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chassidisheveib ↓

Wed, May 08 2024, 8:05 pm

Does anyone have a recipe for a SMALL chulent?

ra_mom ↓

Wed, May 08 2024, 8:07 pm

What size is the crockpot?

↑ chassidisheveib ↓

Wed, May 08 2024, 8:10 pm

Don’t remember off hand but looking up similar crock pots it seams to be an 8QT.
Even when I do a bit less then half a crock pot it’s still to much.

ittsamother ↓

Wed, May 08 2024, 8:11 pm

Sure!

Half an onion, diced and sautéed
4 tbs each of beans and barley
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Meat
2 small potatoes

That's it! And you can adjust the size of the cholent by increasing the beans and barley in increments of 4, I just add salt and pepper proportionately and it always comes out delicious, whether I use 4 tbs or 20 tbsp of beans and barley

↑ chassidisheveib ↓

Wed, May 08 2024, 8:12 pm

ittsamother wrote:

Thank you! I’ll try this out this week!

↑ ra_mom

Wed, May 08 2024, 8:13 pm

chassidisheveib wrote:

Don’t remember off hand but looking up similar crock pots it seams to be an 8QT.
Even when I do a bit less then half a crock pot it’s still to much.

A small cholent will dry out in such a large crockpot. Do you need a smaller one? They aren't costly.

↑ ittsamother

Wed, May 08 2024, 9:33 pm

We made this size cholent in a very small crock pot, maybe 2 qts or something like that? Maybe 4? I don't remember. But just big enough for two couples for when we had guests, and we filled it about halfway when it was just the two of us home.

↑ chassidisheveib ↓

Thu, May 09 2024, 4:33 am

ra_mom wrote:

A small cholent will dry out in such a large crockpot. Do you need a smaller one? They aren't costly.

We’re looking at smaller options.

Comptroller ↓

Thu, May 09 2024, 4:44 am

chassidisheveib wrote:

Does anyone have a recipe for a SMALL chulent?

I don't really see your problem.
Just take the ingredients you need per person and add water as much as needed and try to use a pot of the appropriate size. I have no problem making chulent in a 1 liter pot, works like a charm.
Often I take the size of the pot as a reference for the ingredients, so that I don't make too much.

Last edited by Comptroller on Thu, May 09 2024, 4:45 am; edited 1 time in total

↑ chassidisheveib

Thu, May 09 2024, 4:45 am

Comptroller wrote:

Still ends up being to much.

↑ Comptroller

Thu, May 09 2024, 4:45 am

chassidisheveib wrote:

Still ends up being to much.

So take less beans.
And if you take barely: just take a spoonfull of bareley, because bareley soaks up a lot of water.

You need about 2-3 times the volume in water for beans.

So if you calculate 150 g of cooked beans per person, you put in 50g of dry beans per person plus 100 ml of water.

Bareley, I had to learn to really minimize the amounts, I would calculate in spoons, not in glasses, about 1 spoon per person, or a bit less... (in a chulent where you have beans too).

But if your aim is to cook a chulent for just 1 person or 2 persons without leftovers, I'm afraid this might be hard.

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