What do you put in YOUR cholent?

miracleshappen

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 12:21 pm

I feel like everyone's cholent is better than mine, I'm looking to experiment with new ingredients.
What do you put in your cholent?

imasinger

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 12:25 pm

Onion, potato, beans, sweet potato, barley, honey, garlic, bay leaf, salt and pepper, kishke, beef, (and a bone when I have one) and sometimes mushrooms. Oh, and some water, and some love.

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mochacoffee

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 12:33 pm

Bed of onions
potatoes
beans
barley
meat

Spiced with: a lot of onion soup mix, crushed garlic, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, 1 tablespoon ketchup and salt. 1/4 cup olive oil. Fill with water to cover ingredients. Mix (according to halacha) over shabbos 2-3 times. Comes out delicious and consistent every time.

cheese cake

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 12:35 pm

I put basically the same as posters above but I spice it with mr flavor which really adds a great taste

naturalmom5

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 12:54 pm

My husband puts in onion soup mix and ketchup.
Only cholent that I like

gr8cook

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 12:57 pm

Sauteed onion with the oil
Beans
Barley
Marech bones
Flanken
Homemade Kishke
Potato
Squeeze Ketchup
Salt
Garlic powder
Paprika
Black pepper
Water

causemommysaid

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 1:00 pm

onions, potatoes, beans, barley, chicken or meat, kishka, water, spices

spices:

onion powder
garlic powder
salt
pepper
ketchup
parsley flakes
chili powder
seasoned salt

sbs

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 1:05 pm

onion slices, potato and sweet potato cubed, beans, barley, beef neck bones, cholent meat, kishke

water, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, salt, ketchup

shanie5

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 1:47 pm

However you make it, put these on top, and your chulent will be great!

kishkelach:

2 tsp paprika
1tblsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 cups flour

put in a bowl in order given. mix. will form ball. either put in chulent as is (do not wrap) or make into little balls and put in chulent.

adds lots of flavor

Ruchel

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 1:49 pm

Interesting elements I saw:

eggs
chocolate
ketchup
tomato sauce
grains
caramel
diff kinds of onions, potatoes...
paprika
cinnamon

shanie5

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 1:56 pm

I have 1 child who only eats chulent if there is zucchini in it.

Frum

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 2:09 pm

I once had a lovely chulent at a friend's house who put cola in it.

I like to add sausage for the flavor

Frum

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 2:10 pm

Btw, mi ke'amcho Yisroel! It's Sunday and we are already talking about shabbos :-)

queenofhearts515

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 2:20 pm

Someone said this already, but I recently tried putting in chili powder into my cholent and it made a huge difference! I put a bit of mustard in mine too, doesnt give a strong flavor but we like it. Also, when I put in cut up kishka slices around the top of the cholent this week, the flavor was completely different. The kishka falls apart this way, but it tasted amazing.

yo'ma

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 2:55 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Interesting elements I saw:

eggs
chocolate
ketchup
tomato sauce
grains
caramel
diff kinds of onions, potatoes...
paprika
cinnamon

A poster accidentally put cinnamon in her chulent and she gave it a very bad review.

Ruchel

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 3:00 pm

Yea. Many love a thing, many dislike it.
Chocolate is becoming a classic though.

granolamom

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 3:26 pm

carmelized onions, potatoes, beans, barley, honey, ketchup, sea salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, water. I usually keep it parve but when I have guests I add flanken.

sarahd

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 4:05 pm

Sauteed onions, browned meat, duck sauce, beans, barley, diced potatoes. Salt, paprika, hot ketchup and soy sauce. In that order. Shani's kishkelech also add a great flavor when I'm not lazy and make them.

Imogen

Sun, Oct 06 2013, 4:15 pm

much the same as other posters but with a big tablespoon of soya sauce alongside the chili. Gives the chulent a kick which makes it taste good the longer you leave it.