Beef Recipe: Baked Beef Brisket

Baked Beef Brisket

Ingredients:

• 4 pounds boneless beef brisket
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 large onions, thickly sliced
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Cooking Procedures:

• Place beef brisket, fat side up, in 13 x 10-inch shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle brisket evenly with salt, pepper and garlic. Top with onion.
• Bake in 350ºF. oven 1 hour, or until onions turn brown.
• Add 1 cup hot water and cover pan tightly with aluminum foil.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300ºF and continue cooking 2 hours or until brisket is tender.
• Remove brisket and onions to warm platter. Skim fat from juices or use a gravy separator.
• To make gravy, combine 1 cup water and cornstarch. Add to juices in pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until gravy boils and thickens.
• Carve brisket across the grain into thin slices.
• Serve brisket and onions with gravy.

Makes 12 servings