Share your Dutch Oven Recipes with us

[spiceplace]

We recently bought an aluminum dutch oven and would love others to share their secret recipes with us. Don't worry, we won't tell anyone your secrets

[ainjel]

While I unfortunately don't have any dutch oven recipes to share, what about Boy Scout recipes? My younger brother was in scouts for years. They each had their little mess kit to eat with and made their own version of dutch ovens and had all sorts of recipes to go with them. He always said they were great!

[aeiou]

I am sure most Boy Scout recipes would also work in a dutch oven. My family does a lot of camping at the beach which allows us plenty of time to slow cook meals with our dutch oven. I Look forward to reading and trying some of your brothers Boy Scout recipes.

[Ashworth3715]

Easy Chicken Dinner

2 Chickens
Flour
Seasonings
Potatoes
Carrots
Broccoli


Cut vegetables and potatoes into small pieces for eating. Cut chicken into 8 parts. Skin chicken.

Mix flour and seasonings in plastic bag. Place 2 chicken parts at a time in bag and shake. Remove chicken from bag when coated and repeat until all chicken is coated. Place potatoes in bag and shake.

Remove potatoes from bag.


Put about 1/2 inch of oil in dutch oven and place on coals. When oil is hot, add chicken and completely brown on all sides. Remove chicken from pot and drain excess oil from pot. Put chicken back in pot. Add approximately 1/4 inch of warm water. Place potatoes and vegetables over chicken. Cover pot and place back on coals.


Put 10 coals on top of oven. Cook for 1 hour or until chicken is tender. Check periodically to ensure there is always a small amount of moisture in the Dutch oven.

[Ashworth3715]

Mountain Man Breakfast
1/2 lb bacon (or pre-cooked sausage)
Med onion
2 lb. bag of hash brown potatoes
1/2 pound of grated cheddar
1 doz eggs
Small jar of salsa (optional)


The following requires 6-9 bottom coals and 12 -15 top coals:

Pre-heat 12" Dutch Oven. Slice bacon and onion into small pieces and brown in the bottom of the DO until onions are clear. Stir in the hash brown potatoes and cover; remove cover and stir occasionally to brown and heat potatoes (15-20 minutes) Scramble the eggs in a separate container and pour the mixture over the hash browns. Cover and cook until eggs start to set.(10 - 15 minutes)


Sprinkle grated cheese over egg mixture, cover and continue heating until eggs are completely set and cheese is melted. Optional: cover cheese/egg mixture with a small jar (~ 1 cup) of SALSA. Cover and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes. Slice and server like quiche. (Real men don't eat quiche but I sure get lots of requests to cook up the Mountain Man.) Cooking times will vary with the weather and your state of awake but its almost impossible to screw up. Serves 6

[Ashworth3715]

Forty Mile Stew
2 qts. sliced potatoes, put in cold water until ready to use.
1 qt. diced carrots
1 1/2 cup chopped onions
1 1/2 Lbs. grated sharp cheese
1 1/2 Lbs. hamburger
1 1/2 Lbs. link sausage, cut into 4 pieces each, cook this ahead!
In Dutch oven:


Cook the hamburger in the hot Dutch oven, until brown. At this point, add the lightly drained potatoes, carrots, onions, and salt and pepper.

Mix, and return the lid until vegetables are done.

Now , you may add the sausage, and grated cheese, (do not stir at this point) and return the lid, until the sausage is heated, and the cheese is melted.

Use 15 charcoals under & 10 on top of oven.

This will probably fill a 12 to 14 inch Dutch oven.

[Ashworth3715]

Ham & Potatoes Au Gratin



1-1/2 c Cooked Ham, Diced
2 c Milk
3 c Potatoes, Diced
Seasoned Salt and Pepper
4 tbs Margarine
1/2 c Grated Cheese
1 onion, minced
2 tbs Fine bread crumbs
3 tbs Flour


Melt margarine and saute' onion. Blend in flour to make a light rue. Gradually add milk and cook; stirring until thickened. Add pepper and seasoned salt. Pour over ham and potatoes in dutch oven. Sprinkle cheese and bread crumbs over top. Bake at 400 for 20 min.

[Mama Mangia]

Dutch ovens were used for cooking long before the crockpot/slow cookers came out. Same concept - low heat for a long period of time making very tender roasts, etc. You could use any crockpot recipe in the Dutch oven and vice versa.

[PaniniGuy]

Easy Dump Cobbler

3 14 oz cans fruit
1 cake mix
1 stick of butter cut into chunks

12 inch DO

Place a liner in the dutch oven. Be aware that the sugar in the syrup will become a hard burned mass that is next to impossible to remove without force!

Dump cans of fruit with syrup into the dutch oven
Dump the cake mix over it - I use a white or yellow cheap one
Place the butter chunks all over the top - do not mix

Put 12 coals on the bottom and 12 on the top. Rotate the lid every 15 minutes along with the DO (i turn the DO 1/4 turn and the lid the opposite direction a 1/4 turn every 10 minutes.) It is usually done within 30 minutes.

Good luck.

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Easy Dump Cobbler

3 14 oz cans fruit
1 cake mix
1 stick of butter cut into chunks

12 inch DO

Place a liner in the dutch oven. Be aware that the sugar in the syrup will become a hard burned mass that is next to impossible to remove without force!

Dump cans of fruit with syrup into the dutch oven
Dump the cake mix over it - I use a white or yellow cheap one
Place the butter chunks all over the top - do not mix

Put 12 coals on the bottom and 12 on the top. Rotate the lid every 15 minutes along with the DO (i turn the DO 1/4 turn and the lid the opposite direction a 1/4 turn every 10 minutes.) It is usually done within 30 minutes.

Good luck.

This reminds me of the recipe Dolly Parton's hairdresser character shares w/ her customers under the hair-dryers of her salon in the movie "Steel Magnolias". She calls it "Cuppa, Cuppa, Cuppa" A cup of fruit cocktail, a cup of yella cake mix, a cup of something else... she says it's super-rich, so add ice-cream to cut the sweetness!