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Get ready to make the juiciest, most delicious Beef Brisket in your Instant Pot! In a fraction of the time, you can enjoy this mouthwatering Beef Brisket with an incredible garlic barbecue sauce! This recipe comes complete with instructions on how to make this in your slow cooker or oven as well! Many times I think about becoming a vegetarian, but then I make something like this mouthwatering beef brisket and I realize, vegetarianism is just not for me.
When it comes to beef brisket, I love mine with tons of flavor, which is why I make mine with a delicious dry rub and a homemade barbecue sauce. You can never have too much flavor, trust me on this. If you’ve never made a brisket before because you’re scared it will come out dry, worry no more. My recipe is full proof, and you’ll end up with an incredibly delicious piece of brisket every single time. If you’ve had a nice pastrami sandwich or corned beef before, then you’ve had brisket. If you still think you’ve never had it, you might wonder where this piece of meat comes from. Brisket is actually a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal.
Beef brisket really is the king of braised beef! It’s a large piece of beef that is flavor-packed and it’s ideal for braising and slow cooking because it’s a tough cut of meat. Also, always go with a sear to start to develop the flavor. This really is a step I wouldn’t skip. Pressure cooker for a fraction of the time without sacrificing flavor, and you’ll always still end up with perfectly juicy meat. The meat comes out perfectly tender, almost fall apart and shreddable.
The Instant Pot is perfect for making this piece of meat because you can sear it right there, then pour the sauce over it and cook it on high pressure for 75 minutes and you’re all done. It’s the perfect one pot meal that comes complete with a delicious homemade barbecue sauce that’s out of this world. An ideal meat for this kind of high pressure cooking with no worry of it drying out. This is the oil we will use to sear our meat to ensure we lock in flavor and develop a nice crust. The old faithful, salt and pepper. Cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika, garlic powder, mustard powder, and cayenne pepper.
Store bought works just fine as a base for our sauce today or you can make your own homemade bbq sauce using my recipe here. We want some sweetness and some acidity today. This will help create a finger licking glaze on our brisket. We want to ensure our sauce is nice and tangy, white vinegar can be substituted if that’s what you have on hand. Use as much or little as you like. This sugar will create a great depth of flavor as those molasses notes melt into our meat.
This is a flavor secret weapon to trick our taste buds into thinking our brisket has been in a smoker all day. Some great savory umami flavor will be delivered to our dish through this sauce. Low sodium chicken broth to control our sodium and give our recipe some liquid which is essential to cooking with in an Instant Pot. Prepare the sauce: In a medium size bowl combine all the sauce ingredients together and whisk well. Turn on the Instant Pot: Turn the Instant Pot to the high saute setting.