Celiac- GF cholent help

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amother

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:12 pm

Last week was my first week making Gf cholent.
I used brown rice instead of barley and on friday right before shabbos it was good but shabbos morning the rice absorbed so much water that it turned to mush and the rest of the cholent was pasty.
Are there any tips/tricks?
TIA

amother

Dill

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:15 pm

You can skip the rice and just use beans & potatoes.

ra_mom

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:20 pm

Which type of grown rice?
How much rice did you use for what size crockpot?
How much water?

amother

Maroon

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:22 pm

I skip the rice and use onion, potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnip and carrots - and beans!

amother

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:37 pm

I don't follow a recipe I just eyeball it. around a cup of beans a little less than half of barley/rice meat potatoes spices...
I used the Israeli vacuum packed brown rice.
I use a hotplate so no crocpot....

anonymrs

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:39 pm

I use Lundberg short grain brown rice. I find the texture and consistency verysimilar to regular cholent made with barley.

Iymnok

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:54 pm

My friends who make GF cholent use round brown rice. It really absorbs a lot, so 1/4 cup is may be enough. Start with a very small amount and add more each week until you acheive the consistency you like.
Pay attention if it also absorbs all the salt.

flowerpower

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 1:55 pm

I don’t always put barely in my cholent so I guess it’s gluten free. You can do beans, onions, all spices, meats....

otstud

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 2:05 pm

I've used a mix of quinoa and white rice, it's not the same, but everyone ate! And I use double the amount of navy beans as compared to the "grains"

amother

Tuberose

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 2:07 pm

A smaller amount of short grain brown rice, or gluten free steel cut oats work very well.

Anonymous because I recently discussed this with others in real life and apparently not many people use steel cut oats. What

amother

Ultramarine

Thu, Oct 07 2021, 3:11 pm

I had this problem until I used Luxenberg short grain brown rice

amother

Goldenrod

Tue, Oct 12 2021, 7:22 am

I use the short grain brown rice as well and my guests can’t tell it’s not barley if I don’t tell them. Recently someone told me they use Arborio rice and it’s even better, but I haven’t tried it yet.

amother

Magnolia

Tue, Oct 12 2021, 7:25 am

Tuberose, does using steel cut oats result in the same texture as barley?

hillbubby

Tue, Oct 12 2021, 7:32 am

I’ve been making gluten-free cholent for years. The secret to my recipe is substituting oat groats (not rolled oats) for the barley. Groats are basically the whole seed of the plant. Oat groats are similar in appearance to barley, just thinner. I prefer the groats to rice since they do not get mushy and have a similar texture to barley.

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