Easiest Melt In Your Mouth Onion Soup Mix Brisket – Here’s a really easy-peasy recipe for the most delicious and tender brisket. Enjoy every wonderful bite!
This delicious recipe originally came from my oldest and dear friend Laurie. We celebrate holidays with her family every year. Her brisket is so delicious that my husband always asks to take some home for a cold brisket sandwich the next day. This recipe is so easy to prepare and really is melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Try it soon and taste the deliciousness!
Easiest Melt In Your Mouth Onion Soup Mix Brisket
Yields: 8 servings
Nutrition: per serving: calories 243, fat 6.5, protein 36.9 g, carbs 6.6 g
Ingredients:
- 3 pound beef brisket
- 1 packet Lipton onion soup mix, with or without mushrooms
- ¾ cup cold water
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ tsp light brown sugar, optional
- 2 garlic cloves minced or 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 medium yellow onion, sliced thinly
- 1 large disposable heavy-duty aluminum pan, optional – Found at dollar stores or in markets or Use a large baking pan
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Mix together soup mix, water, ketchup, garlic and black pepper, sugar if using until combined.
- Pour into pan, lay brisket over sauce then turn over a few times to coat the brisket.
- Lay sliced onions over brisket.
- Cover pan with aluminum foil, not too tight.
- Bake for about 3 hours or until brisket is tender.
- Let sit in the pan for about 15 minutes before slicing.
Enjoy this amazing brisket recipe!

Easiest Melt In Your Mouth Onion Soup Mix Brisket
This recipe is so simple and tastes so divine. My friend Laurie makes it for us every year when we spend holidays with her family. It really is melt in your mouth delicious!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
resting time 15 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 243 kcal
Ingredients
- 3 pound beef brisket
- 1 packet Lipton onion soup mix, with or without mushrooms
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tsp light brown sugar, optional
- 2 garlic cloves minced or 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 medium onion, sliced thinly
- 1 large disposable heavy-duty aluminum pan, optional – Found at dollar stores or in markets or Use a large baking pan
Instructions
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1.Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2.Mix together soup mix, water, ketchup, garlic and black pepper, sugar if using until combined.
3.Pour into pan, lay brisket over sauce then turn over a few times to coat the brisket.
4.Lay sliced onions over brisket.
5.Cover pan with aluminum foil, not too tight.
6.Bake for about 3 hours or until brisket is tender.
7.Let sit in the pan for about 15 minutes before slicing. Enjoy!!