Your kugel will come out a bit darker than this picture, but it will be even more delicious. EnJOY the intense flavor that only comes with a long cooking time.
Crock Pot Yapchik
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 5-6 russet potatoes
- 1 onion quartered
- 2 eggs
- 1-2 tablespoons schmaltz or oil
- 3 or more pieces of semi -thick slices of meat such as minute steaks or flanken
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Grate potatoes and onion in food processor or by hand. Rinse under cold water, and squeeze out liquid. Mix with beaten eggs, schmaltz or oil. and salt and pepper, (if using).
- Put balls of aluminum foil on the bottom of your crock pot, (this keeps the kugel from burning on the bottom). Almost cover with water, about ½ to ¾ of the way up the aluminum balls. Use a crock pot liner. Fill half of the crock pot liner with your potato kugel mixture.
- Cut meat in half and place over kugel. Put remaining potato mixture over the meat. Place cooking bag on top of the aluminum balls, and close crock pot liner with a loose knot. Cover, turn crock pot to low heat overnight. I usually start mine about noon the day before Shabbos.
Instead of making balls just make a bunch of 3″ x 3″ thick aluminum foil squares to form pads so as to keep the Yapchik on an even keel while still keeping contact with the base of the crock pot but NOT allowing the cooking bag to touch the bottom so as to prevent it from burning the Yapchik from direct heat. It is the heat of the water that is what is slow cooking the Yapchik. ENJOY!!! Make sure the amount of water stated above is put in.
This may be a dumb question, but how big should the aluminum foil balls be? Golf ball size would be my first guess but I’m a kitchen novice and don’t know if there’s a standard.
B”H Thank you. Any addition espically when not Pesach can be used. For gluten free non Pesach try using short grain brown rice instead of barley. A nice substitution is a nice thick whole piece of either turkey or beef pastrami.
It is a perfect gluten free cholent. I am going to add some cholent beans( no barley) to the recipe
Sounds good, need a good recipe for this special dish.