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I found a 12", 8 quart Lodge flat top, 3 legged dutch oven at a garage sale. It was pretty rusty but I got it for 5.00. A little elbow grease and some Crisco and I have it looking good and ready for cooking.
What are some good, entry level meals I can make in it to get the feel for that type of cooking? What kind of times am I looking at to make some of these meals.
Look up Kent Rollins, he has lots of videos on Dutch oven cooking. He is a chuck wagon/ cowboy cook. Has some great recipes. He’s a really great down to earth kind of guy. He and his wife sell seasonings on their website, the Original Red River Ranch seasoning is great. You are being redirected...
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Thanks, I'll read through his stuff and give his ideas a try
We make all kinds of stuff in ours bean dip, pizza, chicken about any thing your heart desires ...lol
Heck even cake chili and corn Bread. Basically just think of it as an oven of course the more coals you put on the hotter it gets if you do a little searching on dutchoven cooking there is a certain amount of charcoal bricks to achieve the heat you need . Good luck and good eats
I made up a peach cobbler tonight using a Lodge recipe called "Lazy peach cobbler".
4-15oz cans of sliced peaches
1-yellow or white cake mix
cinnamon
1/2 stick of butter.
15 brickettes under the dutch oven
dump in the peaches
dump the dry cake mix over the peaches
dust with cinnamon
butter pats on top
put on the lid and add 10-12 brickettes on top
bake 45 minutes
That's all there was to it and it was very tasty. Next time I'll drain 1/2-2/3 of the peach syrup off before putting them in the dutch oven. Mine was a bit runny.
Didn't think to take a picture until it was gone. Next time.
I have made several things in mine. Biscuits come out really well. Made a pineapple upside down cake several times. Came out really good. Fun while sitting around with family or friends
Tonight I made a venison hamburger stew topped with home made biscuits.
I browned 1 1/2 pounds of venison burger
added fresh potatoes, cubed
fresh carrots
fresh green beans
fresh sweet corn, cut off the cob
1 can beef broth
1 cup water
I browned the venison on the stove, added all other ingredients and simmered everything together while the charcoal was getting lit. Poured it into my dutch oven and topped with biscuits.
12 pieces of charcoal underneath
15 pieces on top.
I let it cook 20 minutes then took it off the bottom coals. I transferred the bottom coals to the top for about 5 minutes to brown the tops of the biscuits
Turned out great other than it could have used more broth. Again, trial and error.
I have a recipe from a cast iron cookbook called a mountain man breakfast. Hash browns, sausage, eggs and bisquick and shredded cheese. If your interested PM me and I’ll send it to you.
Your recipe above sounded mighty good.
This morning I whipped up my version of the mountain man breakfast at my family camp out. Here's what I used.
3 pounds of bacon cut into 2" pieces. Really only needed 2 pounds but a couple of my great nephews got into it and ate about a pound. Ages 3 and 6 so couldn't tell them no.
2 pounds of ground breakfast sausage
8 medium sized potatoes, boiled and cubed
2 dozen eggs, beaten
8 oz sharp cheddar cheese
I fried the bacon in the dutch oven using 15 pieces of charcoal underneath
When the bacon was done I fried the potatoes in the bacon grease, adding some fresh coals
While the potatoes were frying I browned the sausage in a skillet on the camp stove
When the potatoes were done I dumped the bacon in with them, stirring to mix
Dump the sausage over the potato/bacon mixture
Pour the eggs over the top
I sat the dutch oven on a bed of fresh coals, about 12, put the lid on and put 15 coals on top
After about 20 minutes I added the cheese and put the lid back on.I removed the oven from the bottom coals and moved the bottom coals to the top.
About 5 more minutes and it was done.
This one turned out perfect with most going back for seconds.
Next time maybe I'll add some onion and maybe mushrooms and I had one request for some country gravy to pour over the top.
This evening we're grilling 60 chicken halves and I'm doing a peach cobbler for dessert
I make chicken in mine.
2 diced boneless chicken breast. Brown in pan with 1 tablespoon of oil until white.
I can cream of chicken soup
2 large potatoes diced.
1 cup of frozen peas and carrots.
I package of Pillsbury biscuits.
Place everything in pot except rolls cook for 3/4 an hour than add biscuits on top. When biscuits are done it's ready to eat. A poor mans pot pie.
Cowboy Kent Rollins of You Tube fame does some amazing things with a Dutch oven
Look up Tim Farmers Country Kitchen on You Tube. He has a show on KET (Ky Ed. tv). Before that he was the host of Ky Afield, an outdoor show that claimed to be "The Longest running outdoor program".
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Man ya'll making me hungry.
Haven't had the dutch oven out for a while but plan on using it when the kids come home for Christmas. Mountain man breakfast Christmas morning and some type of cobbler for Christmas dinner. Also giving some cast iron as Christmas gifts.
yep,our dutch oven gets used about twice a month. My babe loves it to Roast a pork roast and such. What ever she don't freeze to take on the truck for meals, I slice up and have for sam-wiches...
The girlfriend just brought a 10 inch Dutch oven home. The charcoal version.
Maybe I'm wrong but I could have sworn They all could be used with charcoal,Or are you referring to the ones with the legs on them...
I was amazed when I looked at dutch ovens the other day for my wife , there is about every kind of not a dutch oven out there for sale .
lots are not even for outdoor use and all pretty ceramic and just the sky is the limit .
many just looked like the old roasting pans with lids on them all dialed up .
my 2 cents
Y'all making me hungry
James big difference, yes a regular cast Dutch oven could be used over coals or a camp fire. I have a foam or round top cast with the bail handle that could be used like that. What these guys are referring to are actually called cast iron camp stoves. They normally have 3 legs and a flat top with a lip around outside edge for holding charcoal or embers from a fire. They just get referred to by most people as Dutch ovens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesdean
Depends on what and where she is going to use it. If in the house the enameled one is much nicer and easier to keep clean. Big question you need to ask is how big 4-6-8 quart and oval or oblong. Lodge is most prevelant but I understand that the cast sold by Sam’s is a pretty good product. Tramontina is name of it. They list a 2 piece set for 60.00 which is pretty good for more ran cast. Now if you really wanted to make some points look up le Crousant cast iron.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
Yes. With legs and the rimmed lid to hood the coalsQuote:
Originally Posted by Jamesdean
Well mine has neither the legs on the bottom,nor a lip on the lid. Matter of fact the lid is a frying pan that locks over the deeper bottom and makes an oven. use it with charcoal quite often and it works great
The ones without the legs work just as well. They just need a trivet or a stand to put them on
I have never used any thing to set it on. put the coals down, put dutch oven on it put product in oven, cover, put coals on top...It works...
I need to start using a dutch oven more.
made a mountain man breakfast this morning for the family. Sausage, bacon ham fried potatoes. !8 eggs over the top and onto the coals for 20 minutes. Add cheddar cheese then top with country gravy when it's on your plate. No pics of the final product, they ate it too fast.Attachment 362609
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Made two cobblers for the big family party. One peach and one blueberry. Both turned out awesome.
Sounds awesome
Yummy!
Did Beef stroganoff in the Dutch oven outside over wood coals. Turned out pretty good.