May 12, 2010

Barbecued Beef Brisket

"For-a-Crowd" Recipes, beef, brisket, Grilling Recipes, holiday, main dish

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Prep time: 19 minutes
chilling time 4 hours
grilling time 1 hour 45 minutes Servings: 8
Partner: Traditional Potato Latkes

I can remember playing outside at Grandma’s while waiting for this brisket to grill.

Ingredients

1 beef brisket (about 5 pounds)
3/4 cup red-wine vinegar
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1/3 cup prepared yellow mustard
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

Directions

1

Place the beef in a resealable plastic bag.
2

Combine red-wine vinegar, pineapple juice, brown sugar, molasses, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, onion, chili powder and hot pepper sauce in a medium bowl and mix well. Pour over beef and seal bag. Shake gently to coat the beef. Chill, turning the bag occasionally, 4 hours.
3

Preheat one side of the grill to medium.
4

Drain beef, reserving the marinade. Grill 6 inches from heat until browned on both sides, about 8 minutes per side. Move beef to other side of grill. Close grill. Grill for 14 minutes. Turn beef over.
5

Place beef in the center of a large piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Baste with reserved marinade. Fold foil to enclose the beef. Grill the beef, turning occasionally, for 11/4 hours.

Grandma's Secret Trick

When Grandma was out of red-wine vinegar, she had several possible substitutions. Sometimes she used 2/3 cup white-wine vinegar and 1/3 cup tomato juice. Other times she used white wine and tomato juice, or red wine and white vinegar in those same proportions.