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Meat Cholent

Cuisine: Jewish
Type: Meat, Vegetables
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups 320g / 11ozDried lima beans
3 lbs 1362g / 48ozBrisket
3   Onions - diced
3 tablespoons 45mlFat
2 teaspoons 10mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlPepper
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlGinger
1 cup 237mlPearl barley
2 tablespoons 30mlFlour
2 teaspoons 10mlPaprika

Recipe Instructions

Soak the beans overnight in water to cover. Drain.

Use a heavy saucepan or Dutch oven and brown the meat and onions in the fat. Sprinkle with the salt, pepper and ginger. Add the beans and barley and 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 a 250 degree oven or, for quicker cooking, bake in a 350 degree oven 4 to 5 hours. Slice the meat and serve with the barley and beans. Serves 8 to 10.

Source:
THE ART OF JEWISH COOKING by Jennie Grossinger - Published by Bantam Books, Inc. (c) 1958

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