Brisket Banh Mi

  • Meat Beef
  • Cut Brisket

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Ingredients

Beef

  • 3 kg MSA point end brisket

Other ingredients

  • 15g Chili powder
  • 15g garlic powder
  • 15g smoked paprika
  • 10g mustard powder
  • 10g ground cumin
  • 15g brown sugar
  • 200g barbeque sauce
  • 1.5 litres stock or more if required

Banh Mi

  • 800g cooked beef brisket
  • 5 short baguettes, ends trimmed, halved crossways
  • Lime mayonnaise
  • 500g roasted eggplant
  • 200g crispy kale
  • 100g pickled cucumbers
  • 100g shredded carrots
  • 125g green onions, sliced on the diagonal
  • 125g coriander, leaves picked
  • 25g long red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced

Preparation

  1. Pre-heat oven to 95◦C, 60% steam, 40% heat. Take the brisket out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before starting this recipe.
  2. Combine chili powder, spices and sugar in a small bowl. Brush brisket with half of the barbeque sauce and sprinkle spice mix over beef to coat.
  3. Place beef in a 120ml (12cm depth) gastronome. Add stock to ¾ full. Cover tightly with baking paper and foil. Cook, covered, 10 hours.
  4. Remove from oven, take beef out of gastronome. Strain braising liquid into a saucepan, cool and allow fat to rise to top. Remove fat. Place on a medium-high heat, add remaining barbeque sauce and bring to the boil.
  5. Slice brisket against the grain, serve.
  6. For Assembly: Place roll/baguette bases on serving plates. Spread with lime mayonnaise, top with brisket, eggplant, kale, cucumbers and carrots. Serve drizzled with extra mayonnaise, garnish with green onions, coriander and chillies.

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