re: SUBMISSION Thread for F&DB Brisket Challenge 8/2/2022

Brisket Point Chili



I spent most of the day Sunday on this one, and it didn't disappoint in the LSUBoo household.

The main ingredients:



I certainly didn't need 11 pounds of brisket so I separated it and trimmed a lot of the fat. While I worked on Scotch #1.







Then I chopped the point into roughly quarter inch cubes, rather than grinding, while the fat rendered. It was about 3.5 pounds of meat.







Eventually I pulled the fat pieces for doggie treats this week, and kept about half the rendered fat for sautéing the veggies.



Slice and dice and into the pot. With Scotch #2 & #3. The peppers were fresh from the garden.













Time to add the beef... and NOW little man wants to help.







Once the beef was browned I added the tomato paste.





And then measured out the spices and added them as well. With Scotch #4.







It needed more liquid, so in went one of the darker beers on hand...



Then simmer and stir until dinner time!



I topped with a cheese blend and a few green onions. And Scotch #5.

I want to eat every single one of these! Good job, this is going to be a hard vote.

Braised Brisket with a Bourbon Peach Glaze




The brisket braising liquid includes beef stock, a cup of bourbon, a 12 oz stout, soy sauce, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, thyme, chopped Roma tomatoes, carrots, celery, garlic, and onion.













The glaze consists of some of the reserved, strained braising liquid, peach preserves, bourbon, coarse salt, under the broiler.




All of this was in preparation for a nice family Sunday dinner, but I ended up not feeling well over the weekend and although I braised the brisket on Sunday, I didn’t glaze it till Monday, right before boxing up half the brisket and most of the accoutrements (including all the delicious sauce/gravy, plus extra glaze) for my son to take home. I didn’t feel good enough to slice, arrange, and pose a plated meal. My husband ended up having brisket sandwiches for a couple of nights. I had a couple of pieces for dinner on Monday, having given up on entering the challenge. I made a sandwich last night and posted it in the dinner thread. Gris said I should submit it anyway, so here it is.

Ta da:



At least I haven’t broken my record for participating in every challenge?

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No8Easy2

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Sir,

I'm going to need you to make a separate thread detailing how you make these.

Sincerely,

All of us (probably)

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Looks incredible baw! You run a BBQ joint?

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Thank you!

I cater, do private cooks and help my friends at the bbq festivals.

All Smoke, No Mirrors Barbecue on all platforms.

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Well this is a brilliant name!

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