Holiday Brisket Recipe 455

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Place brisket in roasting pan or Dutch oven. Sprinkle with seasoned salt and pepper. Add carrots, celery, and onions to pan. Mix tomatoes, gravy mixes, water, bay leaves, basil, and wine in a medium bowl. Pour over meat. Cover. Bake for 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until meat is tender. Discard bay leaves. Transfer meat and vegetables to serving platter. Slice meat across the grain into 1/4-inch thick slices. Skim fat from pan juices. Serve with meat and vegetables.

Steps:

• Place onions in a greased shallow roasting pan; top with brisket. Combine the ketchup, paprika and garlic powder; spread over brisket. Dissolve bouillon in hot water; pour into pan. Cover and bake at 325° for 1-1/2 hours. , Add the potatoes, carrots and celery. Cover and bake 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours longer or until meat and vegetables are tender., Remove brisket to a serving platter; let stand for 10 minutes. Thinly slice meat across the grain. Serve with vegetables.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Place meat in roasting pan.
• Mix next 4 ingredients in large bowl until blended. Add onions; toss to coat. Pour evenly over meat. Cover with foil; pierce foil in several places with sharp knife or fork to vent.
• Bake 3-1/2 to 4 hours or until done (160°F). Let stand, covered, 10 min. before slicing. Serve with meat drippings.

Steps:

• Peel 6-8 cloves of garlic and slice in thirds. Pierce meat and insert them all around top and bottom.
• Season meat with pepper and paprika. (Don't add salt because there is salt in the dried soup.).
• Sear the meat by placing it fat side up on a broiler pan without the rack and broil about 5 minutes until brown. Turn and broil other side to brown.
• Meanwhile, put the onion slices in the bottom of the slow cooker pot (or in the bottom of a covered roasting pan).
• Combine the cranberry, soup mix and chile cause. Add water to the empty chile sauce bottle and add to the mixture. Mix all together and pour over the roast. Cover in the slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours. (If you're cooking in a covered roasting pan, plan on 3-4 hours of cooking at 350 degrees in the oven. Either method works well.
• When done, take the meat from the pot, separating it from the gravy. Place both in the refrigerator.
• Next day, remove and discard fat from gravy. Slice the roast and place in roasting pan, covering the meat with gravy. Cover and heat in a 350 degree oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Keep warm until serving time.
• Prep and cooking times do include overnight refrigeration.