I can’t believe this. Not one recipe contained the most important ingredient – BEER! I’ve gone from my bochurishe yorren where I added no water (which admittedly is more for show than taste) to my current recipe, where I add 3 half bottles to a normal sized cholent. The beer acts as a tenderizer to the meat, and adds a mild flavor to the beans. The alcohol all boils out (and even if it didn’t, it would be less than 0.001% of the cholent).
The recipe goes like this:
Add beans, barley onions garlic potatoes meat rice spices whatever.
Then,
add 1/2 a bottle of beer. Drink the other half (why should it be wasted?)
turn on the flame. Add another 1/2 bottle of beer. Drink the other half (why should it be wasted?)
Make sure that the top of the concoction is covered in liquid. Then, add 1/2 a bottle of beer. Drink the other half (why should it be wasted?).
Close the lid and enjoy in 24 hours.