any advice on gluten free cholent?
If you dont like the thought of rice in your cholent, pea beans (AKA Navy beans or small white beans) are a delicious substitute. They also sort of give the impression of barley. Put a nice amount, approx equal to the amount of barley you would put. You will have to go less on the water, especially if you soak the beans overnight. If it is still too watery, an idea I used until i figured out the good water measurement, is to soak your cholent beans and then add some navy beans unsoaked to absorb the water.
Also, adding potatoes will help with that.
PS-a high ratio of pea beans to other (bigger) beans make an excellent cholent, even for cholents that also have barley.
And a general idea (not for gluten free necessarily) is to add some baby lima beans...
Turkey thigh makes a delicious cholent as well