Easy Brisket Dish

Ingredients

• 1.2.5 kg beef brisket, off the bone
• 2.25 g onion soup powder, packet
• 3.250 ml boiling water
• 4.250 ml tomato sauce
• 5.250 ml chutney
• 6.2 cans butter beans, canned
• 7.prunes, optional

Method

1. 1.Place brisket in a roasting pan.
2. 2.Dissolve the onion soup in the boiling water.
3. 3.Choose the sauce version: either mix onion soup with tomato sauce and chutney, or add 2 cans of coke to the above mix.
4. 4.Pour half the sauce over the meat.
5. 5.Bake in a moderate oven for 4–5 hours. THE MEAT MUST COOK VERY SLOWLY FOR A LONG TIME.
6. 6.Bake covered at first, uncover toward the end of the cooking time.
7. 7.Baste often, adding extra sauce as needed.
8. 8.If you want to add prunes, add them about an hour before meat is ready.
9. 9.Prepare this dish before it is needed. Refrigerate and then remove the excess fat that will have risen to the top.
10. 10.Reheat before serving and now add the canned beans. The meat is served out of the sauce. The sauce is served as a gravy.

Notes

• Two versions: with or without coke. The coke version uses 2 cans coke + 25g onion soup + 1½ cups boiling water + 1 cup tomato sauce + 1 cup chutney.
• Cook time is 4–5 hours — the recipe emphasises cooking very slowly for a long time.
• Source: page 6 of Adobe Scan 24 Feb 2026.pdf.