Dutch Oven

[Anonymous No.11769976]

Just got one of these to make beef bourguignon.

What are some other good ideas for it?

[Anonymous No.11770041]

I use my for soups, stews and fricassee.

[Anonymous No.11770093]

>>11769976
I haven't used mine in a while.
I have some chicken thighs - maybe to fry and add some red wine reduction or something.

Ideas are endless - I love muh dutch. I suggest buying a french cooking book for ideas if you don't know what to use it for

[Anonymous No.11770112]

>>11770041
It's a thick piece of metal that heats very evenly and can go in the oven.
You can use it for anything that doesn't require you to constantly lift it up--unless you're a big guy. For us.
So you can't make a French omelet in it, although I challenge you to try.
But you can use it as a baking tray, you can fry and sear meat, you can do pretty much anything.
Other pots and pans are designed to be optimal for a given task. For example, a saucier has a rounded bottom to make it easy for you to scrape the sides as you stir. Or a stock pot has a thick bottom but tall sides to save weight on a pot that would be filled with heavy bones and water.

[Anonymous No.11770122]

>>11770112
>Cast iron
>Heats evenly
No. Youre better off getting a stainless clad rondeau.

[Anonymous No.11770152]

>>11770122
>rondeau
Seems like a dramatic departure from usual pot dimensions

[Anonymous No.11770164]

>>11770152
I use this for hamburger/tuna helper and nothing else.
Fight me.

[Anonymous No.11770169]

>>11770152
cool now find a larger one.

[Anonymous No.11770358]

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/the-food-lab-use-the-oven-to-make-the-best-darned-italian-american-red-sauce-ever-recipe.html

[Anonymous No.11770515]

>>11769976
>Making a stealth braaaaap thread

[Anonymous No.11770601]

These days I only use mine for baking bread. In the past I used to make a lot of stews in it, especially hungarian beef stew in the oven. I prefer cooking in other vessels on the stove but for anything that's better in the oven like stewed meats a dutch oven is the best.

[Anonymous No.11770628]

>>11770601
>but for anything that's better in the oven like stewed meats a dutch oven is the best.
Why do you think this?

[Anonymous No.11770675]

>>11770628
The lid is heavy so it becomes a bit like a pressure cooker. The steam stays in so the meat doesn't dry out. It also keeps a steady temperature so as long as you don't set it up too high you'll cook it at a perfect constant temperature.

[Anonymous No.11771867]

>>11770358
GABAGOOO

[Anonymous No.11771874]

Huh I never knew a Dutch oven was an actual cooking utensil. Thought it was only when you farted and trapped someone under the blanket.

[Anonymous No.11771898]

>>11769976
A Cleveland Steamer

[Anonymous No.11771935]

>>11769976
>touchscreen stove

not even once

[Anonymous No.11772023]

being cast iron, it will retain heat, as others have noted you can use this on-top or in the oven either as a sauce-pan or for roasting/baking. if the inside is enamelled dont heat it up too quickly, else the enamel on the bottom may crack and come away. A stock pot has tall sides to reduce the rate of evaporation due to a small surface area. enjoy your pot.

[Anonymous No.11772031]

>>11769976
Can i actually back with this thing? I live in a one room apartment and i don't have an oven and i'd really like to bake some pie or something, would this work on stone age tech like a hotplate?

[Anonymous No.11772052]

>>11769976
>dutch oven
its just a fucking pot why are you calling it fancy names

[Anonymous No.11772060]

>>11772052
>its just a fucking pot

[Anonymous No.11772087]

>>11771935
I identify as disabled

[Anonymous No.11772097]

>>11772031
Yes, you can bake in them but that is done inside an oven. The standard recipes/methods don't work on a hotplate.

That said, you might be able to find some kind of camping related recipe that you can make work. It's common to bake bread in a dutch oven when camping, but that usually requires a different type of dutch oven where you can pile coals on top of the lid.

[Anonymous No.11772105]

>>11772097
Sad but i should have expected that. Thanks for answering though

[Anonymous No.11772327]

If you dont have an oven then use it on a hot plate as a sauce pan, steamer (with a collander) or fry in it, not deep fry though.

[Anonymous No.11772777]

>>11771935
That's not a touchscreen and those controls are for the oven, not the stove

[Anonymous No.11772937]

>>11770122
More accurately, once hot it maintains the heat evenly and without a lot of fluctuation.

[Anonymous No.11772965]

>>11771874
Yep, though the earliest ones are called Camp Stoves now. They have legs to sit over a bed of coals and a rimmed lid so you can shovel coals on top, turning it into a portable oven you can do not just stews and stuff in, but also bake bread, pies, etc. over the campfire.

[Anonymous No.11772972]

>>11772052
Because they were originally campfire ovens.

[Anonymous No.11772994]

>>11769976
look up tagine recipes on YouTube, Moroccan chicken tagine with preserved lemon is prettty awesome or jamie Oliver's lamb shank tagine.

Braised beef short ribs also good

[Anonymous No.11774203]

[Anonymous No.11774655]

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/beef-and-bacon-stew

[Anonymous No.11774690]

>>11769976
It's a ceramic fucking pot with a lid.

[Anonymous No.11774694]

>>11769976
i use mine for pretty much everything, soups stews, pasts sauces, curries. i've also used it to make bread and i now use it to roast pork/beef, the high sides catch fat splashes and it wipes clean unlike my roasting pans which take a weeks worth of scrubbing to be ready for the next sunday

[Anonymous No.11774728]

>>11769976
Jambalaya. Quick and dirty recipe involves a cup and a half of rice, a couple onions and/or bell peppers, and any amount of chicken and sausage you want. Throw in a can of tomatoes if you want N'Awlins style red Jambalaya, and a package of uncooked shrimp near the end if you want to be authentic. Bring to a boil, cover, cook for twenty minutes, eat. Eat. Eat it, for days. My God it's wonderful.

You made a good purchase, OP. You're going to love cooking in that thing. Only thing I don't like is I can't do good deep-fried chicken in it -- no idea why, prolly has to do with the different heat transfer you get with ceramic instead of bare seasoned iron. Maybe somebody here knows.

[Anonymous No.11774734]

>>11774690
It's cast fucking iron with a double-layer ceramic glaze you fucking mongoloid.

[Anonymous No.11774935]

>>11774694
You need to score your bread, anon.

[Anonymous No.11775586]

>>11771935
My parents have that exact oven.
The touch screen froze with the oven light on.
I had to flip the breaker on the kitchen circuit to restart the oven.

[Anonymous No.11775604]

i bought a beat to hell dutch oven from a thrift store. I only use it to bake bread in.
are they for stove cooking to transfer it into an oven after some time? i personally have no need for one other than bread baking.

[Anonymous No.11775895]

BAKING BREAD

[Anonymous No.11775901]

>>11769976
Jesus christ these faggots haven’t even said fish yet. Dump a layer of coconut cream on the bottom, add spices, like pepper, lemongrass, shallot, whatever you like, put a nice chunk of seasoned fish in, 350 in oven, covered until done. Makes its own sauce.

[Anonymous No.11776120]

>>11774935
tried, knife was too blunt

[Anonymous No.11776126]

>>11776120
You need to sharpen your knives, anon.

[Julie Andrews No.11776133]

>>11769976
>dutch oven
stop that

[Anonymous No.11776677]

>>11775901
>Makes its own sauce

[Anonymous No.11776685]

>>11769976
bread

[Anonymous No.11776690]

>>11775604
It's good for stove, oven, or mixed use.

[Anonymous No.11776705]

>>11771867
Who ate it all?

[Anonymous No.11776805]

>>11769976
Deep frying.

It's really easy to get the oil too hot, but for that same reason the oil temp is WAY more stable, and shit turns out better without needing to baby the temp.

[Anonymous No.11776820]

>>11769976
Dutch oven eh?

[Anonymous No.11777041]

>>11769976
Is there any difference between this and a cast iron dutch oven? Can I use them for the same thing?

[Anonymous No.11777053]

What dutch oven should I get as a poor fag?

[Anonymous No.11777059]

>>11769976
C O B B L E R

[Anonymous No.11777068]

>>11777041
>Is there any difference between this and a cast iron dutch oven?
you can put coals on top of a cast iron one, the one in the OP is just an overpriced pot

[Anonymous No.11777105]

>>11777041
It's just got a thin enamel coating over the iron so it's easier to look after with regards to seasoning, cleaning and rust. The trade off being that it's more fragile and expensive, so no good for outdoorsy applications like camp fire cooking.

>>11777053
Lodge or amazon basics, amazon is marginally cheaper but has a lot more complaints about defects in the reviews.

[Anonymous No.11777106]

>>11777041
>Is there any difference between this and a cast iron dutch oven?

Yes. Though for the most part their functions overlap. The enamel-coated one, like OP, does not need to be seasoned. Also you can simmer acidic foods in it for a long time without affecting the seasoning or getting a metallic taste.

OTOH, the bare iron ones absorb more heat in the oven due to their black color. You can also subject them to more abuse without having to worry about the enamel cracking or flaking off.

>>11777068
Kinda. The "camp" ones which you put coals on are a totally different shape than the normal ones. Pic related is a camp type. Notice it has legs and a lip around the lid to hold coals on top. Bare cast iron comes in both this type, as well as the normal indoor use shape like OP pic.

[Anonymous No.11777151]

>>11777041
They're both cast iron, the one in OP's picture is enameled, so you use and clean it like regular, non-cast iron cookware. You can't use it over a campfire, either. Most bare CI dutch ovens in that style also have condensation spikes in the lid, most enameled don't, but there are exceptions with both. You also have to be more careful about how hot enameled CI gets, especially skillets, because they can develop chasing, or surface shattering.

>>11777068
That's only relevant with the "Camp Oven" style models that have a rimmed lid to contain the coals.

[Anonymous No.11777230]

>>11777068
>>11777105
>>11777106
>>11777151
Thanks anons. I got it for christmas and was worried it'd have less applications than the enamel ones. Happy to hear it'll work regardless