Texas-Style Smoked Brisket

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 ½ teaspoons onion powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• + 16 more ingredients
• • 1 tablespoon pickled jalapeño liquid
  • 1 tablespoon ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 cup fat-free, less-sodium beef broth
  • Sauce:
  • 8 hickory wood chunks (about 4 pounds)
  • Brisket:
  • 2 tablespoons pickled jalapeño peppers
  • 2 cups (1/2-inch) sliced onion
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 (4 1/2-pound) flat-cut brisket (about 3 inches thick)
  • 1 (12-ounce) can beer
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • ¼ cup cider vinegar
  • 1 (7-ounce) can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce

To prepare brisket, combine the first 5 ingredients. Place 2 tablespoons sugar mixture in a blender. Set aside remaining sugar mixture. Remove 2 chiles and 2 tablespoons sauce from can; add to blender. Reserve remaining chiles and sauce for another use. Add 1 cup chopped onion and next 3 ingredie...

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