Best Meat Cholent Recipes

SHABBAT CHAMIN / CHOLENT (MEAT AND POTATO STEW)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredient in a large crock pot (eggs on top), and add water to cover 1-2 inches above.
• Cook on high for 2 hours, then reduce heat to low, and continue to cook overnight and into the daytime, for a total cooking time of approximately 12-14 hours (It will be ready to eat before 12 hours of cooking time, but tastes the best when cooked for a very long time)
• Note: You can increase or decrease the amount of spices as per your liking. You can even add a dash of ginger and allspice. Avoid the urge to stir this - your potatoes will break into a mush.

LOW FAT CHOLENT: ISRAELI CHAMINC ISRAELI CHAMIN (KOSHER-MEAT)

Steps:

• Here it goes -- :.
• Heat pot on the stove - and place meat to fry and seal. Turn the meat to seal it all over. Use a large pot, suitable for the oven as well (I use oval).
• Pour boiled water to half the height of the meat.
• Place the soaked rinsed beans on one side of the pot -.
• Place potatoes on the other side.
• Insert barley into cooking bag (preferable made of cloth).
• On top of beans and potatoes, arrange meat, onions, garlic, cooking bag with barley and the sweet potato - try to even out the height. If you want eggs, this is the time to insert them as well.
• I usually add Kosher Kishka (stuffed darma, has less than 30% fat)- I couldn't add it to the ingredients as the program cannot recognize this food -- -).
• Dilute honey with some warm tab water - and pour all over.
• Dilute salt with some warm tab water - and pour all over.
• Dilute the sweet paprika with some warm tab water - and pour all over.
• Add boiled water to cover it all, make sure it's at least one inch above ingredients.
• Scatter tea bags. (See picture for the prepared pot.).
• Preheat oven to 250 F (120 C).
• Bring to boil on stove.
• Reduce heat and allow cooking with gentle boil for at least two hours.
• Move the pot to the oven.
• Make sure to check on the Chamin and add water if necessary. The water reduces but it mustn't get dry.
• At night, reduce oven's heat to 215 F (100 C).
• Check first thing in the morning!
• See if you need to add some water and reduce or increase oven's heat.
• The smell already drives everybody nuts -- soon, soon - we'll all sit and enjoy a great Chamin.
• Serving:: When you open the pot, everything is arranged in the same order you put it inches Take out cooking bag with barley, open it carefully and pour barley into a serving bowl. Add some of the Chamin's liquids onto barley. Put garlic aside - some like it some don't. Take out each ingredient to a different serving dish or bowl, and pour Chamin's liquids. You'll have several dishes and bowl on the table: meat, beans, barley, potatoes, sweet potato, onion, kishke, (eggs) -- See pictures.
• Enjoy!

MEAT CHOLENT

Steps:

• Submerge beans in water and soak overnight.
• Drain well.
• Use a heavy saucepan or Dutch oven and brown the meat and onions in the fat.
• Sprinkle with salt, pepper and ginger.
• Add the beans and barley.
• Sprinkle with the flour and paprika.
• Add enough boiling water to cover one inch above the mixture; Cover tightly.
• Cholent may be baked for 24 hours in an oven 250F, or, for quicker cooking, bake in a 350F oven for 4 to 5 hours.
• Slice the meat and serve with the barley and beans.