Slow Cooked Barbecue Beer Beef

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Description

Delicious slow-cooked barbecue beef. Served this at a Super Bowl® party and it was a big hit!

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • ½ cup beer
  • ½ cup white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 4 drops liquid smoke flavoring
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 4 pounds beef brisket
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 16 potato buns, or as needed

Instructions

  1. Place the onion and garlic into a large slow cooker. Pour in the ketchup
  2. beer
  3. vinegar
  4. Worcestershire sauce
  5. and liquid smoke; set aside. Combine the salt
  6. pepper
  7. chili powder
  8. paprika
  9. oregano
  10. and brown sugar until evenly blended. Rub the spice mixture all over the beef brisket. Place the brisket into the slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining spice mixture over top.
  11. Cover
  12. and cook on Low until the beef is easily shredded with two forks
  13. 10 to 12 hours.
  14. Remove the beef from the slow cooker
  15. and place into a large bowl. Ladle the fat from the remaining sauce in the slow cooker and discard. Pour about 2 cups of the sauce from the slow cooker into a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Dissolve the cornstarch in the water
  16. and stir into the simmering sauce. Cook and stir 5 to 10 minutes until the sauce has thickened. Meanwhile
  17. shred the meat into small pieces using two forks.
  18. Pour the thickened sauce and remaining sauce from the slow cooker into a blender
  19. filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel
  20. and carefully start the blender
  21. using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately
  22. you can use a stick blender and puree the sauce right in the slow cooker.
  23. Stir the shredded beef and pureed sauce together in the slow cooker. Use tongs to serve the beef on the potato buns.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 10 hrs 10 mins

Total Time: 10 hrs 35 mins

Servings: 16

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