Smoked Corned Beef Brisket
Take your Corned Beef up a notch by smoking it! The result is a fall apart tender, super flavorful meat that will take your corned beef and cabbage to a new level.
Servings 4
Calories 739kcal
Equipment
- 1 Smoker (I used a pellet smoker)
Ingredients
- 3 lb corned beef
- pickling spices (packet that comes with beef, or homemade blend below)
- 2 cups beef stock
optional rub
- 1/2 cinnamon stick about 1 1/2 inches
- 1 bay leaf dried, whole
- 3 chiles de arbol dried and seeded, or 1 tbsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp black peppercorns whole
- 1 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds whole
- 5 cardamom pods whole
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds whole
- 1/2 tbsp juniper berries whole
- 1 tsp cloves whole
- 1/2 tbsp allspice berries whole
Instructions
- Preheat your smoker to 250° F.
- Remove corned beef from packaging, rinse with cold water, and pat dry with paper towels.
if using the rub
- Place all rub ingredients in small dry skillet and toast over medium heat, shaking pan occasionally being careful not to burn (do not walk away!). This should only take 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer spices to a spice grinder to achieve semi-fine powder. Alternatively, you can use a mortar and pestle if you prefer a rough grind. You will now have about 1 cup of ground spice rub.
- Rub 1/2 cup (half of the total rub) all over meat.
to smoke
- Place corned beef directly on the smoker grate, fat side up and insert your smoker’s thermometer probe. Smoke for 3-4 hours until the meat reaches an internal temperature of 165° F.
- Once your meat reaches 165° F, mix beef broth and pickling spices (either the other half your homemade blend from above or the packet that comes with your beef) in an aluminum pan.
- Take the corned beef off the smoker grate and place in the aluminum pan. Reinsert your smoker’s meat thermometer probe into the thickest part of the brisket. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
- Smoke for another 3-4 hours until the meat reaches an internal temperature of 203° F.
- Remove from smoker and let rest for 30 minutes.
- Thinly slice corned beef against the grain with a sharp knife and serve warm.
Nutrition
Calories: 739kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 54g | Fat: 53g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Cholesterol: 184mg | Sodium: 4381mg | Potassium: 1361mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 122IU | Vitamin C: 93mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 7mg
