Beef Brisket - Ruth Windsor

Ingredients:

-       One beef brisket, about 4-5 pounds

-       Garlic powder

-       Sliced onions, enough to completely cover the brisket

-       One jar of Heinz chili sauce

-       One bottle of water (just fill the empty jar, shake and pour over brisket)

-       4 sliced carrots

-       One bottle of beer or ale

-       One package of Lipton dry onion soup mix

Directions:

1)   Put brisket in large Dutch oven. Sprinkle with garlic powder.

2)   Add all ingredients to Dutch oven.

3)   Cover the Dutch oven and bake at 350 degrees for about 3 1/2 hours.

4)   Cool and put in refrigerator overnight. Slice very thin slices when cold and reheat with gravy. Serves at least 9.

Note from Ruth: Great with mashed potatoes.