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Home Corned Beef Recipe

	Peetabear / All my dishes 5 months ago I have not tried doing this but it sounded so easy.... I thought it would be worth a try... the recipe is from the Texas Beef Council Recipes Prep:10m Servings:0	Peetabear
	instructions homecorned beef easy

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Ingredients

For every gallon of water, you will need

1 5-6 lb. beef brisket

2 cups Kosher salt

2 cups dark brown sugar

1-1/2 tsp. baking soda

4 tsp. saltpeter (available in most drugstores as sodium nitrate)

2 tsp. allspice, optional

1-2 cloves garlic, optional

Directions

Mix the ingredients with 1 quart of water and when blended and dissolved, add the remainder of the gallon of water.

Wipe the brisket with a damp cloth and pierce deeply with a heavy fork several times. Place the brisket in a glass, porcelain or earthenware container (never metal), and add brine mixture until the meat is immersed and brine level is about 1-1/2 inches above the meat.

Cover container with a board weighted in place. Store in the refrigerator 8-12 days. The beef will become saltier the longer it is soaked.

When ready to cook beef, discard the brine. Rinse the beef in cold water, place in a kettle of cold water and bring to a boil.

Simmer 1 hour. Pour off water, add fresh boiling water to cover. Simmer until tender, 4 to 4-1/2 hours. Slice against grain.

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Comments

huxter 5 months ago said:
Love this earthy ,traditional ,hands on approach to cooking ,taking us back to our roots .We kill our own beef and do this sort of preserving quite a bit ,a bit of a lost art with most butchers too .Try a large roasting chicken in the brine for 2-3 days ,then hot smoke it on a Weber --another tasty treat .