Osovo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 and 1/2 pounds Boneless Flanken
1 Large Onion, Diced
6 cloves Garlic, sliced
28 ounces Canned Crushed Tomatoes
4 and 1/2 cups Converted Rice
1 quart Chicken Soup
3 cups Water
1 and 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1/2 cup Oil
2 tablespoons MSG free soup Base

Preparation

In a 6-8 quart pot heat oil and sear flanken heavily on both sides
Remove Flanken to plate
Brown diced onion in pot. During the last 2 minuted add garlic
Add soup and crushed tomatoes. Heat over medium flame.
Cube Flanken add to pot and bring mixture to simmer.
Add Rice, return to simmer. Rice will look dry
Add salt and pepper and soup base to taste
Set crock pot to low. Spray liner with Pam. Add rice mixture. Pack down lightly. Add water.
The rice will look very dry and the edges will be very dark. You may need to add water from a kli rishon. Do not depend on this lchatchilah