Kosher Traditional Meat Cholent Recipe

Jewish law prohibits lighting a fire and cooking on the sabbath. So how can an observant jewish family eat a hot, nourishing meal on sabbath? Cholent, a slow-cooked, bean-barley stew, has been the answer for centuries. Legumes are economical, very nutritious, and also ideally suited for slow cooking. While today there is a great variety of cholent recipes influenced by different traditions, this recipe follows the classic meat cholent.