I need a brisket gravy recipe without bbq sauce.

winojeff

I'm smoking a brisket for a crowd, but there's not enough gravy in the foil after it's done resting. I don't want to use bbq sauce, but I want to cook up more gravy with the drippings after pouring off the fat. Ideas?
Low-sodium beef stock, plus what???

RLeeper

I create a paste for the brisket before I apply the rub. Paste consists of three tbs better than beef bullion, three tbs yellow mustard, and six tbs chili powder. Mix it until combined then rub all over the brisket. I smoke on 275 until it of 165 then foil. Prior to foiling I apply another paste made of half cup honey,4 tbs melted butter, and half cup brown sugar. Mix thoroughly and pour over brisket before foiling. Wen the cook is done the aus jus is amazingly tasty!

winojeff

Thanks, it sounds fabulous.

SamFerrise

A good brisket needs no gravy dude!

boatbum

I am curious - are you using any type of rub?

What made me ask was the desire to not use bbq sauce, wondering if you were doing a brisket without traditional bbq flavoring.

I have started doing some ribs off and on with nothing but salt and pepper.  Really get the flavor of the meat.   Wouldnt say that I would always leave off the rub - but definately a different taste.

Have wondered what it would be like doing a brisket with out rub, just salt and pepper.   Has anyone tried that?  What did you think?

Sorry if my stream of consicousness is sidetracking the thread - just slap me back if it is.

nolaegghead

@boatbum - go to about minute 6.5 here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmTzdMHu5KU

winojeff

Thanks, guys, for the ideas. I'm having a wine dinner with the brisket and that's why I don't want to use the bbq sauce. We want to taste the wines. a 65-year-old wine for my 65th birthday.
Aaron Franklin, a champ of brisket bbq, sent his salt and pepper rub video, and it's amazing!!
I appreciate all your help, everyone.

boatbum

thank you nola for posting the video.   Sounds like a weekend project for me.

 

winojeff

A delicious weekend project. Costco sells untrimmed brisket flats, still sealed from the packer, for about $2 less per pound than the trimmed ones cost. You merely need to ask for an untrimmed brisket flat at the meat counter, and, in my case, after I rejected the first one because it was too thin and too fatty inside, the butcher brought out a case full of them, and I selected my own beauty.

It cooked up perfectly!

winojeff

I'm using a typical rub with spices, sugar, salt, etc., but simply want some 'pan' gravy to which I'll add the smokey gravy from the brisket that accumulates in the foil.  I simply want a larger quantity, and I suppose I'll add that gravy to one I make on the stove, with beef stock, onions, garlic and mushrooms, simmered for a while before I add the stuff from the foiled brisket cooked in the BGE.