Cowboy's Brisket

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lbs first cut briskets of beef
• 3 garlic cloves, slivered
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 4 large onions, thinly sliced
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons bacon fat
• 1 cup strong black coffee
• salt & pepper
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 with a long thin, sharp knife, make slits in the meat and insert the slivers of garlic.
• 2 place the meat in a bowl, spread 1 sliced onion and the crushed garlic over the meat, and pour in the vinegar.
• 3 marinate for 6 hours at room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator, turning several times.
• 4 when ready to cook, preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 5 heat the bacon fat in a deep, heavy skillet large enough to hold the brisket.
• 6 remove the brisket from the marinade and discard the onion and vinegar.
• 7 dry with paper towels.
• 8 brown the meat well on all sides.
• 9 remove brisket to a platter.
• 10 in the fat remaining in the skillet, saute the remaining sliced onions until deeply browned.
• 11 pour in 1/2 cup coffee.
• 12 bring to a boil, stirring and scraping the bottom of the skillet to loosen the browned bits.
• 13 spread the onions and liquid from the skillet in a shallow baking dish.
• 14 place the brisket on the onions.
• 15 season with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
• 16 pour in the remaining coffee and water.
• 17 cover tightly with foil and place in oven for 1/2 hour.
• 18 turn the oven down to 250 degrees f. and bake for an additional 2 hours or until meat is very tender.
• 19 slice the brisket thinly against the grain.
• 20 skim the fat from the pan liquid.
• 21 return the meat slices to the pan.
• 22 serve at once or refrigerate for later use.