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Greatest Cholent Recipe Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Beef bones (I prefer marrow bones)
4 medium sized potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 lb. beef stew or flanken, a cut up steak works as well
1/2 c. pearl barley
1/4 c. kidney beans
1/4 c. lima beans
1/4 c. navy beans
1 onion, peeled and cut up
Garlic
Salt
Pepper

Tums
Directions:
Directions:
A few items worth mentioning before making the DELICIOUS CHOLENT

Most people will suggest to soak the beans and barley for a few hours prior to making the cholent.

My wife strongly urges that one use a cooking bag so that the crock pot is easy to clean.

If one chooses to accidentally not use a cooking bag because it is better, the concept of soaking a dirty crock pot overnight and not immediately scrubbing the crock pot is the easiest way to get into a disagreement with your wife.

Scrubbing a dirty crock pot really sucks.

Hearing an already agitated wife say "I told you so" really sucks.

My wife makes me into a better person and it is beyond comprehension that I do not listen to her more often.

On to the recipe!

Place the bones, potatoes, beef, barley, beans, and onion into the crock pot in that particular order.

Season with salt, pepper, and garlic according to preference. Remember you can always add salt.

Go ahead and add more garlic. Be generous with the garlic. If you feel you put too much in, take a deep breath and think about how disappointed Grandma would be if you didn't add more. Add more garlic.

Add water to a little below the top of the pot.

Cover and put on HIGH for at least 6 hours.

Place crock pot on low for another 15-18 hours.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
5 - 10
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
24 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Everyone has their own version of this. Some people add paprika, chili powder, ketchup, bbq sauce, or hot sauce.

I say nay!

Let the meat and bones dictate the flavor with the garlic enhancing it. The best Cholent is a fatty Cholent.

 

 

 

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