I just bought an enameled cast iron dutch oven. Does anyone have any good recipes or website with recipes?

Question

Recipes don't have to be gourmet. Basics will do.

Answer 1

All-Star Chili

2 slices bacon
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium green or red bell pepper, chopped
1 package (1 ounce) Williams Cajun Chili Seasoning
2 cans (141/2 ounces each) chicken broth
2 cans (16 ounces each) baked beans, undrained
1 can (14 ounces) stewed tomatoes
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons molasses
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted
2 tablespoons diced green onions

Directions:

Cook bacon in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until bacon is crisp.

Remove bacon to paper towels; crumble and reserve. Discard all but 1 tablespoon bacon drippings. Add onion and green pepper to drippings in pan.

Cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender, about five minutes. Add chili seasoning, chicken broth, beans, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and molasses, blending well. Reduce heat; simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Toss together rice, almonds and green onions. Pack about 1/4 of this mixture into a 1/2-cup measuring cup which has been sprayed with nonstick spray vegetable coating.

Ladle chili into four serving bowls, dividing equally. Unmold rice mixture in the center of each bowl of chili. Sprinkle with reserved crumbled bacon and serve hot.

Serving Size: Makes 4 servings

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Answer 2

First off, you might need to season the inside of the pan before using it. I'm not sure with the enameled ones, but my plain cast iron skillets and dutch oven had to be seasoned when I first got them (over 30 years ago!).

I like to do a beef pot roast in my dutch oven (or a pork roast with sauerkraut and carrots). For the beef roast, brown the roast over medium high heat on all sides. Season with salt, pepper, paprika, parsley and a bay leaf. Add garlic (crushed/chopped/or powder) if desired. Add sliced carrots, onions and green pepper around the roast. Add enough water to be about 1" high in the pan. Cover. Put dutch oven in oven at 325 F to 350 F and cook until done. You can add quartered potatoes with the roast if desired or make mashed potatoes. Use the natural gravy on everything when serving.

Answer 3

oh you can make anything in a dutch oven! I absolutely love them. Just yesterday I made green chicken chili in mine.

It's a really easy recipe that you can change up as you like. I just brown some chicken in the bottom of the dutch oven with a little olive oil. Then add a chopped onion and some slice garlic. When those are nice and caramelized, add 2 small cans of fire-roasted green chilies, 2 cans of beans, 3 cans of green enchilada sauce and enough water or chicken broth to take up the rest of the space in the dutch oven. Season with salt, pepper, some garlic powder, a palmful of ground cumin and about half a palmful of chili powder. Just bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer until it thickens up a bit.

Last week I made French onion soup. Just brown a mess of onions (about 1/2 to 3/4 of the volume of the duct oven, I go with 3/4 because I looooove onions!) Add some garlic and a little garlic powder, salt, pepper, a little celery seed or celery salt and some wor. sauce. Add enough beef broth to make up the rest of the volume then bring to a boil and simmer down til it's thicken. Serve with toast with Gruyere or Swiss on top.

Answer 4

I have written 2 cook books on Dutch oven cooking and am working on a third. email me for info. Here are also several links to Dutch oven groups with recipes for you to try.

Answer 5

EASY OVEN BEEF STEW

2 lbs stew beef cut in small chunks
4 potatoes diced
3 carrots peeled and sliced
2 stalks celery diced
1 small onion diced
1 can of cream of celery
1 can of cream of mushroom
1/2 soup can of water
pepper [no salt, soup will make it salty enough]
1 tbsp parsley
1 tbsp gravy master or browning bouquet

Place all ingredients in pot, stir to coat everything with soup, bake COVERED with tight fitting lid or foil for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs @ 350 degrees, stirring occasionally.

Answer 6

http://home.comcast.net/~papadutch/dutch-oven-recipes.htm

There are tons of recipes towards the bottom of this page.