Recipe by Naomi Nachman

Yapchik – Potato and Meat Kugel (Yaptzik)

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Meat Meat
Easy Easy
10 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Egg
13 Hours, 40 Minutes
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Yapchick (alternatively spelled Yaptzik) is a popular Jewish Passover dish of unknown origin. It’s delicious at any time of year and often served on Shabbat! The slow-baked overnight potato kugel is improved only by the delicious meat hiding on the bottom.

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 3 strips flanken

  • 8 to 10 large potatoes

  • 1 large onion

  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten

Directions

Assemble and Bake

1.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a nine- x13-inch pan.

2.

Place meat into prepared pan. Set aside.

3.

Using a food processor fitted with the thin shredder blade or kugel blade, shred potato and onion. Add eggs. Add salt and pepper; pour mixture over the meat.

4.

Bake for one and a half hours; then reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour water over kugel, cover tightly with foil, and bake for 12 to 16 hours, or until ready to serve.

Credit

Reproduced from Perfect for Pesach by Naomi Nachman, with permission from the copyright holders ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, LTD. Photography by Miriam Pascal. Buy the book!

Yapchik - Potato and Meat Kugel (Yaptzik)

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Lazer
Lazer
6 months ago

why can’t this website be accurate? so many recipes here are in error and we don’t get answers

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Sarah
Sarah
7 months ago

How can I make this in a crockpot? For Pesach instead of cholent

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Reva
Reva
4 years ago

Prepping kugel in advance? Can I prep the kugel till the 200 degrees stage and refrigerate till before Shabbat on a 3 day yom tov?

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Avital Berkowitz
Avital Berkowitz
2 years ago

Delicous!! Such a hit!

sarea diament
sarea diament
2 years ago

There is an error in this recipe- it needs to be edited. No mentioning of browning flanken and removing meat from bones.

sarea diament
sarea diament
2 years ago

There is an wrror in this recipe- it needs to be edited. No mentioning of browning flanken and removing meat from bones.

sarea diament
sarea diament
2 years ago

This recipe is missing steps and needs to be edited. No mentioning of browning flanken and adding.

Nechami Goldman
Nechami Goldman
3 years ago

How does this freeze? And how should it be defrosted?