Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Tzimmes
3
Points®
Total time: 8 hr 24 min • Prep: 24 min • Cook: 8 hr • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
Honey-sweetened tzimmes is a classic dish for Rosh Hashanah. Toss the ingredients into a slow cooker in the morning.
Ingredients
Frozen chopped onions
7 oz, about 2 cups
Uncooked lean and trimmed beef brisket
3 pound(s), lean,trimmed, cut into 1-inch pieces (boneless)
Garlic
2 clove(s), large, minced
Sweet potato
2 large, peeled and cut into bite-size chunks
Baby carrots
½ pound(s), cut in half if large
Uncooked new potatoes
8 small, cut in half (unpeeled)
Prunes
1 cup(s), pitted
Fresh lemon juice
4 tbsp(s), divided (from 2 small lemons)
Honey
5 tsp(s), divided
Table salt
1½ tsp(s)
Black pepper
½ pinch(es)
Ground cinnamon
¼ tsp(s)
Canned beef broth
1 cup(s)
Instructions
1
Place onion, beef, garlic, sweet potatoes, carrots, new potatoes, prunes, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of honey in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Add salt, pepper, cinnamon and broth; stir well.
2
Cook on low setting for 7 to 8 hours. About 5 minutes before serving, stir in remaining 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and remaining 2 teaspoons of honey; cover and cook on low for 5 minutes.
3
Yields about 1 1/2 cups of solids and gravy per serving.
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