Tsholent with chicken

Dina2018

Wed, Oct 26 2022, 7:30 pm

dear ladies I need your advise, is tscholent with chicken and potatoes possible? I never tried it, how would I do it? Would chicken dry out? I don‘t want to put beans / chunus / hita

Blessing1

Wed, Oct 26 2022, 7:34 pm

You can do chicken wings, chicken drumsticks, dark chicken goulash. Sauté an onion with oil at chicken, cubed potatoes, spices. Fill with water so everything is covered by a good 2 inches.

naomi2

Wed, Oct 26 2022, 9:17 pm

My mother makes chicken choulent every week. It's all the choulent ingredients and then put a few chicken thighs/ legs on the top. The chicken is moist and the skin gets deliciously crispy.

Not_in_my_town

Wed, Oct 26 2022, 9:25 pm

I never knew there's so many ways to spell cholent.

Cholent
Chulent
Choulent
Tsholent

Cool. As many ways to spell it as to cook.

Chicken and potatoes is a typical Pesachdig cholent. It will be great.

Dina2018

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 1:20 am

naomi2 wrote:

My mother makes chicken choulent every week. It's all the choulent ingredients and then put a few chicken thighs/ legs on the top. The chicken is moist and the skin gets deliciously crispy.

no need to fry chicken beforehand?

naomi2

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 7:43 am

Dina2018 wrote:

no need to fry chicken beforehand?

No just stick it on top raw. submerge it halfway

watergirl

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 7:49 am

I make chicken stew for shabbos all the time.

Chicken on the bone - dark meat only.
Potatos - a lot
Carrots - a lot
onion
mushrooms - a lot
Tomato sauce or marinara sauce
Onion soup mix (we like the flavor)
And the best part - I make matza ball batter and put in the raw matza balls.
Cover with water

By shabbos lunch, it's omg so good and guests are thrilled with matza balls in an unexpected place and they are SO GOOD.

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Bnei Berak 10

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 7:49 am

Dina2018 wrote:

no need to fry chicken beforehand?

I always lightly fry before adding a bit of dry red wine and water. Brings out the taste and color.

Bnei Berak 10

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 7:50 am

watergirl wrote:

Mushrooms, fresh or canned?

mommyla

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 8:50 am

watergirl wrote:

Looks delicious!!
You do it in the crockpot? On low? I’m assuming you put it up right before Shabbos. How much tomato sauce? Maybe I’ll try it for dinner sometime before making it for Shabbos.

Blessing1

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 10:00 am

watergirl wrote:

Oh wow, this seems interesting and so hearty. Definitely saving this recipe.

watergirl

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 10:29 am

mommyla wrote:

Looks delicious!!
You do it in the crockpot? On low? I’m assuming you put it up right before Shabbos. How much tomato sauce? Maybe I’ll try it for dinner sometime before making it for Shabbos.

Right, crockpot on low, put up right before shabbos. Make the matzs ball batter much earlier though so it can sit in the fridge for a few hours first.

I put a whole jar of marinara sauce.

Making chicken stew like this is especially helpful on a three day YT because Its a whole meal that I can put up on YT itself and it’s a very minimal amount of work.

mommyla

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 1:02 pm

Thanks watergirl, looking forward to trying it out.
Have you ever made it on a weekday?

watergirl

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 1:34 pm

mommyla wrote:

Thanks watergirl, looking forward to trying it out.
Have you ever made it on a weekday?

Nope. It’s a shabbos thing for us…

Although to be honest, it’s delicious as leftovers. I make pasta and serve it together because the sauce on pasta is really good.

On sukkos I made a sweet(ish) onion lukshin kugel and the sauce from the stew was. OMG SO GOOD on the kugel.

keym

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 2:00 pm

watergirl wrote:

Is it good without the knaidlach also?

watergirl

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 2:21 pm

keym wrote:

Is it good without the knaidlach also?

Totally! They add nothing to the taste of the stew, it’s the stew that makes them so good! Totally leave it out if you want.

I forgot to add, it’s also very good if you put in some sweet potatoes, cut into large cubes. My family does not like the taste of the sweet potatoes so I leave it out but I like it.

BetsyTacy

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 3:06 pm

This is not really my area, but I thought the Ashkenazic ruling at least was that for those who are okay with putting up raw cholent right before Shabbos that there had to be meat (beef) as opposed to poultry.

I am happy to see sources, if anyone has.

lora

Thu, Oct 27 2022, 3:10 pm

Thats how I make it Pesach: first sautee onions and garlic, add in cubed chicken and brown, add cubed potatoes, black pepper, salt, and Paprika. let it cook for a bit before generously covering with water and stay in the crockpot overnight till shabbos morning, its delicious, its one of my favorite pesach dishes. I actually make it when its very hot outside since its less heavy and more light, and easy to eat then traditional chulent