Julia Child's Smothered Beef Brisket Recipe

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Julia Child's Smothered Beef Brisket
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Ingredients
9
Count
Nutrition
86
Calories
Total time
280
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/8 tsp pepper
  • 4 lbs lean flat 2-inch-thick center-cut beef brisket, trimmed of most fat but leaving 1/8-inch layer on the fatty side
  • 1 1/2 cups sliced onions

Directions:

  1. In a small bowl, mash the salt and thyme into the puréed garlic with the flat side of a large kitchen knife.
  2. Beat the oil and pepper into the garlic mixture and spread this mixture over both sides of the brisket.
  3. Toss the vegetables in a large bowl with a little salt and thyme.
  4. Spread half of the vegetable mixture in the bottom of a roasting pan.
  5. Place beef, fat side up, on top of the vegetables.
  6. Cover with the remaining vegetables.
  7. Cover the pan tightly with foil.
  8. (This dish may be prepared to this point in advance and refrigerated.).
  9. When ready to cook, cook-basting with pan juices every 1/2 hour-in a 300° oven 3-4 hours until a fork goes into the meat easily; by the end of cooking, the meat will have shrunk.
  10. **** If you are not serving the meat until the next day, transfer the meat with its vegetables to a smaller pot; degrease the juices and pour them over the brisket and chill, uncovered, until cooled; then cover and keep in the refrigerator up to 2 days. To reheat, put this dish in a 350° oven for 20 minutes, basting 2-3 times with its juices. ****.
  11. Remove the beef with its vegetable topping to a cutting board.
  12. Pour the juices into a saucepan, degrease, and rapidly boil down almost to a syrup.
  13. If you wish, you can thicken the juice into a sauce with 1-1/2 Tbs cornstarch blended with 2 Tbs of either wine or stock.
  14. Carve the meat across the grain into thin slanting slices.
  15. Accompany each serving of meat with 1-2 spoonfuls sauce and vegetables.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 86.22 Kcal (361 kJ)
Calories from fat 63.05 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.01g 11%
Sodium 159.63mg 7%
Potassium 192.62mg 4%
Total Carbs 5.59g 2%
Sugars 3.02g 12%
Dietary Fiber 1.4g 6%
Protein 0.87g 2%
Vitamin C 9mg 15%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 5%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 17.2mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 95.17 Kcal (398 kJ)
Calories from fat 69.59 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.73g 11%
Sodium 176.21mg 7%
Potassium 212.62mg 4%
Total Carbs 6.17g 2%
Sugars 3.33g 12%
Dietary Fiber 1.55g 6%
Protein 0.96g 2%
Vitamin C 9.9mg 15%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 5%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 19mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 2
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

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