Outdoor Cooking: Dutch Oven

[Steve97tj]

So far in my camp oven experience, ive cooked two-can jambalaya twice, peach cobbler, and white bread. All of which turned out pretty well, although the bread had some trouble and i know what to do next time. I love it though i have a lot of things i want to cook in it and look forward to doing some camping with it soon.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forum/thread/72049/camp-oven-white-bread-recipe

 

[97TJGUZZY]

On our trip last week we cooked Pillsbury Biscuits for breakfast and they were super easy, we put tinfoil down so that when the biscuits were done we just lifted them out, it was great. We also made some frito pie which is chili, cheese, and fritos...mmmmmmm and we did some bbq porkchops that turned out great.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

tried out the biscuits again last weekend at the overland rally and fried up some country ham...........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm country ham and egg biscuits at camp is AWESOME!!!

 

[Southeast Overland]

I've decided to pick up a Dutch Oven to start tinkering around with. What size do I need? I'll be cooking meals for two - probably two courses with the first being dinner and the second being a cobbler.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

I would stick to a 10" deep, I can cook for 2-6 depending on the meal and the deep lets you cook breads. Also the deep 10" lets you cook 12" oven recipes in the 10" oven.

 

[Steve97tj]

Cooked this tonight for the two roommates and a gf and it was awesome. I try to look for recipes with little ingredients and stuff that i already have. Next time i will put all the bacon on the bottom and let it cook for a few minutes before adding the layers and i'll also warm the cream of mushroom soup up so its easier to spread.

http://www.scoutorama.com/recipe/rec_display.cfm?rec_id=64

 

[97TJGUZZY]

we made some kickass pizzas at windrock in the dutch ovens, but this weekend I think I topped it. We made calzones and they were truly awesome.

1 roll of Pillsbury thin crust pizza dough
pepperoni
mozzarella cheese
italian seasoning.
marinara sauce.

we just made it on a plate then sat it in the dutch oven and baked it till the top was all nice and crispy, then we sprinkled some cheese on top and melted it. I only got one pic of it an it was after we started to chow down...

 

[GeorgiaTJ]

You all made me hungry so I dug out the old dutch oven and found it to have anti-freeze in it. How that happen I'll never know. Time to buy a new one.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

If you put it through the cleaning cycle of your oven you can reseason it and it will be good as new

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[97TJGUZZY]

made some jiffy cornbread in the dutch oven when we were at snowbird and it turned out really good!!!

super easy:

1 box jiffy
1 egg
1/3 cup milk

Mix and cook for 15 minutes.

 

[250f4life]

I'm in Ohio hunting and forgot my grill, I must say the Dutch oven worked awsome for steaks. Got it really hot. Bout 5 min on both sides yielded medium rare rib eyes.

 

[matth_85]

Havin any luck out there Deano?

 

[250f4life]

Na, let a few small 8's walk. Hand full of hoes. We early, this full moon has um staying out all night. We south bound and down in the a.m!

 

[97TJGUZZY]

made the 2 can jambalaya at the 33 toy run when we were camping, turned out pretty good.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

any new recipes to try on our next trip?

 

[cannonball]

well all i've ever made in dutch ovens is desert... but on a scout trip last winter we made peach cobler and it was amazing... i think this was the exact recipe we used

http://www.grouprecipes.com/34121/dutch-oven-campfire-peach-cobbler.html

edit: and i remember it taking longer to cook then the recipe called for.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

Well, we changed up the recipe of the black swamp pasta a bit and made it more user friendly for my 10" oven.

We used:

1 box rotini pasta
1 package pre sliced pepperoni
1 bag mazzarella cheese
1 bag pizza cheese
2 jars pizza sauce
1 lb ground beef
1 lb sausage
1 bag frozen peppers and onions


Cook the noodles in boiling water in separate pot.

brown meet in the dutch oven, drain, then return to oven

add frozen peppers and onions and let simmer 5 minutes

remove to plate.

Layer Pasta, meet, cheese, pepperoni and sauce as many times as possible, usually around 3 times.

cook for 25 minutes


Open, scoop, and enjoy!!!

I'm eating some of the leftovers for lunch today:grin:

 

[XJ savage]

I wish I could have tried some of that pizza stuff you made at Dtown. I heard it was s-s-s-slammin'!

 

[97TJGUZZY]

I wish I could have tried some of that pizza stuff you made at Dtown. I heard it was s-s-s-slammin'!

there was plenty left, you should have had some!

 

[Steve97tj]

Well finally got my scout cook book in the mail yesterday. Got the one you have brooks. Looks to be some good recipes in it though from my browsing. Looking forward to testing it out.