Yapchik - Potato and Meat Kugel (Yaptzik)

Yapchick (alternatively spelled Yaptzik) is a popular Jewish Passover dish of unknown origin. It’s delicious at any time of year and often served on Shabbat! The slow-baked overnight potato kugel is improved only by the delicious meat hiding on the bottom.

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Easy Gluten Free Passover Meat

Contains: Egg

Directions

Assemble and Bake

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a nine- x13-inch pan.

  2. Place meat into prepared pan. Set aside.

  3. Using a food processor fitted with the thin shredder blade or kugel blade, shred potato and onion. Add eggs. Add salt and pepper; pour mixture over the meat.

  4. Bake for one and a half hours; then reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour water over kugel, cover tightly with foil, and bake for 12 to 16 hours, or until ready to serve.

Credit

Description:

Reproduced from Perfect for Pesach by Naomi Nachman, with permission from the copyright holders ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, LTD. Photography by Miriam Pascal. Buy the book!

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8 Comments

Lazer

why can’t this website be accurate? so many recipes here are in error and we don’t get answers

Sarah

How can I make this in a crockpot? For Pesach instead of cholent

Avital Berkowitz

Delicous!! Such a hit!

sarea diament

There is an error in this recipe- it needs to be edited. No mentioning of browning flanken and removing meat from bones.

sarea diament

There is an wrror in this recipe- it needs to be edited. No mentioning of browning flanken and removing meat from bones.