Pulled brisket is your dinner MVP this week

By Lesego Madisa, 12 June 2025

Woolies’ beef brisket is your secret weapon for easy, flavour-packed dinners. From a rich ragu to crispy tacos and a comforting pie, read how one batch of this melt-in-your-mouth, slow-cooked stew turns into three unforgettable meals.

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Batch-cooking saves time, money and stress – but that doesn’t mean your meals have to taste like leftovers. With a single slow-cooked Woolworths brisket, you can create three different meals that taste like you spent hours in the kitchen (spoiler: you won’t). Whether you’re feeding a crowd or stocking the freezer, brisket is a smart, flavour-forward base for so many weeknight wonders.

Woolworths’ beef brisket is made for slow-cooking. It’s beautifully marbled, expertly trimmed and turns meltingly tender after a few hours in the oven or slow-cooker. As with all Woolies' beef, it comes from pasture-raised cattle that are never treated with routine antibiotics or growth stimulants. It's just honest, great-tasting meat.

Start by slow-cooking the brisket in stock, tomatoes and hardy herbs until it’s tender enough to shred with a fork. Enjoy a generous serving with mash or samp, then transform the rest into new meals with just a few quick additions.

Brisket pie

Addition: Woolworths all-butter puff pastry

This is everything you want from comfort food. Tender, slow-cooked brisket topped with golden, flaky pastry, served straight from the oven. It’s cosy, rich and deeply satisfying, with barely any effort after the initial cook.

Pulled brisket tacos

Additions: Tortilla wraps + cheese + guacamole + pickled red onions

Pulled brisket is folded into soft tortillas with cheese, then pan-seared until golden and melty. Serve with guac and salsa for the ultimate midweek reward.

Pulled brisket pasta

Addition: Woolworths bronze-die cut pasta

This one’s pure comfort in a bowl. Toss the rich, saucy brisket through al dente pasta, finish with a grating of Parmesan, and you’ve got dinner on the table in minutes. No fuss, just big flavour and a very happy household.


slow-cooked brisket recipe

Photography and videography: Sadiqah Assur-Ismail
Recipes and production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Bianca Jones

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Woolworths thick-cut beef brisket is specially selected for succulence and flavour. Raised on pastures with no routine antibiotics or growth stimulants, it’s perfect for slow-cooked winter meals and versatile enough to braai when the mood strikes.

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Lesego Madisa

Article by Lesego Madisa

TASTE's commercial content producer loves thrifty recipes, fridge foraging and never says "no" to cake. When she's not flipping through the pages of food mags and cookbooks, she's happily baking and knitting in her tiny apartment.
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