StampMom asked for some Dutch oven recipes, so I thought I'd post them here for everyone to see.
I suggest lining the Dutch oven with foil. I am just lazy and don't like clean up when I am camping. For desserts, I ALWAYS bring throw away, foil pie and cake pans that fit in our oven. If you line your oven with foil and use a throw away pan, clean up is a breeze!
If a recipe doesn't say how many it serves, it is because I don't have it on my recipe. You'll just have to guess!
The main dishes could be adjusted to just cook in a pot or pan. We have a huge notebook full of camping recipes, so if you are looking for something I may have it.
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1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 16 oz can French-style green beans
1 can tomato soup
1 small onion, chopped
1 can mushrooms
pasta
Brown ground beef and onion in Dutch oven until onion is clear and beef is no longer pink. Drain. Add other ingredients. Heat about 30 minutes and season to taste. Serve on noodles or spaghetti.
Hamburger Stroganoff serves 8
2 lbs. ground beef
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 can milk
1 cup sour cream
rice or tortill chips
Brown beef in Dutch oven. Drain fat. Add soup, milk, and sour cream. Mix well. Simmer but do not boil. Serve over hot rice or tortilla chips.
Chip and Chili Casserole 6 servings
1 lb. ground beef
1 cup corn chips
1 cup grated cheese
1 can chilli with beans
1 t. minced onions
Brown beef and drain. Add chilli and simmer 5 minutes. Remove half the meat mixture. Top remaining meat with half the chips and half the cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Dragon Hot Dish 6 servings
1 lb ground beef
1 can mixed vegetables
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 small onion chopped fine
1 1/4 c. milk
1 c. water
salt and pepper
1 c. uncooked rice
16 oz Chow Mein noodles
Brown beef and onion. Drain. Season with salt and pepper. Add undrained vegetables, rice and water. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add 1 can of mushroom soup and the milk. If dish seems dry add the other can of soup. Cook until slightly thickened and serve over Chow Mein noodles.
Baked Chicken and Rice 6-8 servings
4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into halves
2 cups uncooked regular long grain rice (or wild rice)
1 pkg onion soup mix
2 cans chicken broth
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1/2 t. paprika
1/2 t. pepper
1 can water
Line 4 qt. Dutch oven with foil. Combine soup, broth and water. Add rice and stir. Put chicken on top of rice mixture. Sprinkle with dry soup mix, paprika and pepper. Cover and bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until chicken and rice are done.
Potato and Chicken Dijon
4 med. potatoes, cut into 1/4 inch slices
1 lb boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2 inch slices
2 T. vegetable oil
1/4 c. prepared honey-Dijon barbeque sauce
1 t. dried tarragon
Place potatoes in Dutch oven and add just enough water to cover. Cook until just tender. Drain and remove potatoes. Add oil and cook chikcen until done. Add potatoes and toss until potatoes are lightly browned. Add sauce and tarragon. Toss until heated through.
Dutch Oven Stewed Chicken 6 servings
4-6 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
4 T. oil
1 c. flour
1 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
1 lg jar spaghetti sauce
16 oz stewed tomatoes
16 oz noodles
1 T. sugar
Preheat the Dutch oven. Wash the chicken. Cut the chicken into pieces. Mix the flour, salt and pepper in a ziplock bag. Shake the chicken pieces in the seasoned flour. Add oil to the Dutch oven and then add the chicken pieces. Brown on both sides. Add extra oil as needed. Pour the spaghetti sauce and stewed tomatoes over the chicken. Add sugar. Put on lid and coals on top. Bake on medium heat and for about 40 minutes (about 1 hour total cooking time). Cook noodles and serve sauce over the top.
Dutch Oven Cobbler serves 10
2 2 1/2 lb cans fruit or pie mix (peach, apple, cherry, etc)
1 box yellow or white cake mix
1/4 lb butter or margarine
Place fruit in the bottom. Cover with cake mix and level it. Cut butter into about 10 pats and scatter over the top.
Note: if you use canned peaches you may need to pour off half the juice. Crushed pineapple has about the right amount of juice. Bake in preheated oven with 8 coals under and 16 - 20 coals on top. Check after 30 minutes. Baking time is usually around 40 minutes, but you don't want it to burn.
Monkey Bread
4 cans biscuits
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
4 T. cinnamon
1 stick butter or margarine
Cut biscuits into quarters. Put sugars and cinnamon in plastic bag. Shake biscuit pieces in sugar mixture to coat. Drop into Dutch oven. Melt butter and pour over biscuits. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes.
Memphis Molly
1 16 oz can tart cherries (not pie filling)
1 16 oz can blueberries (not pie filling)
1 small can crushed pineapple
1 sm. pkg chopped walnuts, optional
2 boxes Jiffy cake mix
1/2 stick of butter, cut into pats
Add ingredients in order. Fruit and nuts go in the bottom. Sprinkle the cake mix over the top with butter pats on top. Cook 20-30 minutes or until cake is done.
Let me know if you have questions about how many coals equal a temperature. I can post a chart that helps.