🥩 Slow Cooker Beef Brisket

This slow cooker beef brisket is fall-apart tender, so juicy and flavorful, and you won’t believe how simple the ingredient list is! This slow cooker brisket earns everyone’s seal of approval—rave reviews every time!

Beef brisket boasts the richest natural flavor of any cut of meat. The flavor comes in part from the extra long cooking time required to break down the fibers of the meat, as brisket comes from the front breastbone of the cow, which has a lot of connective tissue and muscle.

🥣 Ingredients

Brisket & Liquid:

• 1 Beef bouillon cube

• 4–5 lbs. Beef brisket with the fat trimmed

• $1/2$ C. BBQ sauce

• 1 C. Water

• 3 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

For the Rub:

• 1 tsp. Cumin

• 2 Tbsp. Brown sugar

• 1 tsp. Ground mustard

• 2 Tbsp. Paprika

• 1 tsp. Black pepper

• 2 tsp. Onion powder

• 2 tsp. Salt

• 2 tsp. Garlic powder

• $1/2$ tsp. Cinnamon

🔪 Instructions

Preparing and Searing the Brisket

STEP 1: Heat the oven to 425∘F.

STEP 2: Mix together the ingredients for the rub in a bowl, and press it over all the sides of the beef brisket.

STEP 3: Place the brisket onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the brisket from the oven.

Slow Cooking

STEP 4: Whisk together the bouillon cube, water, BBQ sauce, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl, and pour it into the slow cooker.

STEP 5: Add the beef brisket to the slow cooker.

STEP 6: Cover and cook on Low for 8–10 hours. Turn the meat halfway through the cooking time.

Finishing and Serving

STEP 7: Remove the meat, shred with forks, and then brush with more BBQ sauce.

STEP 8: Broil for a few minutes if desired to caramelize the BBQ sauce on the meat.

ENJOY!