Recipe by Leah Schapira

Lazy Man’s Cholent

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Meat Meat
Easy Easy
6 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Gluten
24 Hours
Diets

No Diets specified

Men definitely outnumber women when it comes to making a top cholent. Recently, I received this recipe from my uncle and I couldn’t get over the fact that this must be the laziest cholent ever. Can it be that you don’t even peel the potatoes and all you do is dump them in the crockpot? My tasters – I served it to a group of teenage boys – gave it rave reviews. It’s really easy and great for a crowd.

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 4 large potatoes, skin on, halved

  • 3 large onions, halved

  • 1 cup barley, such as Glicks Pearl Barley

  • 8 cloves garlic, peeled and left whole

  • 5-6 tablespoons onion soup mix, or to taste

  • 16 ounce bag cholent bean mix

  • 5-7 dashes Tabasco sauce

  • 12 ounce bottle chili sauce (I like Heinz)

  • 2-3 pieces flanken on the bone, cut in half

  • 5-6 cups water

More Seasonings (optional)

  • coke

  • coffee

  • crushed red pepper

Worth Adding

  • kishka

  • pickled pastrami roll

  • potato kugel

  • franks

  • eggs

  • baby potatoes

  • jachnun

  • pipiklech or drumsticks

Directions

Prepare the Cholent

1.

Begin the cholent preparation 24 hours before consumption. Line a slow cooker with a plastic slow-cooker liner. Layer the potatoes on the bottom. Layer onions, barley, garlic, cholent beans, Tabasco sauce, and chili sauce, in order. Do not stir. Top with the flanken.

2.

Add water to the slow cooker. Cook on high until cholent begins to bubble. Turn to low and cook 24 hours.

3.

If you like to add potato kugel or kishka to your cholent, bury it slightly under the top level and add a small amount of additional hot water before Shabbos. Most important of all – do not stir this at any time!

Tips:

Soak beans overnight in water. Sear the meat in oil. Place kugel in Gefen Parchment Paper. Season well. Layer meat and beans in the crockpot so that the meat doesn’t dry out.

Acknowledgement

Reproduced from Fresh & Easy by Leah Schapira with permission from the copyright holders ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, LTD.

Lazy Man's Cholent

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jacob Brody
jacob Brody
2 years ago

It says to put 12 oz chili sauce. It doesn’t make sense.

Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  jacob Brody
2 years ago

Yes, that is correct, it’s not hot sauce 🙂