE RUB and brown sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle over beef brisket and rubbing it into the meat. Wrap with Saran and refrigerate overnight, ideally between 8 and 12 hours.
Cook brisket: Stir soup mix together with water and pour into slow cooker. Unwrap brisket and brush with ¼ cup WATC BBQ SAUCE. Transfer brisket to slow cooker, cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours. Turn slow cooker off and leave beef covered in crock to cool for 30 minutes.
Pull beef: Transfer cooked beef to a platter or tray. Using two forks, gently pull beef apart, transferring it into a large bowl. Add 1 cup of WATC BBQ sauce and stir to combine. Add more sauce to taste.
To serve: Place a mound of pulled beef onto the bottom of hamburger or kaiser buns, add a slice of Swiss cheese, then bun top.
Serve with chips, pickles, coleslaw or a favourite salad.
Beef Brisket Sandwich Recipe
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Beef brisket rubbed with our Butcher’s Blend spice mix and cooked slowly, then gently pulled apart and tossed with our original BBQ SAUCE…
Hosting a hungry crowd? Make this BEEF BRISKET SANDWICH RECIPE.
Fair warning, lovers of delicious food: prepare to be amazed. Both Carol and I have made this BEEF BRISKET SANDWICH RECIPE in our respective cottages for family and friends, and every single person has said, “Wow! Is this ever good!” This recipe for homemade beef brisket sandwiches has a few more claims to fame; here’s what sets it apart from other beef sandwich recipes:
You need very little prep time to make it; just rub the brisket with our BUTCHER’S BLEND seasoning and a bit of brown sugar.
The brisket is cooked until tender in a no-fuss slow cooker.
The meat easily pulls apart and gets tossed with our tangy original BBQ SAUCE.
All it takes to assemble these simple sandwiches are some large buns, the flavourful beef brisket and slices of Swiss cheese.
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Gathering the ingredients for this recipe is an easy task.
INGREDIENTS
This photo of the ingredients shows how simple it is to prepare the beef brisket. No need to create an extensive shopping list, only a few ingredients are needed to make this recipe. Don’t forget to click here to shop for the BBQ SAUCE and our super-tasty BUTCHER’S BLEND spice mix.
Not a bad idea to call your butcher and order the beef brisket beforehand.
BEEF BRISKET
Beef brisket is listed as one of the nine “primal cuts of beef” and is from the breast or lower chest of the cow. Go HERE to learn more about brisket and other cuts of beef. Briskets can be cooked in many ways, including baking, boiling, smoking, and roasting. Cooking brisket using a slow cooker, as we did for this post, results in a very tender brisket. You can also use an InstaPot or Dutch oven for this recipe and prepare the meat the same way.
This seasoning blend can be used on beef, pork, lamb, and poultry.
SPICE BLEND
We seasoned the brisket with a dry rub of our BUTCHER’S BLEND spice mix and a bit of dark brown sugar. Our spice blend contains garlic powder, smoked paprika, chili powder, coriander, and onion powder. It also contains salt, black pepper, allspice, cumin, and zested orange peel. The combination, along with the brown sugar, gives the beef such a pleasing flavor.
For best results, cure the beef for at least 8 hours if not longer.
CURE
Promise you won’t skip our direction to rub the meat with the spice and sugar blend and leave it wrapped in the refrigerator to cure for at least eight hours. Doing so ensures the beef soaks up all the salt, spices and seasonings.
This cut of meat gets soft and tender when cooked on low heat for a longer period of time.
SLOW COOKER
As mentioned, we chose the easiest route by preparing the meat for this post using a slow cooker or crockpot. Simply pour the water and onion soup mix into the slow cooker, add the seasoned piece of meat, cover and cook slowly on low for eight hours. Could this be any easier? We think not!
Pulling the beef apart with forks is an easy step.
TENDER BEEF
Once the beef is cooked, leave it to rest in the juices for 30 minutes. This gives the meat ample time to soak up some of the braising liquid in the pot. This rest period also lets the meat relax and settle. Although you could slice and serve the cooked chopped brisket along with MASHED POTATOES and a favourite VEGETABLE SIDE DISH, we encourage you to proceed with the “pulled beef” portion of the program.
Use a large bowl to toss the pulled beef together with the BBQ SAUCE.
To pull the brisket, transfer it to a large platter or rimmed tray and gently pull the beef apart using two forks. Once the meat is completely pulled, transfer it to a large bowl and continue with the final steps.
Add more BBQ SAUCE to taste.
BBQ SAUCE
Some folks go on about setting aside an extra hour to make a barbecue sauce for this recipe… why? We’ve already crafted a superior BBQ SAUCE that takes this easy sandwich idea from simple to amazing. Our BBQ SAUCE is tangy with a hint of sweetness and just the right amount of heat. Prepare to be amazed; it’s mighty, mighty tasty!
Try the sandwiches using different breads, buns and cheeses.
SANDWICHES
Raise your right hand and say, “I promise not to make serving these sandwiches complicated.” We’re talking hamburger or brioche buns, sauced-up beef brisket, and a slice of Swiss cheese. Seriously folks, that’s it. The only other things to serve with it, and this is up to you, are potato chips or crispy corn chips, a crunchy slaw, potato salad or baked beans, and to top it off, our famous GARLIC DILL PICKLES. Some people may ask for a tiny bit more BBQ SAUCE to go with, so just saying, you might want to leave that bottle on the table.
These sandwiches look good enough to eat! Yum!
One other thing to mention here is about leftover brisket (if there is any). Warm the beef brisket up in a saucepan with a bit of melted butter, or just enjoy it cold on toast or a bun. Even leftovers are easy!
This BEEF BRISKET SANDWICH RECIPE is such a crowd-pleasing dish people simply can’t get enough!
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Ingredients
For the beef:
4 pound beef brisket
3 tablespoons WATC BUTCHER’S BLEND
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
¼ cup WATC ORIGINAL BBQ SAUCE
1 cup water
1 package onion soup mix
1 cup WATC ORIGINAL BBQ SAUCE
To serve:
hamburger, brioche or kaiser buns
Swiss cheese slices
Directions
Cure brisket: Mix SPICE RUB and brown sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle over beef brisket and rubbing it into the meat. Wrap with Saran and refrigerate overnight, ideally between 8 and 12 hours.
Cook brisket: Stir soup mix together with water and pour into slow cooker. Unwrap brisket and brush with ¼ cup WATC BBQ SAUCE. Transfer brisket to slow cooker, cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours. Turn slow cooker off and leave beef covered in crock to cool for 30 minutes.
Pull beef: Transfer cooked beef to a platter or tray. Using two forks, gently pull beef apart, transferring it into a large bowl. Add 1 cup of WATC BBQ sauce and stir to combine. Add more sauce to taste.
To serve: Place a mound of pulled beef onto the bottom of hamburger or kaiser buns, add a slice of Swiss cheese, then bun top.
Serve with chips, pickles, coleslaw or a favourite salad.
