Crockpot alternative to cholent

Sun, May 29 2022, 3:46 pm

My family is going through a phase where nobody wants cholent.

What else can I easily cook in a crockpot and serve on shabbos?

Thanks

cbg

Sun, May 29 2022, 3:53 pm

I know you asked for crockpot
But what if you make something dry that you can put on the Blech
Of course ask your LOR
Mine allows it
For Shabbat I’m making a spatchcock chicken baked on top of rice
I’m making it completely on Friday
And putting it on the blech Shabbat midi morning

You need to ask your LOR though

Java

Sun, May 29 2022, 3:57 pm

63 wrote:

My family is going through a phase where nobody wants cholent.

What else can I easily cook in a crockpot and serve on shabbos?

Thanks

Shredded chicken or pulled brisket

Mom/Bubby/Morah

Sun, May 29 2022, 3:57 pm

Yapchik
Whole roast that you pull upon serving
Whole pastrami that comes sealed in crock pot immersible plastic
Enjoy

Elfrida

Sun, May 29 2022, 4:11 pm

I often make a (parev) mushroom and barley soup in the crockpot and serve it for a first course, followed by schnitzel and rice, or something similar.

In the summer we normally find chulent too heavy and I often cancel it altogether, and just heat up food on the platta.

MalkyG

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 10:21 am

We also started getting sick of cholent. DH eats cholent in shul before coming home so we end up throwing out most of it anyway. Now I make an overnight kugel in the crock pot instead of cholent.

Ruchi ↓

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 12:58 pm

cbg wrote:

If you put it on a turned over cookie sheet tray (the tray is put on blech / hotplate BEFORE Shabbos) then that's allowed.

ettilou

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 1:02 pm

I will throw a second cut corned beef into my crock pot in the sealed plastic bag that it comes in and cook that for Shabbos lunch. It needs to be a fattier cut to stand up to 18 hours of cooking.

MiracleMama

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 1:31 pm

We're pretty sick of cholent too. Especially in this heat - who can stand to eat such heavy food?

Chicken soup loaded with carrots and parsnips comes out great if you don't mind a browner color to it from cooking so long.

Sometimes I do beans and rice (no meat) in the croc pot and then offer schnitzel or pargiyot at room temp on the side.

↑ Ruchi

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 3:57 pm

One can make a Pesach'dige Cholent and instead of meat put in pieces of chicken which makes it much lighter to eat and digest!

Mermaidinexile

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 4:00 pm

We never make chulent. We do spicy sausage, meat, rice, onions, and tons of spice. Thats it. It's delicious. Brown the onions and meat first.

dazzle

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 5:00 pm

I buy the Manischewitz vegetable soup packet. Add in more salt and some flanken meat. We serve it with cubed salami pieces and love it!

chaya678

Tue, Jul 12 2022, 6:11 pm

A soup, meat with plenty of liquid otherwise ends up tasting like cholent. Honestly I just like doing something cold like cold cuts, shnitzel, chicken salad deli roll etc