Easy Vegan Brisket

• The Best Grillable Vegan BBQ Brisket recipe

Tender, meaty, and utterly delicious vegan brisket recipe bathed in a smoky homemade BBQ sauce 

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Get ready for this Vegan BBQ Brisket – you won’t believe how much it tastes like real brisket! This recipe gives you that amazing meaty texture and that wonderful BBQ flavor we all love. Make it on the grill or cook it in the oven. So yummy!

This easy vegan BBQ brisket is a fan favorite for good reason. It’s so many great things wrapped into one meal, like savory smoky homemade BBQ sauce working together with a mouthwatering flavor-loaded rub. It’s a cozy, grillable, meaty, and delicious vegan brisket recipe you will be making on repeat.

The perfectly luscious homemade BBQ sauce is glossy, thick, and just the right amount of sticky. Just what you need to take this jackfruit vegan brisket to the next level.

Let’s look at what you need to make the best vegan BBQ brisket:

Making vegan brisket is much easier than you might think…and it only requires two main ingredients. The rest is simply seasoning to pack the brisket with a depth of deliciousness and flavor. 

Why you need to make this vegan and vegetarian grill food also known as the best plant-based brisket recipe:

• It’s easy to make
• Packed with smoky flavors and meaty textures 
• Great on the grill
• Can be made in an oven
• Ideal vegan and vegetarian grill food 
• Works well with everything 
• Super comforting and delicious
• Quick to make 
• Freezer friendly recipe 
• Meal prep friendly 
• A fan favorite vegetarian grill food recipe 
• Meal prep friendly vegetarian and vegan grill food 

This tasty plant-based brisket is a juicy real food recipe that can be made in advance. Just prep the brisket, and freeze it for later. When you’re ready to eat just grab the brisket from the freezer, slather it in BBQ rub, and grill it (or heat in the oven) until it’s cooked through and lightly charred in places. It couldn’t be more simple or tasty.

Now, you may be wondering what to serve with the best vegetarian brisket…so, I’ve gathered a collection of some of my favorite vegetarian grill recipes.

10 Vegan grill ideas:

• Amazing vegan BBQ corn ribs recipe
• Easy Vegan taco boats
• Delicious vegan pasta salad with grapes and arugula 
• The best easy vegan Mexican bean salsa salad 
• Easy blender sweet potato patties 
• Vegan spicy black bean burger patties 
• Grillable BBQ veggie burgers
• Juicy rainbow melon salad 
• Vegan chickpea and brown rice patties 
• The best easy vegan coleslaw 

Ingredients to make vegan brisket:

• 1 (14 oz) can of Jackfruit
• 2 cups Vital Wheat Gluten
• 3 tbsp Nutritional Yeast
• 1 tbsp Smoked Paprika
• A tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp Onion Powder
• A tsp Tumeric
• 2 tsp Salt

Next up, and just as important, we have the homemade vegan BBQ sauce. Because you don’t want to miss out on this vegan sauce. It’s a flavor-packed, mouthwatering thick sauce that’s just the right amount of sticky and smoky. 

Ingredients to make homemade vegan BBQ sauce without ketchup or sugar:

• 1½ cup Dark Beer
• A tbsp Soy Sauce
• 2 tbsp Red Miso Paste
• A tbsp Vegan Worchestershire Sauce
• 2 tbsp Almond Butter
• 3 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 tbsp Ground Pepper
• 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
• 1 tsp Chili Powder

How to make the best rub for plant-based roasts, brisket, and everything else:

It’s easy, requires only a few ingredients, and it’s mouthwateringly luxe and flavorful. Even if you use a store-bought BBQ sauce you can still make this rub and transform almost any vegetables into a masterpiece on the grill.

Ingredients for the best BBQ Rub

This amazing BBQ rub could not be easier to make. It’s a two of everything kinda recipe, because easy and tasty go hand-in-hand in this rub.

• 2 tbsp BBQ Sauce
• Two tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Ground Pepper
• Two tsp Smoked Paprika
• 2 tsp Sweet and Sour Chili Sauce

How to make vegan brisket

So, how is this easy vegan brisket made? It’s much easier and probably a lot quicker than you think. All it requires is the right ingredients, a grill or oven, and around 30 to 40-minutes of your time. And you will be ready to serve (and eat) the best juicy, tender, and smoky BBQ brisket that will have everyone coming back for seconds.

How to make the best vegan BBQ brisket:

First step is making a Vegan BBQ Sauce and rub. Let’s take a look at the easy steps:

BBQ Sauce

• In a small mixing bowl, mix together beer, soy sauce, miso paste, vegan Worcestershire sauce, almond butter, and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Stir until everything is completely combined.

Rub

• Mix together salt, black pepper, smoked paprika, and sweet chili sauce. Set aside.

Making Vegan Brisket in just 30-minutes:

• Drain and rinse the jackfruit. Put the jackfruit into a blender and pulse until shredded.
• In a bowl mix together Vital Wheat gluten, nutritional yeast, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, turmeric, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Stir until everything is combined.
• Pour the jackfruit mixture along with the sauce into the vital gluten mixture and combine everything quickly until it forms a dough.
• Lightly grease the aluminum foil with olive oil and place the dough on it. Use a spatula to shape the dough into a brisket-like shape, approximately 10″ long and 1½” thick.
• Spread the rub over the top of the “brisket”. Cook the brisket on the BBQ for 15-20 minutes or until it’s ready. It should be grilled so it’s lightly charred in a few places. Serve warm. Get ready to enjoy.

How to make the best vegan meatless meat rub

• Mix together salt, black pepper, smoked paprika, and sweet and sour chili sauce. Spread the rub over the top of the “brisket”. Cook the brisket on the BBQ for 15-20 minutes or until it’s ready.
• Get ready to enjoy.

Are you looking for easy vegan grill recipes? Take a look at my 9 best vegan Barbecue recipes here.