Beef Brisket is so easy to make that it practically cooks itself. You simply throw all of the ingredients in a crockpot and a few hours later it’s done. This easy brisket recipe is a favorite paleo dinner in our family! Growing up I loved the brisket that my Bubby made. It was melt in your mouth amazing. My mother also made incredible beef brisket.
Since I started eating red meat religiously a couple of years ago (rather than every now and then) I have watched my iron levels climb to a healthy level. I was chronically anemic for years, and found from personal experience that eating red meat was the best way for me to solve this health issue.
While it is not often discussed, so many people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance suffer from anemia and low iron levels. One can supplement with iron as many doctors advised me to, however iron supplements are extremely challenging to assimilate and can cause problems of their own.
Beef Brisket
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds brisket, flank rib, shoulder roast or stew meat
- 3 cups Chicken Stock or Kettle & Fire Bone Broth
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 8 carrots, sliced ½-inch thick
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
Instructions
- Place stock, onion, garlic, mushrooms, and carrots in crockpot
- Sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, and salt
- Place meat in center
- Turn crockpot on to low and cook for 6-8 hours
- Serve
Equipment
We serve this easy Beef Brisket recipe with the following paleo side dishes:
nicole says
How many servings in this recipe?
Elana Amsterdam says
Hi Nicole,
Depending on appetites, this will feed 4-5 people :-)
Elana
Catherine says
The brisket I purchased has a fat cap on it. Do I leave this on or take it off?
Thanks!
Elana says
Catherine, leave it on.
susanna faygenbaum says
ELana what crock pot do you recommend? i don’t own one and would love to buy
Elana says
Susanna, click on the green text in the recipe that says “crockpot” for that information.
Clever Girl Reviews says
Looks great! I wish I could get my husband to try more dishes like this. I may just have to sneak it in! I’ll have to adapt this to the oven and a dutch oven and try it!
Nancy Pendleton says
My son made it in a dutch oven with the boy scouts – he pulsed the mushrooms in a food processor so no one knew they were in there and added more beef stock. I am GF but he took canned biscuits and laid them on top when it was almost done. I am told they licked the pot clean!! LOL When I do this at home I add a slurry of cornstarch and water to thicken the sauce, put mashed cauliflower on top.
Elana says
Thanks Nancy!
stacy says
Were the biscuits already baked or will they bake in the crockpot?
Mark Thomas says
Does the meat need to be submerged and touching the base of the crockpot or on top of the vegetables and stock?
Nancy says
I have made brisket with NO added liquid. There is so much that comes out of the brisket itself, that you don’t really need extra liquid. If you are adding veggies at the start of cooking, they will also contribute liquid, and be total mush by the time the meat is done cooking. Sometimes I will add a small amount of broth, like 1/2 cup for a much larger roast, like 3 to 5 pound size. I usually wait until the last 3 to 4 hours of cook time to add the veggies, so that they are soft, but not total mush. Same thing with seasonings other than salt and pepper. I have found that if the brisket is grass fed, it needs around 14 to 16 hours of cook time. Less than that, and it’s still got a lot of gristle.
Adam Bryan says
I am a sucker for beef brisket. This looks and sounds amazing :)
Samantha says
Thanks for posting this recipe Elana. I will try this out soon. My first and only attempt at cooking brisket in the oven didn’t turn out so well. I burned it pretty badly, and I haven’t been brave enough to try it again. I am excited about using my crock pot to give brisket another try, and this time I know I won’t burn it.
Aidel.K says
This looks great for Pesach! Thanks, Elana.
Aldina says
Elana,
Thank you for posting this easy recipe! I threw it together this morning and it was so delicious! I used the flank steak and it turned out amazing on low for 8-10 hours. Keep your great recipes coming!
Aldina
Elana says
So glad you liked it Aldina!
Heather@CookItUpPaleo says
Yum this looks so easy and delish!