Cholent

Name: Cholent
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 5
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1.25 kg (2 lb 12 oz) beef short ribs or other stewing beef; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) olive oil; 1 tablespoon salt; 2 brown onions, finely chopped; 12 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 60 g (2¼ oz) honey; 3 teaspoons smoked paprika; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 200 g (7 oz) black-eyed beans, rinsed; 1.5 litres (52 fl oz/6 cups) cold water (enough to cover the meat by at least 5 cm/2 inches); 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) turnips, halved (or left whole if small); 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) carrots, quartered; 100 g (3½ oz) whole wheat, rinsed

Preparation info

Serves
5

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

New York Cult Recipes

By Marc Grossman

Published 2013

About

This traditional Shabbat lunchtime stew is cooked for 15 hours. As the song goes, ‘Good things come to those who wait!’

Ingredients

1.25 kg (2 lb 12 oz) beef short ribs or other stewing beef

Americas
United States
Lunch
Main course
Stew
New York

Method

The Stew

Preheat the oven to 100°C (200°F/Gas ½). Cut the meat into big evenly sized chunks and brown in 2 tablespoons of the oil with