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Beef Brisket in Beer

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Meats Meats, Beef 11 Servings

INGREDIENTS

4 lb Beef brisket
1/2 ts Pepper
1 c Sliced onion, rings separate
1/2 c Chili sauce
3 tb Brown sugar
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
12 oz Beer
2 1/2 tb Flour
1/2 c +2T water
Black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Trim fat from brisket; place in a 13- x 9- x2-in baking dish. Sprinkle top
of brisket with pepper; arrange onion rings over brisket.
Combine chili sauce and next 3 ingredients; stir well, and pour over
brisket. Cover and bake at 350 for 3 hours. Uncover and bake an additional
20 min or until. brisket is tender. Place brisket on a serving platter,
reserving cooking liquid. Set brisket aside, and keep warm.
Pour 1 1/2 c cooking liquid into a sm saucepan. Place flour in a sm bowl.
Grad add water, blending with a wire whisk; add to cooking liquid. Bring to
a boil and cook 2 min or until gravy is thickened, stirring constantly.
Serve gravy with brisket. Sprinkle with pepper, and garnish with tomato
slices and parsley springs, if desired. (Serving size is 3 oz brisket and 3
T. sauce).
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