For many, St. Patrick’s Day is all about green beer and day long pub crawls. But for me it means some sweet deals on ready-to-prepare corned beef, especially a couple days after the holiday. And while I love to have a few on hand it the freezer for corned beef sandwiches throughout the year (or, better yet, for my corned beef burger recipe found here), they are also a great shortcut for making your own smoked pastrami.
I first learned of this shortcut a few years ago when master griller John Thomas of Grilling24x7 posted his “how to” for something he called cheater pastrami. Being the kind soul that he is, John offered to share his recipe with Grillocracy nation. You can also find his original post here.
CHEATER PASTRAMI by Grilling24x7
A few years ago I made homemade pastrami. I “corned” a beef brisket and then smoked it to make authentic homemade pastrami. Well, that’s a lot of work. I wanted to explore one of the cheater pastrami recipes that I have been reading about. Basically you just put a simple dry rub on a corned beef brisket (bought from the store already corned) and then smoke it. It turns out that this makes some really tasty cheater pastrami!
