Non-cholent crock pot ideas for shabbos lunch?

MiracleMama

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 12:43 pm

I've done soups but we have guests so I want something more of a meal/ main dish. Ideas? It can still even be meat and potato based.... just something that presents as totally different from standard cholent. Thanks!

P.S.... I tried a cholent with chicken once and hated it because the chicken was kind of dried out tasting and also the bones became very brittle and dangerous for my kids. Is there any way to put up a chicken (on the bone) recipe in the crock pot that doesn't dry out or have the bones crumbling?

lora

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 3:15 pm

my family really loves stuffed cabbage cooked in tomato sauce and then I add corn beef to tomato sauce at well but since its hard to make its reserved more for special occasions

elisheva25

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 3:23 pm

A recipe I found here last week and used
Whole chicken rubbed in spices with a raw onion placed inside
No water
Put in raw, right before candle lighting
Warning: mine partially burned lol, but the part that didn't was delicious
I think it had to do with size of chicken, mine was tiny
I will try with a larger chicken this shabbos

dancingqueen

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 3:37 pm

heidi wrote:

Meatballs in tomato sauce . Make spaghetti before Shabbos and you have a full meal

Just a regular meatball recipe in sauce on low? They don't fall apart by lunch time?

For the chicken- just a plain whole chicken in the pot? on low as well?

Thanks!

tichellady

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 3:41 pm

MiracleMama wrote:

P.S.... I tried a cholent with chicken once and hated it because the chicken was kind of dried out tasting and also the bones became very brittle and dangerous for my kids. Is there any way to put up a chicken (on the bone) recipe in the crock pot that doesn't dry out or have the bones crumbling?

No. I don't think there is a way unless you use boneless chicken thighs and have the warm setting on the crockpot (cook on friday, put on warm before shabbos so doesn't dry out). I have tried whole chicken in the crockpot for shabbos and find it too mushy

You can do yapsuk or a beef stew

Levtov

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 3:53 pm

elisheva25 wrote:

I think that NO WATER was a mistake. it needs water and oil with rub...and cubed sweet potato and potatoes

MyUsername

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 4:03 pm

Yupchuk! It's kind of like potato kugel made with meat. . .

My mother in law makes it, so I don't know how, but I'm sure someone else does.

ra_mom

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 4:28 pm

I stay away from things that don't taste good when overcooked.
I prefer
short grain brown rice stew
barley itself or as a stew
yapsuk

ra_mom

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 4:31 pm

Levtov wrote:

I think that NO WATER was a mistake. it needs water and oil with rub...and cubed sweet potato and potatoes

Adding water makes the chicken tasteless and makes it fall apart. The chicken omits it own juices that pools together at the bottom like gravy so don't add water.
Not that I'd cook it all shabbos long, but that's for another discussion.

gp2.0

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 4:49 pm

ra_mom wrote:

I stay away from things that don't taste good when overcooked.
I prefer
short grain brown rice stew
barley itself or as a stew
yapsuk

Ooh do you have recipes for these? Smile

Blessing1

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 4:52 pm

U can make a turkey,beef, or chicken goulash. It's yummy overnight. U can also do if with cheek meat or flanken, yum!
Yabchik is also a good choice.

ra_mom

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 5:02 pm

gp2.0 wrote:

Ooh do you have recipes for these? Smile

Sure!
http://www.imamother.com/forum.....12668
For barley, I put about 6 times as much water as barley? Season well with fresh garlic and salt. Meat on top optional.
For yapsuk, follow realeez's instructions, it's delicous, and just like my aunt would make.
http://www.imamother.com/forum.....94473

gp2.0

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 5:35 pm

ra_mom wrote:

Thanks!

Fox

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 6:33 pm

I almost always do meatballs or even just a meat marinara sauce that can be put on rice, noodles, or even challah rolls.

Apparently I was not standing in the line for cholent-making talent; no matter what I do, mine seems to flop, and doesn't even flop the same way twice!

fatso gal

Wed, Dec 14 2016, 7:38 pm

With meatballs I have found that you need to cook the meatballs before. Otherwise they fall apart unless you use a ton of binder. They do get an overcooked taste.

You could make beef goulash. Serve over egg noodles.

Something that my family loves is salsa chicken. Recipe is take one 28oz can of tomato sauce, one 16oz jar of chunky salsa, and two taco seasoning packets. Mix together. If want it sweeter add a little bit of ketchup. Put 6 to 8 chicken bottoms in the crock pot. Pour sauce over and cook low. The chicken will be falling apart. Serve over rice. (You could also make it in the oven at 350 for 1-1/2 hr and then uncovered for another 1/2 hr. When you do it in the oven the chicken holds together better.)

If you put chicken in your chulent use bottoms they don't dry out.