Guinness-Braised Beef Brisket

I work with Jennifer S. and she had a recipe she would like to contribute so I told her that I'd post it.


This is one of John and I's favs. Easy to make and delicious! And it usually lasts for two meals for us.

Guinness-Braised Beef Brisket

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup Guinness stout
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh or 1 tablespoon dried dill
• 1 (14 1/2-ounce) can low-salt beef broth
• 6 black peppercorns
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 (3-pound) cured corned beef brisket, trimmed

Preparation

Combine first 11 ingredients in a large electric slow cooker, stirring until well blended; top with beef. Cover and cook on HIGH 8 hours or until beef is tender. Remove beef; cut diagonally across grain into 1/4-inch slices. Discard broth mixture.