Cholent
From chacha 16 years ago
Ingredients
- 1 cup kidney beans shopping list
- 1 cup navy beans shopping list
- 1 cup pinto beans shopping list
- 1/2 cup baby lima beans shopping list
- 1/2 cup barley shopping list
- 2 beef stewing bones shopping list
- 2 to 3-1/2 lbs. beef roast(flank, arm or chuck) shopping list
- 3 onions, medium size and diced shopping list
- 4-5 garlic cloves, minced shopping list
- 1-1/2 Tablespoons kosher salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon pepper shopping list
- 1/2 cup diced tomatoes shopping list
- 1 bunch parsley or cilantro, finely chopped shopping list
- 8 potatoes, medium size shopping list
- Note: Some communities add eggs (in the shell), and lots of curry. (in which case it is called Chamin, which means "warm food.") shopping list
How to make it
- Soak beans overnight.
- Drain and pick out any stones.
- Place beans in an 8 quart pot or Dutch oven and cover the top of the beans with 2 inches of water.
- Sear the beef roast and leave whole.
- Place beef roast and beef bones into pot.
- Dice the onions and mince the garlic, chop parsley or cilantro.
- *I omit this step and just add everything chopped.
- Note: I know of some people who place the remaining ingredients except for potatoes in a blender or food processor and blend. I prefer not to and to leave everything whole.
- Pour mixture over meat and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to a low simmer and allow to cook for 3 hours.
- Add potatoes and allow to cook for one hour more.
- Before Shabbos, place the pot on the blech and add one inch of water above the ingredients.
- For a pareve cholent omit the meat and meat bones.
- Serves 4-6
- Note: A blech is a Yiddish word for tin or sheet metal. It is a metal sheet used by many observant Jews to cover stovetop burners (and for some, the knobs or dials too) on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath), as part of the precautions taken to avoid violating the halachic prohibition against cooking on the Sabbath by stirring the fire.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Yeah baby. Thanks Chacha.
jenniferbyrdez
in kenner loved it
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For those who don`t know it , this method was invented by jews who are forbidden to cook on the sabbath, so in order to eat a hot meal it must be prepared beforehand and stand on the hotplate until you are ready to eat it. Traditionally it is also ma...more
ronnymarcus
in Jerusalem loved it
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Not only delicious....extremely good for you with all that protein!
pat2me
in Nashua loved it
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