Texas Brisket Sandwiches
This beef builds beef brisket and soft burger buns into a weeknight-friendly meal you can have ready in about 65 minutes. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and large pot. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention.
What you'll need
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Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: contains meat, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Mustard
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How to make it
- Pat the brisket dry and trim the fat cap to about 6 mm thick, leaving enough fat to baste the meat as it cooks while removing any hard, waxy sections.
- Combine the salt, black pepper, paprika, garlic powder and cayenne, then rub the brisket all over with the yellow mustard as a binder and press the dry rub firmly into every surface.
- Cook the brisket low and slow at 110 to 120 C, fat side up, for roughly 6 to 8 hours in a smoker or covered oven, spritzing occasionally with the apple cider vinegar mixed with a little water.
- Continue cooking until the internal temperature reaches about 96 C and a probe slides into the thickest part with almost no resistance, which signals the connective tissue has fully rendered.
- Wrap the brisket tightly in foil or butcher paper and rest it in a warm spot for at least 45 minutes so the juices redistribute and the meat stays moist when sliced.
- Slice the brisket against the grain into pencil-thick slices, or pull it into chunks, discarding any large pockets of unrendered fat.
- Toast the buns lightly, pile on the warm brisket, drizzle with a little of the resting juices, and serve right away with extra vinegar sauce or pickles on the side.
You'll use: Oven Β· Large pot
Tips & common questions
How long does Texas Brisket Sandwiches take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish β an estimate based on the 7 steps and 9 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes β use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
How should I store leftovers?
Cool leftovers quickly, refrigerate in an airtight container, and eat within 3 days. Reheat until piping hot throughout.
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Adapted recipe β rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Texas Brisket Sandwiches is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Brisket (3849368711).jpg by Jeremy Noble from St. Paul, United States, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure β how we source recipes.