Cholent from Dixie

Here's (most) of my recipe......... People seem to enjoy it.

1) 1 - 1.5 lbs cholent meat (Rumanian)
2) 1 large can of Baked beans
3) 1/2 Bear of Honey
4) 3-4 potatoes (diced smaller than normallly done. Don't use big chunks)
5) 5 tbs Ketchup
6) 3 carrots
8) 2 onions (julienne into smallish slivers)
7) two bay leaves
9) 1 lb ground beef
10) 1/2 of a large kishke (defrosted)
11) pepper
12) salt
13) garlic powder
14) tabasco
15) Paprika
16) Chili powder
15) 1.5 cup assorted beans
16) 1/2 cup barley
17) 2 hot dogs (rumanian garlic dogs are preferred) cut up into bite-size chunks

Ok, here goes...

Put the potatoes, carrots, onions, and beans (not barley) into the bottom of crock pot. Then layer this with the ketchup, baked beans, and honey. At this point place the cholent meat and the hot dogs gingerly around the pot. Now spice the cholent with the pepper, lots of garlic powder, some paprika and chili powder, and about ten shakes of the tabasco. Don't forget to add the bay leaves now.

Kishke and Ground Beef: Now this is crucial - - - take the kishke out of the celophane wrapping and break it into thousands of small pieces and sprinkle them all over the cholent. Do the exact same for the ground beef. DO NOT PLACE THE GROUND BEEF IN WITHOUT BREAKING IT UP. It will turn into one big meatball.

Finally, add lots of salt (usually a little more than a sane person might think) and then top this off with a bit more tabasco.

Add water (same as every other recipe) to come to same level as ingredients in cholent.

Cook on low for about 15 hours.

NO EGGS ALLOWED IN THIS CHOLENT AND NO KISHKE LEFT IN ITS WRAPPING. KISHKE MUST BE ABSORBED INTO THE CHOLENT.

Try the cholent after several shots of Woodford Reserve or a good scotch and then another couple while eating the cholent itself. Its a darn good combo.