DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Cholent
Also known as: Chamin, חמין
Family Shabbat stew with beef, beans, potatoes and optional barley and eggs.
About Cholent
Tori Avey’s family cholent combines Ashkenazi meat, beans and potatoes with Sephardic spices and optional eggs. This named mixed-heritage version selects brisket, pinto beans and optional pearl barley.
Garlic, paprika, turmeric, cumin and cayenne give the broth its savoury spice character. Marrow bones contribute richness alongside the beef.
The finished stew contains tender meat and softened potatoes and beans. Optional eggs take on a brown colour during the long cooking, while kishke remains a separate optional addition.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Barley (gluten), Egg, Wheat (gluten) (product-dependent or unconfirmed).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cholent
Tori Avey’s family Ashkenazi–Sephardic brisket cholent.
- Red potatoesBase
- OnionsAromatic
- Beef brisketProtein
- Marrow bonesProteinIngredient page not linked
- Dried pinto beansBase
- Pearl barleyBase · Optional
- GarlicAromatic
- EggsProtein · Optional
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Low-sodium chicken brothLiquid
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- PaprikaSeasoning
- TurmericSeasoning
- CuminSeasoning
- CayenneSeasoning
- KishkeAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Red potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader potato link; red form retained.
- Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Beef brisket: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Brisket rather than generic stew-meat option selected.
- Marrow bones: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Animal species not explicitly specified; no beef species assigned from adjacent meat.
- Dried pinto beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pinto choice selected among lima/pinto/chickpea/red-bean/mixed alternatives.
- Pearl barley (optional): Barley (gluten). Selected optional grain rather than coarse kasha.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Eggs (optional): Egg
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Low-sodium chicken broth: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chicken-broth identity; full formula unresolved.
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cayenne: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kishke (optional): Wheat (gluten). Optional named stuffed-derma compound; cereal/fat/casing formula unspecified, wheat identity pending.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit recipe liquid, conditional adjustment and optional bean-soaking allocations.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Jewish Cuisine
- Ashkenazi Cuisine
- Sephardic Cuisine
- Ashkenazi Jewish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Israeli CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.