How to Cook a Joint of Beef Brisket in Slow Cooker

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Just the BEST slow cooker brisket and gravy recipe – tender delicious brisket that cooks in a rich thick gravy – perfect for Sunday dinner.

Slow cooker brisket and gravy is fast becoming my favourite lazy Sunday lunch. Slow cooker roast beef is just the easiest way to do Sunday dinner.

Our slow cooker brisket is so tender and the meat just melts in your mouth, and let me tell you about the gravy!

Well… the gravy is so rich, meaty and tasty, it's completely delicious! Slow cooker beef joint slowly cooked for hours makes just the BEST gravy! Total perfection.

Best of all our slow cooker brisket is super simple to make, you absolutely can't mess it up!

It's just a matter of throwing a few ingredients into the slow cooker on Sunday morning, then going off for the day and coming home to delicious melt in the mouth brisket and a rich, meaty, onion gravy.

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It's just the most delicious slow cooker pot roast beef recipe ever! It's by far our favourite way to cook a big family Sunday roast dinner.

And it couldn't be easier, right? Here's how to cook brisket in the slow cooker in the BEST possible way.

Equipment Needed To Make Slow Cooker Beef Joint

Chopping board

Knife

Kettle

Jug

Teaspoon

Slow cooker

Slow Cooker Brisket Ingredients

You'll just need a handful of ingredients to make our delicious easy family dinner, and you'll be tucking into the best slow cooker pot roast by the end of the day.

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2 tsp olive oil – this is just to lightly grease the inside of the slow cooker pan, you can use rapeseed or sunflower oil if you prefer.

2 onions – choose medium brown onions for this recipe – they'll just need peeling and roughly chopping into bitesized pieces.

4-6 carrots – choose small-medium carrots for this recipe. If the skins are good, then just give them a scrub and chop, otherwise peel them first.

1.5kg joint of brisket – the beauty of brisket is it's a cheap cut of beef – but it's tough. So it's ideal for long slow cooking because this way of cooking really tenderises the meat.

300ml hot beef stock – I use Kallo beef stock cubes in this recipe – these are my preferred stock cubes, they contain no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives and no added MSG.

How To Cook Brisket In The Slow Cooker

Step One – preheat the slow cooker ready for the slow cooker pot roast

Heat the slow cooker to low

Lightly grease the inside of the slow cooker pan with the olive oil

Step Two – prepare the vegetables – the slow cooker beef joint wil l sit on these to cook

Peel and roughly chop the onions

Peel or scrub the carrots – then chop them if their big fat ones or just leave them whole if they're smaller carrots

Add the chopped onions to the bottom of the slow cooker pan

chopped onions in the bottom of the slow cooker pan

Lay the carrots into the bottom of the slow cooker pan on top of the onions

onions and carrots in the slow cooker pan waiting for the brisket to be added

Step Three – add the slow cooker beef joint and the stock to the slow cooker pan

Lay the joint of brisket on top of the bed of onions and carrots

slow cooker crockpot pan with onions, carrots and brisket laid into the bottom of the pan waiting to be cooked

Make up the 300ml of beef stock with boiling water

Pour the stock over the top of the brisket, you can season with salt and black pepper here too if you wish.

Transfer the pan to the slow cooker and leave to cook on slow for around 8 hours or until the brisket is cooked through properly and literally falling apart

piece of brisket in the slow cooker with onions, carrots and beef stock

Step Four – thicken the gravy

Once the brisket is cooked remove it from the slow cooker and pull it apart with two forks.

Remove the larger carrots and then thicken the onion gravy using a tsp of cornflour mixed into a paste with a drop of cold water. Stir this through the gravy over a medium heat until the gravy thickens.

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How To Serve Slow Cooker Brisket And Gravy

The slow cooker roast beef goes really well with lots of different side dishes – try…

I serve the brisket with Yorkshire puddings , roast potatoes and a selection of vegetables, pour over the gravy and there you have a deliciously easy Sunday dinner. You could serving our slow cooker pot roast with…

Serve the brisket with creamy mashed potatoes with spoonfuls of gravy ladled over the top or our carrot and swede mash .

Try serving with chunky oven chips and green vegetables.

You could even use all frozen roast dinner sides like frozen roast potatoes, frozen carrot and swede mash, frozen peas and corn and frozen Yorkshire puddings for a really easy Sunday dinner.

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Try our super easy 2 ingredient slow cooker BBQ brisket recipe – delicious pulled brisket that's oh so good served in brioche rolls with creamy slaw .

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Can You Over Cook Beef Brisket In A Slow Cooker?

Yes – unfortunately you can over cook brisket which will make it chewy, tougher and dry. The ideal cooking time for brisket in the slow cooker is 8 hours on low.

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Do You Put Water In The Slow Cooker With Beef?

In our recipe we use beef stock rather than water, it just gives a richer tastier gravy.

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Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

2 tsp olive oil
2 onions
4 carrots
1.5kg brisket joint
300ml beef stock

Instructions

Preheat the slow cooker to low
Grease the inside of the slow cooker pan using the olive oil
Add the chopped onions to the bottom of the slow cooker pan.
Lay the carrots on top of the onions
Lay the brisket joint on top of the vegetables
Pour over the hot beef stock
Cook on slow for around 8 hours until the beef is cooked through properly and super tender.
To thicken the gravy - remove the beef brisket and carrots then thicken using a tsp of cornflour that's been mixed with a drop of cold water - simmer over a medium heat until gravy thickens.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 767 Total Fat: 48g Saturated Fat: 19g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 23g Cholesterol: 265mg Sodium: 239mg Carbohydrates: 6g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 3g Protein: 74g

Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.

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And… if you've got any leftover slow cooker brisket then check out our tasty ways of using up leftover beef here for some delicious easy recipe ideas. Like our tasty Chinese style beef fried rice recipe .

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Disclaimer – in a lot of our slow cooker recipes we use a crockpot where the inner pan in safe to use on the hob as well as in the crockpot. If you don't have a hob safe slow cooker – then use a pan for any hob cooking then transfer to the slow cooker pan for slow cooking.

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