One Pot Barbecue Brisket Ragu with Noodles

By: Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough

One Pot Barbecue Brisket Ragu with Noodles
If your brain works at all as ours do, you’ve wondered what sort of magic you could create by using brisket as a pasta sauce. Ta da! This recipe gives you a one-pot wonder: brisket along with noodles cooked right in a homemade barbecue sauce, a meal that doesn’t need much more than iced tea to complete it. Notice that because of the brown sugar in the sauce, the second cooking under pressure is only at high (not max). Use only a flat-cut (sometimes called a “first-cut”) brisket because it’s less fatty and won’t weigh down the sauce.
cuisine icon Cuisine
Modern
cuisine icon Course
Dinner, Main Course
cuisine icon Difficulty
Medium
cuisine icon Duration
more than 2 hours
cuisine icon Cooking Technique
Pressure Cook, Sauté
cuisine icon Keywords
6 servings, apple cider vinegar, beef broth, brisket ragu, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, canola, contributed, dark brown sugar, diced tomatoes, dinner, flat-cut (or first-cut) beef brisket, ground cloves, ground coriander, ground cumin, jarred yellow mustard, main course, medium, mild smoked paprika, modern, more than 2 hours, pressure cook, raw dried wide egg or no-yolk noodles, sauté, worcestershire sauce

serving icon Servings
6 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp canola
  • 2 1/2 lbs flat-cut (or first-cut) beef brisket
  • 14 oz diced tomatoes
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp mild smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp jarred yellow mustard
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 2 tbsp dark brown sugar
  • 12 oz raw dried wide egg or no-yolk noodles
Instructions
  • Press Saute and set it for Medium, Normal or custom 400°F. Set time for 20 minutes. If needed press Start.
  • As the pot heats, warm the oil in the insert set in a 5-, 6-, 8-, or 10-quart Instant Pot. Add the brisket and brown it well on both sides, turning once, about 12 minutes total. Plenty of dark brown marks on the meat = plenty of flavor. When done, transfer the brisket to a nearby large plate or cutting board.
  • Pour the liquid from the drained tomatoes into the pot and scrape all the browned bits on the pot’s bottom. Stir in the broth, vinegar, smoked paprika, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, coriander, cumin, and cloves. Turn off the heat.
  • Place a pressure- and food-safe rack or trivet in the insert. The liquid may come a bit above the rack itself. Set the brisket flat side down on the rack. Pour the tomatoes on top of the meat, then sprinkle the tomatoes and meat evenly with the brown sugar. Lock the lid on the pot.
  • For the Max model: Set the pot for Pressure Cook. Set the level to MAX. Set the time for 55 minutes with the Keep Warm setting off.
    For other models: Set pot for Pressure Cook or Manual on High Pressure. Set time for 1 hour and 10 minutes with the Keep Warm setting off.
    For the Slow Cooker Function: Set pot for Slow Cook on High. Set time for 6 hours with the Keep Warm Setting off.
  • When the pot has finished cooking under pressure, turn it off and let the pressure return to normal naturally, about 35 minutes. Whichever cooking method you’ve used, unlatch the lid and open the cooker.
  • Use a meat fork or kitchen tongs to remove the rack from under the brisket, letting the meat fall into the sauce. Use two forks or perhaps a large spoon and a meat fork to shred the brisket into shards. Stir in the noodles and toss gently until they’re coated in the sauce without touching the bottom of the insert. Lock the lid on the pot.
  • Set pot for Pressure Cook or Manual at High Pressure. Set time for 4 minutes.
  • When the pot has finished cooking, use the quick-release method to bring the pot’s pressure back to normal. Unlatch the lid and open the pot. Stir well, then set aside for a minute or two so the noodles continue to absorb the sauce. Stir again and serve warm.
Notes
  • Beyond
    • For more flavor, stir 1/4 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce into the sauce in step 9 before you set the pot aside for a minute or two.
    • For a spaghetti sandwich, serve on whole-wheat buns with sliced tomatoes and plenty of pickle relish — and maybe jarred (hot or “tamed”) pickled jalapeño rings as well.
  • Other Pots
    • For a 3-quart Instant Pot, you must halve all of the ingredient amounts.
    • For a 10-quart Instant Pot, you can increase all of the ingredient amounts by 50 percent but you must then also increase the cooking time in step 5 to 1 hour 20 minutes on HIGH (there is no MAX setting in the larger pot as of this writing).
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