Coffee Braised Brisket

I wanted to make something really easy but delicious for dinner that really didn't require too much thought. I have a cold, so getting fancy in the kitchen is not on my menu tonight. I defrosted a small piece of brisket that I had cut off from a larger slab of meat when I made chili. Yes, I use brisket for chili. Its just right. Anyway, brisket tonight was braised in the oven and delish-

Need:
brisket
espresso powder
garlic powder
brown sugar
cayenne
white pepper
soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce
s+p
7 garlic cloves
1 C of chicken broth
1 bottle of beer

 

Mix together espresso powder, garlic powder, brown sugar, cayenne, white pepper, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and s+p. Rub it all over your meat (that's what she said).

 

Poke holes in the meat with a knife and insert garlic cloves into the holes.

 

Put meat in a dutch oven and add chicken broth and beer, then cover and place in oven at 325° for

2.5-3 hours. This is the hard part of the preparation. And smelling it cook for hours is pure torture.

 

LET IT REST for 10 minutes and then carve. Save your meat juices from the dutch oven to drizzle on the meat or on some rice. You could also reduce it down and turn it into gravy. I just like meat juices (that's what she said; I'm on a roll this week).

 

See with rice and a side salad? Theoretically, you could do this in a slow cooker, but I don't have one so I have no idea how those contraptions work or how to configure one.