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Rancho Gordo Brisket


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Rancho Gordo Cooking Main Dishes Recipe inspiration for Rancho Gordo Brisket made with our New Mexican Red Chili Powder, pineapple vinegar and Oregano Indio


1 large brisket, trimmed of excess fat
3 small onions
5 cloves garlic
2 ounces  Rancho Gordo New Mexican Chile Powder
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup Rancho Gordo Pineapple Vinegar
1 tablespoon Rancho Gordo Oregano Indio
salt

In a large pot or casserole, add the brisket, fat side down.
Slice the onions and surround the meat. Squash and peel the garlic and add to the pot.
Mix the chile powder, oregano, vinegar, water and salt together and then pour over the meat. It should be barely submerged. Add more liquid if needed.
Heat the oven to 375F and when heated, add the pot uncovered. Immediately lower the heat to 225F. Allow to cook for several hours.
Turn the meat over in the pot.
Cook for several more hours until the meat can be broken up with a fork.
Remove the pot from the oven and remove the meat. When cool enough to handle, scrape any leftover fat and discard. Strain the cooking liquid and then chill until the fat hardens and can be removed (overnight is best.) Gently reheat the meat with the sauce and serve with raw onions and lime wedges.

Notes: I put the casserole in the oven at about 11 p.m. and then woke up at 2:30 a.m., almost overwhelmed by the aroma. I went in to check on the meat, fearing that maybe I should have left the top on to avoid too much evaporation, but there was plenty of liquid left. I flipped the meat and then went back to bed. In the morning, the whole thing was perfection.

I've said it before, but I prefer to cook with chiles rather than the powder, but I have to humbly admit, our chile powder is killer and especially with something that cooks as long as this, there is none of that chile powder graininess than can mar a chile colorado or chili con carne. I thought
later that I could have added some tomatoes and cumin, but this is a beautiful pure chile and pure meat flavor experience and I'm glad I didn't.

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