Dedicated to Coles Belconnen
For the last day and a bit, I’ve been thinking about cooking sous vide duck breast. When I went shopping this morning, Coles Belconnen didn’t have any. There were pre-cooked duck breasts but no raw duck breasts. That put me into a bit of a head spin and then my IBS kicked in and I had to make a quick exit from the supermarket.
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When I returned, I saw a nice piece of beef brisket in the meat display and picked it up and thought why not slowly cook a lump of beef brisket and the advantage would be some meat for lunches this week.
I’ve eaten a lot today and rather than having a big complex meal I thought I would compromise and just cook mashed potatoes using BIRDS EYE potato mash.
I bought all the ingredients from Coles.
No, Yummy Lummy is not sponsored by anyone.
Recipe
- Beef brisket
- French onion soup mix
- Smokey barbecue sauce
- Hoisin sauce
- Green peppercorns
- BIRDS EYE potato mash packet
- Spring onion
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In a slow cooker vessel add the beef brisket, water, French onion soup mix, smokey barbecue sauce, hoisin sauce, and green peppercorns.
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Make sure the beef brisket is covered with the liquid.
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Turn on the slow cooker and cook for six hours.
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At the six hour mark, remove the beef brisket and discard the rest of the liquid.
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Place on a cooling rack which is on a roasting tray.
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Add some smokey barbecue sauce to the fat layer on the brisket.
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Place the beef brisket into an oven for 10 minutes at 150 °C/300 °F.
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At the end of the oven cooking, remove the beef brisket and place it on a cutting board and let the meat rest for 10 minutes.
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With a sharp and well honed knife cut thin slices.
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Aliquot most of the sliced meat into a Tupperware container and put it into the refrigerator for sandwiches for lunches during the week.
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Take one packet of BIRDS EYE potato mash and irradiate with microwaves for 150 seconds.
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Allow the packet to rest for 2 minutes and then cut a hole in the plastic and put the mashed potatoes onto the plate.
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Thinly slice some spring onions.
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Lean three slices of beef brisket against the mound of mashed potatoes and garnish with sliced spring onions.
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Shoot a photograph and a short video because Google now wants video on recipe cards.
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Eat the meal.
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Wash the dishes (hint, wash as you cook, it makes life easier).
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Write the recipe.
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Write the blog post.
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Hit publish and hope this blog post gets shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
Recipe Video
Disclaimer
I have no culinary training nor qualifications. This post is not intended to convey any health or medical advice. If you have any health concerns about anything you read, please contact your registered medical practitioner. The quantities are indicative. Feel free to vary the quantities to suit your taste. I deliberately do not calculate energy for dishes. I deliberately default to 500 Calories or 500,000 calories because I do not make these calculations.
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Questions and answers
You wanted duck breasts, how did you end up with beef brisket?
Coles Belconnen didn’t have the duck breasts and I’m too lazy to walk 100 metres to Woolworths or drive five minutes to Coles Jamison.
My IBS has been playing up lately so after sorting out some abdominal discomfort, I came back to Coles Belconnen and looked around. The beef brisket drew my eye and I thought why not?
There wasn’t much on the plate. Why?
For breakfast, I made a cheese omelette. I then had two flat white coffees and for morning tea I had a salted caramel eclair from Dobinsons Bakery in Westfield Belconnen.
For lunch I had a bowl of beef pho from Roll’d Belconnen. I didn’t need a large dinner. I needed to exercise portion control.
I see you did the barbecue sauce hoisin sauce thing again?
Yea, I like the combination. It seemed to work with the French onion soup mix too.
Do you have an update on the stolen goods?
I’ve blogged about my stolen goods.
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Final thoughts
When you’ve set your heart or belly on something to cook, how do you feel when it’s not available?
Is it cheating to use a forty-five cent packet of Coles brand French onion soup mix rather than some stock?
What are your plans for Christmas lunch?
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Yum!
It was 😃
Looks terrific as always. We’re heading to my sister’s for Christmas lunch, armed with a cheese board.
Mmm…cheese board. I hope you and your family has a good Christmas lunch together.
Oh there’s frozen mash? Is it buttery?
It’s very buttery Lorraine. It comes with lumps of butter in it. While you can make better mashed potatoes from scratch, the cost and convenience makes this BIRDS EYE product hard to beat.
Delicious! Perfect for Christmas dinner with the family. 🙂
It’s been a good practice run for Christmas 😃
Duck breast would have been great but the beef brisker didn’t turn out too shabby 👌 45cents French onion mix as seasoning why not. Usually I like to look at the ingredients list before buying and the ingredients generally are similar across similar products.
I feel dissatisfied if I wanted to buy some food and it’s not there. Not one to go the extra mile (like you, lazy) and will settle for something else.
Hope the IBS balances out and it’s not due to cheese.
Thanks, Mabel. I hope the duck breasts come back.
When I was full on low carb the IBS wasn’t a big deal but I’ve fallen off the wagon and the IBS is back.
Duck breasts seem to be harder to find than other bird meat. Hopefully you get a little less naughty with your food, Gaz 😄
I may have to venture outside of the Coles bubble 😂😂😂
Now, now, Gaz. We all know you are a Coles loyal at heart 😂😂😂
Yea, you’re right Mabel. I’ll probably drive 5 minutes to Coles Jamison.
And with that, you’re probably another step closer to being sponsored by Coles 😂
I hope so 😃😂