Economical, Nutritious, and Hot on Shabbat

Cholent is the quintessential Jewish food. Jewish law prohits lighting a fire and cooking on the Sabbath (Shabbat in Hebrew). So how can an observant Jewish family eat a hot, nourishing meal on the Sabbath? Cholent, a slow-cooked, bean-barley stew, has been the answer for centuries. Legumes are suited for slow cooking, nutritious, and economical. While today there are a great variety of ethnic-influenced cholent recipes, this recipe is for traditional meat cholent.

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