BBQ Chicken

Chicken
BBQ sauce

place chicken in dutch oven pour bbq sauce over and cook for 1 hour. We use 12-in dutch oven so you use 8 coals on bottom, 16 on top. We like Famous Dave's BBQ sauce the best!!!

Best Dutch Oven Potatoes

This were the best potatoes!!! We loved them!!!

6 slice of thick-cut bacon
1 onion, diced
12 potatoes, peeled and sliced in 1/4- in thick rounds (we didn't peel ours)
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chiles
1/2 c. water
salt and pepper, to taste
2 c. grated cheddar cheese

Cook bacon in preheated Dutch oven, over 8-10 coals, remove from heat and crumble. Add onion to the bacon grease and cook until translucent. Put bacon back in the oven and add the potatoes, chiles, and water; season with the salt and pepper.

Cover and bake, using 9-10 coals on bottom 18 on top for 25 mins. Remove lid and turn potatoes over, do not stir. Add more water if needed. Cook 20-25 mins. more. Remove from heat and take coals from lid. Put cheese on potatoes and replace lid for 5 mins. to melt cheese.

BBQ Beans

1 pd. bacon
4 cans (15 oz. each) Busch baked beans
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 pack (16 oz.) lit'l smokies
hot sauce, to taste

Cook bacon until crisp using 12-in. dutch oven over 10-12 coals. Remove from oven, drain, and crumble. Add baked beans to the dutch oven, cover and bring to a boil (takes about 10 min.), use 9 coals underneath the oven and 14 on top. Add bell pepper, onion, lit'l smokies, hot sauce, and bacon; continue simmering until vegetables are cooked, 10-15 mins.

We didn't add the hot sauce we wanted everyone to add their own.

BBQ Chicken

10 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 c. vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 can (12 oz) coke
1 bottle (12 oz) catsup
1 1/2 c. brown sugar

In 14-in. dutch oven, brown chicken in oil over 12 coals. Drain off oil. Add the onion and bell pepper and sprinkle the bacon over the top. In a large bowl, combine coke, cutsup, and brown sugar, pour over chicken. cover and bake, using 11 coals underneath the oven and 14 coals on top, for approximately 40 minutes.

Cheesy Potatoes

I will add a picture next time we make them. I forgot to take one!!

6-8 potatoes, sliced 1 onion, chopped fine
1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 can milk
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded fresh ground pepper

Layer the potatoes in bottom of a 10" dutch oven. Mix onions with potatoes. Mix soup and milk together and pour over the potatoes. Pepper well. Cover with cheese and bake at 350 for about 1 hour or until tender.

Dutch oven beef enchiladas

Saturday, March 12, 2011

We like cooking in the dutch oven whenever we can. This is beef enchiladas . I meant to take the picture before we dished up but Bryce was starving. I decided I wanted to blog the dutch oven meals we make to give other people ideas and maybe you guys can share what you like to make in the dutch oven too. We are always looking for new ideas to cook!!!

Beef Enchiladas
1 lb. hamburger
1 small onion
corn tortillas
enchilada sauce
cheese

• Brown hamburger and onion. Mix in 1 garlic clove. I sprinkled cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper in the hamburger.

• Heat some oil-cook your corn tortillas for 10 sec. each side. I drained them on a paper towel.

• In 12" dutch oven pour half of your enchilada sauce on bottom.

• In each tortilla put in hamburger and cheese then roll. Continue til your dutch oven is full. Pour rest of enchilada sauce on plus more cheese.

• 18 coals on top 6 on bottom. Cook for 30-40 mins. Rotate lid on way and the dutch oven the opposite.

• You can serve with sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, beans, rice and etc.
  

These turned out yummy!!!

Dutch Oven Beef Stew

2 lbs. stew meat 1 clove garlic, minced
1 small bay leaf 2 onions, finely chopped
3 cups water 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. water 1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. salt 3 medium potatoes, cut up
6 carrots, quartered (we use baby carrots)
1 beef bullion cube

1/2 cup flour
1 cup water

Combine all ingredients in a dutch oven except 1 c. water and four. Cover and cook for several hours until meat is cooked through and tender. Stir when needed.

Mix flour and water, stir into the stew, until it thickens to taste.

We have made this stew three times now. We really have enjoyed it each time.

Baked Beans

We halved the recipe and we still had tons left over. Bryce really like the baked beans. He kept saying that the beans could be eaten without having anything else with them. We had steaks with them. I didn't care for them I like my moms. They are really meaty. The beans were like a chili.

Vera's Baked Beans

1	lb. lean ground beef	1/2	cup catsup
1/2	lb. bacon	16	oz. Homestyle® Chili Sauce
1	large yellow onion; diced	2	Tbs. prepared mustard
1	small green pepper; diced	1/2	lb. pre-cooked ham; cubed
1/2	cup brown sugar	(2)	31 oz. cans pork and beans

Heat a 12" Dutch oven using 18-20 briquettes bottom until oven is hot. Add ground beef and cook until brown. Remove browned beef and drain grease.

Cut bacon into 1 inch slices and place in oven and fry until brown. Add onions and green pepper and saute until onions are translucent. Drain off excess fat. Reduce briquettes on bottom to 12-14. Add browned beef, brown sugar, catsup, chili sauce, and mustard. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add ham and beans. Cover and add approximately 15 briquettes to the lid. Simmer for 2 hours stirring every 15 minutes.

Serves: 12

Swiss Steak Dinner

Monday, June 6, 2011

1/4 c. Flour 1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper 1 1/2 lbs. round steak, cut into pieces
1 Tbsp. Oil 1-28 oz can diced tomatoes with juices
2 Tbsp. water 1 small can green chilies
1 onion, sliced 5 carrots, cut into chunks
5 potatoes, cubed
2 Tbsp. cornstarch

Roll meat in flour, salt and pepper. Brown in Dutch Oven with oil. Add tomatoes and onions. Cover meat with chilies and bring to a boil. replace lid and bake 30 min. Add potatoes and carrots. Cover again and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until done to taste. Combine cornstarch and water. Stir into juices until thickened to taste.

We really didn't care for this meal. We think it is because we enjoy the beef stew so much. But it was worth trying.