Keto Beef Brisket (Low Carb, Gluten Free)

This Keto Beef Brisket will melt in your mouth! Amazing flavors and low carb, gluten free!

Beef Brisket

There are so many wonderful cuts of meat, rice eye, sirloin, tenderloin, but one of my favorites, is this delicious, slow cooked, succulent beef brisket. Seared to perfection then baked low and slow for mouthwatering goodness, this brisket meal will please the whole family! 

Brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal. It is normally a tough cut of meat because the brisket is the muscle area that supports about 60% of the weight of the animal. In order to tenderize this meat and needs to be cooked slow through baking, or roasting. Basting it often also helps keep the meat nice and moist. I added my own twist to the recipe by tenderizing the meat through generously salting it overnight which helps to break down the connective tissue yielding a better, more juicy and  tender brisket. 

Dutch Oven or Slow Cooker

This is the kind of recipe you might want to make on a weekend when you have more time and also have time to baste the meat every hour or so. You could place it in your slow cooker as well, during a busy work week and the meat will be just as tasty, but just know 8-10 hours on low is preferable as opposed to cooking it on high for a shorter period of time. I prefer the roasting method in my Dutch oven as I do feel it yields the best flavor, but slow cooking will work if you prefer it. 

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Keto Diet

Being on the keto diet, my hubby and I are true carnivore lovers. We love all kinds of meat but the one switch that converted my husband to the keto diet after many many years of not wanting to try it was when I made the switch to higher fat meats as opposed to lean meats. My hubby saw this awesome change in our meats choices and was finally ready to make the changes needed because he felt if he could eat all these higher fat meats and could lose weight, he was all in. When I was doing just a lower carb diet, I chose leaner meats and it wasn’t as satisfying so this change really converted my husband. If you’re unsure of the difference in a Low Carb diet versus a Keto diet, this post explains all about it. 

Meal Planning

If you love recipes like this for yourself and family, you might be interested in my meal planning membership. Weekly low carb keto dinner meal plan sent to your inbox every Friday with shopping list. The best part about my meal planning feature is that if you aren’t interested in one of the dinner meals you can swap it out for something else! You can even change serving sizes and the shopping list will adjust! It pretty amazing software and I hope you’ll take advantage of it. You can have a sustainable low carb/keto lifestyle when you’re well prepared and planning meals is the key!  LEARN MORE TODAY!

 

Keto Beef Brisket

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Keto Beef Brisket

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 8 servings @ 6 ounces
Calories: 412kcal
Author: Brenda Bennett/ Sugar Free Mom

Ingredients

Instructions

  • The night before you'd like to have this for dinner, season the brisket liberally with coarse sea salt and refrigerate covered, overnight. 
  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Allow the meat to sit on the counter for 1 hour before cooking. Mix the garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and pepper in a small bowl and sprinkle over the brisket, patting it down all over the meat. 
  • Heat the avocado oil over medium high heat in a Dutch oven. Sear the brisket on all sides for about 5 minutes each side. 
  • Add broth and wine to the Dutch oven. You can also add any vegetables to the pot like onions, carrots and celery. Cover and place in the oven for 3-4 hours until the meat is fork tender. Baste every hour. 

Notes

Brenda's Notes:
  • I've taken into account that a 4 pound beef brisket which is 64 ounces will shrink about 25% so that leave you with about 48 ounces. For 8 people that is 6 ounces per serving.ย 
  • This recipe was first published in April 2019 and updated with video in February 2021.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 412kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 140mg | Sodium: 493mg | Potassium: 792mg | Vitamin A: 245IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 4.6mg
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About Brenda

Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.

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16 Comments

  1. I’m sorry to have bothered you, I looked closer at the recipe, and you have included crockpot instructions.

    Thank you, Sharon

  2. I made this last week and it turned out lovely. Itโ€™s hard to find a smaller sized brisket where I live but next time I track it down, Iโ€™ll definitely make this again.

    I also included celery, carrot, and onion in the Dutch oven. They were perfectly roasted by the end of cooking time.

  3. I broke my brand new Dutch oven after attempting to sear the meat. The way I understood the directions was to put your Dutch oven directly on the stove to cook. You may want to adjust the directions to pan sear then place in a Dutch oven for baking. A bit of a bummer since this was a wedding gift ๐Ÿ˜ขbut also a good learning lesson.

    1. This is correct. I use my Dutch oven on the stove top and sear meat, and make soups, all the time. I’m unsure what happened. Maybe the term Dutch oven is not the same understanding for you? This is my Dutch oven on Amazon; https://amzn.to/4b0Todp
      Oven safe for up to 500 degrees as well as stove top.

  4. 5 stars
    I pinched the skeleton of your recipe to make a dish from sliced brisket. It’s the same flavourings, bite-sized brisket bits, oxo as a stock and a splash of balsamic vinegar instead of wine.
    Even though I’m one of those annoying people who has changed your recipe before trying it properly, this was a big win.
    Thanks for the idea, my dinner is AMAZING.

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