05/28/2026
Griddle-Seared Brisket Smokies
🔥 Cross-hatched, caramelized, and loaded
🇨🇦 Find Halenda’s Meats products at a Halenda’s location near you, or at Farm Boy, Metro, Sobeys, or Foodland! 🇨🇦
What You Need:
4 all beef brisket smokies
4 brioche or hoagie buns
2 large yellow onions
Whole grain mustard
Salt & Pepper to taste
Mayo, 2 garlic cloves, lemon juice
How to Make It:
1. Caramelize your onions low & slow until golden. Start these first.
2. Make the aioli — mix mayo, grated garlic, a squeeze of lemon. Season and refrigerate.
3. Cross-hatch the smokies — score diagonal cuts 1/4” deep across all sides, rotate 90° and repeat to get a diamond pattern.
4. Get your griddle screaming hot. Using a dome and a little water, steam the smokies then sear on all sides until those diamond cuts caramelize and char beautifully.
5. Toast your buns cut-side down in butter until golden.
6. Build it — aioli, a big pile of caramelized onions, the smokies and a bold stripe of grainy mustard.
🔥 Pro tip: Don’t rush the sear. Let those cross-hatch diamonds develop real color before you flip.
