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Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket

4.50 from 4 votes
Bree HesterBy Bree Hester
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Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket – My family’s Passover Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket. This recipe is simple and makes the most tender brisket.

Sliced slow cooker sweet and sour brisket in a white baking dish, covered with sauce.

L’shana tova! Happiest of new years to you! A little late to this rosh hashanah party, but that seems to be my life these days. My apologies! I still wish you a sweet and happy new year.

Not the prettiest dish I have ever served, but incredibly delicious and tender. And the perfect balance of salty and sweet. I love brisket and don’t make it enough. And I don’t know why, it’s so easy. Sure, it takes a long time to make – but it is hands off time. You do need to start this the morning before you want to serve it. Which makes it perfect to get it going while you are making dinner one night, (a little bit extra work is just fine with me, especially when I know that it means nothing to do for dinner the next night) and finish it up when you are ready to serve it. I like to serve this with roasted potatoes and some greens.

Ingredients for Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket: raw brisket, onions, garlic, beef broth, ketchup, chili sauce, brown sugar, and various spices.

Ingredients

  • 3 onions sliced
  • 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 cups beef stock
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 cup Heinz chili sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 8 to 10 pound brisket
Preparing Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket with raw beef, onions, and sauce.

How to Make Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket

Step 1: Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add oil and onions. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until soft. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.

Step 2: Add the spices and cook for two minutes more.

Step 3: In a large bowl, whisk together beef stock, ketchup, chili sauce, and brown sugar.

Step 4: Put the brisket in the slow cooker insert. Cover with the onions.

Sliced Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket in a white and blue baking dish, covered in sauce.

Step 5: Pour the sauce over.

Step 6: Cook on LOW for 10 hours.

Step 7: Transfer the brisket and all of the juices to a large baking dish (I kept mine in the insert). Chill overnight. An hour before you are ready to serve, preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Scrape off any fat that has solidified.

Step 8: Slice the brisket into 1/2-inch slices.

Step 9: Blend the onions and sauce if you like a smoother sauce.

Step 10: Place the brisket back into the baking dish and cover with sauce. Cover with foil and reheat until heated through. The edges will be bubbly.

Sliced slow cooker sweet and sour brisket in a white baking dish.

Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket

Bree Hester
4.50 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 hours hrs
Total Time 10 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine ashkenazi
Servings 10
Calories 758 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 onions sliced
  • 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 cups beef stock
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 cup Heinz chili sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 8 to 10 pound brisket

Instructions
 

  • Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add oil and onions. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until soft. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
    Sautéed onions in a cooking pot for homemade recipe.
  • Add the spices and cook for two minutes more.
    Sautéed onions cooking in a white pot with a wooden spoon, highlighting savory caramelized onion preparation.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together beef stock, ketchup, chili sauce, and brown sugar.
    Sweet and sour brisket sauce whisked in a measuring cup.
  • Put the brisket in the slow cooker insert. Cover with the onions.
    Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket: brisket and onions in the slow cooker insert.
  • Pour the sauce over.
    Preparing Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket with raw beef, onions, and sauce.
  • Cook on LOW for 10 hours.
    Digital kitchen slow cooker timer with blue display and control buttons.
  • Transfer the brisket and all of the juices to a large baking dish (I kept mine in the insert). Chill overnight. An hour before you are ready to serve, preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Scrape off any fat that has solidified.
    Slow cooker sweet and sour brisket chilling overnight with solidified fat.
  • Slice the brisket into 1/2-inch slices.
    Sliced slow cooker sweet and sour brisket on a white board.
  • Blend the onions and sauce if you like a smoother sauce.
    Blending the onions and sauce for Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket in a slow cooker insert.
  • Place the brisket back into the baking dish and cover with sauce. Cover with foil and reheat until heated through. The edges will be bubbly.

Nutrition

Calories: 758kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 78gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 1439mgFiber: 2g
Keyword Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Brisket
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About Bree HesterRecipe Developer, Food Photographer And Writer

Bree Hester is the recipe developer, writer and food photographer behind Baked Bree. She started Baked Bree in February 2010 as a love letter to anyone that has ever come to her house for a meal. Over the years it has evolved into so much more than that. While Bree may have hung up her apron for the last time, the reins have now been passed over to a passionate team of foodies.

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Published: Jan 17, 2024 | Updated: Dec 17, 2025
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