Have you ever eaten beef brisket? How is its taste? Is it better than steak?

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James The Foodie · Accepted Answer

Beef brisket has a deep, rich, almost smoky beef flavor, especially when slow-cooked or smoked. The meat becomes tender, juicy, and shreddable, with delicious fatty bits that melt in your mouth. 🥩

Steak, on the other hand, is usually more about a clean, meaty, juicy bite with a firm texture.

I remember a smoked brisket in Texas that tasted like pure comfort and campfire. Not better or worse than steak, just a different, slower, more soulful experience. 🔥

FreyaRed · Answer

I use beef brisket together with beef leg bones slices for beef stock or demi glace.
It taste good cooked slowly (80-85C) together with veggies and served with brown sauce. For stews like goulash soups it's okay as well or for grind meat.
This meat piece contains lot of connective tissue and this makes it tough, this isn't optimal for fast roasting like a steak.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Yeah, I've eaten beef brisket more times than I can remember. But "beef brisket" covers a lot of territory. It is used for corned beef, pastrami, and smoked brisket. It comes from the cow's chest area and contains more connective tissue than steak. So it can be tough and chewy. That's why it's generally cooked for long periods on low heat. In the case of of corned beef and pastrami, that means being submerged in water. In the case of smoked brisket that means hours in a smoker at about 225F with charcoal and hickory or mesquite wood. The end result is meat that just falls apart in your mouth. It's different from steak but it can be just as good.

LiamS95 · Answer

I ofter smoke a brisket and the only seasoning I use is a generous amount of SPG (salt, black pepper & garlic powder) I get up at 3 or 4 am and light my water bath smoker which I've set up the night before. I use Weber hardwood briquets as they burn the longest, I light an inner layer of briquets surrounded by unlit briquets as they will burn for at least 12 hours, I put the brisket on the top grill on my Weber Smoky Mountain Smoker, I add a generous number of chunks of either Hickory or Pecan wood to the coals and go back to bed after setting the vents. After 12 to 14 hours of slow cooking I wrap the brisket in foil and a towel and put it in my large cooler to rest for a couple of hours. The finished result is a very tender & juicy brisket that I first cut off the burnt ends which are a treat to eat as I slice it up the rest to enjoy with some good fresh Italian or French bread.

MrChinaski · Answer

The flavour is deeper than beef, not really gamey so much as earthy. Fat marbling is generous. I slow cook it 50:50 with flank in an Asian style stew until it melts in the mouth. At least 3 hours.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Yeah, have to cook it slow

Made pasta Genovese with brisket over 18 hours in a crockpot, made traditional salt beef which takes a few days to marinade and I BBQed it once which was wonderful and I'll do it next year for the camp I help with

AviatorTom · Answer

I'm not that fond of steak, but brisket is good

Smashingdoozy · Answer

Its very different to steak. Gotta have it slow cooked over charcoal

Iron_Man · Answer

it doesn’t compare too a steak. It’s like comparing apples 🍎 to oranges 🍊 . No comparison

Jersey2 · Answer

I think brisket is overrated. I would much rather have a good steak.

fishbone77 · Answer

of course. I'm Southern. It's not better than steak, but It's damn tasty.

purplepoppy · Answer

It's tasty but I don't like the texture.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Yeah. It was nasty.

BCRanger10 · Answer

Yes, I have. Steak is better though.

Agape93 · Answer

Yeap, I liked it.

FrodoSkywalker007 · Answer

It's great

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