Brisket Supreme (Crock Pot or Not)

Ingredients

• 3 1/2-4 lbs beef brisket

• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet Lipton Onion Soup Mix
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 cup red wine
• 1/2 cup ketchup

Directions

1. 1

   Place brisket in a roasting pan.

2. 2

   Combine all other ingredients in a bowl and pour over the meat in the pan.

3. 3

   Bake, covered, at 350 degrees F. for 3 hours.

4. 4

   Carve the meat against the grain and put meat back into the sauce and heat another 30 minutes and serve.

5. 5

   For the crock pot:.

6. 6

   I put fresh baby carrots in the bottom of a crock pot (about 2 cups).

7. 7

   Next mix all ingredients except for the meat in a bowl.

8. 8

   Put the meat, fat side up, on top of the carrots and pour the sauce over it.

9. 9

   Cook on low for 8 hours or until the meat is fork tender.

10. 10

    Remove the meat to a cutting board and let it cool there a bit. Trim the fat off the meat.

11. 11

    Slice the meat against the grain and serve with the carrots and gravy. I skim the gravy in one of those gravy skimmers.