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What Can I Cook in a Dutch Oven? Everything.
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Posted on 01/19/2022 12:17:23 PM PST by mylife

Owning a Dutch oven is proof that you’ve made it. No matter what else is going on in your life, you can come home to a dependable piece of cookware that will cook soups, stews, braised meats, and bread better than any other piece of equipment in your kitchen.

My Le Creuset Dutch Oven is one of my prized possessions. It’s bright orange—a color I intentionally chose because it’s the brand’s signature hue—and has a gold knob, that I swapped myself and never looked back. Who needs a dining room tablewhen you have a Le Creuset Dutch oven? (Don’t answer that, I know how it sounds.)

Of course, Le Creuset isn’t the only brand that makes dutch ovens. Nowadays you have your pick from established kitchenware brands like Emile Henry, Staub, Cuisinart, and Lodge to newcomers like Great Jones and Misen. They come in a rainbow of colors, a whole host of different sizes, and in both oval and round shapes. There’s a Dutch oven to fit every budget and every kitchen. And once you obtain one, there are all kinds of great ways to fill it.

For regular weekdays and snowy weekends, there’s tortellini, chuck roast, sweet potatoes, kale, chicken thighs, and lentils that are yearning to be turned into a delicious one-pot meal.

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To: Pollard

thanks


61 posted on 01/19/2022 2:16:51 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

After 10 years struggling for light and airy bread. Voila. My cast iron Dutch oven preheated to 500. Bread baked at 450. Rivals a bakery.


62 posted on 01/19/2022 2:18:55 PM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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To: ladyjane

Amen. I posted the same thing.


63 posted on 01/19/2022 2:20:20 PM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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To: Clutch Martin

I used pressure cookers for years, but InstaPot is ten times as good. Makes the most amazing food quickly.


64 posted on 01/19/2022 2:24:28 PM PST by bray (The Vax is fake)
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To: JoanSmith

I have three and a Dutch oven. All are basically non-stick after decades of seasoning.


65 posted on 01/19/2022 2:25:45 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: mabarker1

Mmmmmmmmmm, roasted, alcohol-marinated armadillo.


66 posted on 01/19/2022 2:40:51 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Seruzawa

We have three Dutch ovens made by Lodge. They can work miracles while camping.


67 posted on 01/19/2022 2:41:01 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Donnafrflorida

Very good! the secret is a tight lid.


68 posted on 01/19/2022 2:50:25 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

I’ve got a Lodge camp Dutch oven that is made for use in the great outdoors. Has feet, a wire handle, and a tool for moving it around. It’s great for making cobblers. Used to use if for that at Sebring and Road Atlanta, and was very popular with my neighbors. Just uses a few pieces of self-starting charcoal.

Here, this recipe:

https://www.lodgecastiron.com/recipe/lazy-peach-cobbler

I’ve also got a big 8 qt oval Kirkland (Costco store brand) Dutch oven that I think is made by Staub. It’s great for making beef bourguignon.


69 posted on 01/19/2022 2:51:01 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Terry L Smith; mylife

The bare cast iron stuff is made at the foundry in South Pittsburgh, TN. The enameled cast iron Lodge is indeed made in China. I had a nice chat with the president of Lodge about that at an event, maybe 15 years ago. The bottom line is that EPA regs made doing the enameling here prohibitively expensive.


70 posted on 01/19/2022 2:56:33 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Everything Kirkland has imrpessed me, and a company in brazil called Tramontina


71 posted on 01/19/2022 3:37:09 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

Everything Kirkland has imrpessed me

“As long as it is West of Market”


72 posted on 01/19/2022 3:43:45 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9049-NE-Juanita-Dr-Kirkland-WA-98034/48892155_zpid/


73 posted on 01/19/2022 3:45:33 PM PST by algore
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To: Clutch Martin

I have an instant pot and love how I can get corn cooked in a few minutes.


74 posted on 01/19/2022 3:48:16 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: mylife

Biscuits

The dutch oven with the flat rimmed lid is incredible for cooking biscuits.


75 posted on 01/19/2022 3:48:37 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: DEPcom

Me, too! I have a Food Channel one that I got on sale at Kohl’s. Perfect for making artisan bread.


76 posted on 01/19/2022 3:52:09 PM PST by AmericanMermaid
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To: ClearCase_guy

The Lodge is good, too. Almost got that one instead of the Food Channel.


77 posted on 01/19/2022 3:55:17 PM PST by AmericanMermaid
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To: dfwgator

A Meredith Baxter Birney Dutch oven?


78 posted on 01/19/2022 3:56:56 PM PST by hercuroc
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To: mylife
I use my Dutch Oven at least three times a week.

Here is my favorite thing to do with it and all you need is a whole chicken, some seasonings and a couple of sweet potatoes.

Slice up the sweet potatoes into thick slices. Coat both sides with olive oil and add pepper and salt. Then lay them across the bottom of the Dutch Oven while preheating oven to 400 degrees.

On stovetop, cook on medium high for exactly 7 minutes. Do not flip the sweet potato slices over. Meanwhile, season the whole chicken with salt, pepper, thyme, garlic and paprika. Make sure you get those seasonings in the cavity too. Then tuck a few pats of butter under the skin in the breast area.

After 7 minutes, lay seasoned whole chicken on top of the sweet potato and put in 400 degree oven (uncovered) for one solid hour. If your chicken is larger than 3-4 pounds, add 15 minutes for each pound.

The result will be a perfect dinner.

79 posted on 01/19/2022 4:07:52 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 37 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: SamAdams76

Yessir


80 posted on 01/19/2022 4:15:32 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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