Easy Oven-Roasted Beef Brisket
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Over the last few years my husband and I have become a bit more adventurous with cooking different cuts of meat, including baby back ribs and now beef brisket. They always intimidated us before but now we’ve realized with a bit of patience and a great recipe, we too can easily create what we’ve loved eating in restaurants in our own homes like making brisket in the oven!
This brisket recipe from Paula Deen (slightly altered) is special because rather than cooking for hours on end on a grill or in a smoker it is slow roasted in your oven. While you won’t get the crunchy outside or that awesome smoke ring, you will get a very delicious and flavorful brisket that is very tender! Sometimes an easy version is all you have time to make. I love pork ribs cooked long and slow best but I also enjoy air fryer country style ribs which are made in a fraction of the time.
Beef Brisket
When making beef brisket, be sure to use a USDA choice cut of meat! Brisket is the type of meat which garbage in equals garbage out. You do not want to end up with tough meat. I’ve used anywhere from a 2lb to 5lb Angus and simply adjusted the spices and cooking time as necessary.
It took about 3 to 3 1/2 hours total cooking time for a small, two pound brisket. We served it sliced with the juices. It worked great in rolls and then dipped in the broth.
Oven Roasted Brisket Kitchen Tip:
I’ve also made a 3 pound brisket in my dutch oven and it worked great. If you don’t have a dutch oven, I highly recommend them! It is such a versatile piece to have in your kitchen. From soups to meats and stove top to oven, everything I’ve cooked in mine turns out great. If you can swing getting a Le Creuset Signature Dutch Oven, you won’t be disappointed! But there are also several highly rated dutch ovens that are still very affordable on Amazon. The hardest part is picking out the color.
Le Creuset Signature Enameled Cast-Iron 7-1/4-Quart Round French (Dutch) Oven, Caribbean
Cuisinart CI755-30CR Chef’s Classic Enameled Cast Iron 5-1/2-Quart Oval Covered Casserole, Cardinal RedLodge L10DOL3 Dutch Oven with Dual Handles, Pre-Seasoned, 7-QuartCrock Pot 69145.02 Artisan Cast Iron Dutch Oven Non-Stick Surface, 7 quart, Sapphire
It took less time to cook in my dutch oven (about 2 1/2 hours total) so be sure to keep an eye on the temperature.
My husband was in heaven! The aroma that this brisket will give your house as it cooks is amazing.
Easy Oven-Roasted Beef Brisket
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons dry mustard
- 1 bay leaf crushed
- 4 pounds beef brisket USDA choice trimmed
- 1 1/2 cups beef stock or broth
Instructions
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Remove meat from fridge and allow it warm up, approximately 20 - 30 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Combine all the spices, including the bay leaf to make your delicious rub. Season the raw brisket on both sides with the rub.
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Place in a roasting pan or dutch oven and roast, uncovered, for 1 hour.
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Add beef stock to pan to get you approximately a 1/2 inch of liquid in the roasting pan. Add water to get to the 1/2 inch if necessary. Do not pour the liquid on top of your brisket however or you risk loosing the delicious rub!
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Lower oven to 250 degrees F, cover pan tightly and continue cooking approximately 2 to 3 hours, or until fork-tender. Keep a close eye on as the cooking time can really vary. Temperature wise you are looking for a range of 195 to 205 degrees. Mine was about 200 and turned out amazing.
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Trim the fat and slice meat thinly across the grain. Top with juice from the pan.
This recipe can be found on the Food Network and was altered slightly.
wow looks great
I have never made one of these before but this looks delicious, would love to try this recipe
I’ve never made this kind of meat before and I am also trying new things. Maybe I’ll go for it-always get so nervous.
Looks so delicious!
This sounds sooo good – I luv brisket – and Paula Deen! Next time I will make sure I get USDA Choice (good to know)!
love this and trying today! ty Paula!
I love beef brisket. I’ve made it a few times before. I always use a very simple dry rub, usually of whatever I have on hand.
This sounds like a good recipe. I like how crispy it looks on the out side!
This looks like it would make great brisket sandwiches!! Yum
its 300am and just found this recipe looks so good about to go to meijers and buy a brisket and get it started
Ooo, looks delish! I would love to slice that for some BBQ sandwiches…. the seasonings already on that would compliment some BBQ sauce really nicely!
I have never made brisket before. I wonder if this recipe could be done in the crockpot.
She makes some great food and this looks like one of those fabulous recipes. Thanks for sharing
I have never tried to make my own brisket before. This looks delicious. I’d love to try it!
have a 14 pound brisket im gonna try this with. gonna add rubbed sage, wild dried chanterelles and king boletes and a lil bit of celery salt. gonna cook over night and eat on thanksgiving. hope its a hit
I have a 4-1/2 lb. bison shoulder (we’re hunters). This recipe fills the bill! The only change I made was I sliced oranges and onion, put them on top and in the pan after the first phase of roasting. Came out exactly as I wanted! Thank you. The rub is amazing!
Just made this and it was perfect and easy to do. I’m not much of a cook at all because my boyfriend usually cooks and we both LOVED this. We didn’t have any mustard and it was fine without it. Will definitely make it again. Loved it so much I was bragging to people. ?