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Main Dishes / Re: Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
« Last post by DeShawn on August 30, 2012, 03:27:56 am »
Lessons learned today:

1) 1 full recipe BARELY fits in a standard 12-inch dutch oven, so 1 1/2 full recipes BARELY fits in a 14-inch dutch oven.  If it boils, it's probably going to make a bit of a mess.
2) If you want to add shrimp to the gumbo, you can't do it if you make a full recipe in a standard 12-inch dutch oven or a recipe and a half in a 14-inch dutch oven.
3) Whether or not shrimp is added, it's probably wise to make a standard recipe in a deep 12-inch dutch oven, or a 14-inch if no 12-deep is available.
4) 1 1/2 full recipes plus shrimp is a LOT of food.  3 recipes in 2 14-inch ovens is a TON of food.
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Side Dishes / Rice in a Dutch Oven
« Last post by DeShawn on August 28, 2012, 05:59:52 pm »
Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
  • 5 cups water
  • 1/2 Tablespoon salt

Preparation:
Heat the oil in a 12-inch dutch oven over a full spread of coals. Add rice and coat with oil. Add water and salt.

Cook with 10 briquettes bottom heat and 14 briquettes top heat for 20 to 25 minutes, until done. Fluff rice and serve.

Makes about 5 cups of rice.
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Side Dishes / Dirty Rice
« Last post by DeShawn on August 28, 2012, 05:57:13 pm »
Adapted from Emeril Lagasse's dirty rice recipe.

Ingredients:
  • 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/2 lb chicken livers, chopped fine
  • 1 lb hot pork sausage, removed from casings and crumbled
  • 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon Cajun seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 5 cups cooked rice, chilled (see the dutch oven rice recipe)
  • 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley leaves

Preparation:
In a 12-inch dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons oil over a full spread of coals.  Add the chicken livers and sausage and cook, stirring, until the meat is browned, about 6 minutes.  Add the remaining tablespoon of oil, the onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes.  Add the stock and bay leaves and stir, scraping (gently!  This is a dutch oven we're talking about here!) the bottom of the oven to loosen any brown bits.  Bring to a boil, then remove about 2/3 of the coals and simmer for 5 minutes.  Add the rice and stir thoroughly.  Cook until the rice is heated through, about 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and remove the bay leaves.  Stir in the parsley and serve.

Serves 8
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Stirrin' the Pot / Re: Old Dominion Iron Chefs Summer DOG
« Last post by DeShawn on August 10, 2012, 08:11:53 pm »
Looks like an outstanding time, not to mention exceedingly delicious!
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Stirrin' the Pot / Re: Old Dominion Iron Chefs Summer DOG
« Last post by Darren on August 08, 2012, 02:38:08 pm »
I won't lie, I'm fairly jealous...looks fantastic!

-Darren
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Stirrin' the Pot / Old Dominion Iron Chefs Summer DOG
« Last post by hvac1877 on August 06, 2012, 01:30:03 am »
We had our Summer DOG!! We had 13 people coming and camp at Belle Isle State Park!!!  It was hot and humid but it not stop us from cooking in our Dutch Ovens. We had alot of food and it all was good!!!!!! We all left stuffed to the gills!!! here is a link to all of our pics  http://good-times.webshots.com/album/583214897hUEozO

here are a few pics:


the food!!!!!


enjoying the food!!!
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Equipment / Lodge cast iron...cheaper?
« Last post by Darren on July 27, 2012, 03:01:52 pm »
Anyone looking for Lodge Logic cast iron skillets or an indoor dutch oven, check out this link:

http://1saleaday.com/flash/

You have to create a free account to log in to view this, but the site can have some good deals.

Right now:

10.25" skillet: $12.99, free shipping
12" skillet: $18.99, free shipping
5 quart dutch oven: $29.99, free shipping

This is only today, as I think the deals here change every day, but they seem to come back every so often.

-Darren
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Main Dishes / Re: Three-Meat Barbecue (aka Veggie Platter)
« Last post by DeShawn on July 25, 2012, 03:26:22 pm »
Thanks for the recipe!  I've had the Veggie Platter out of Nathan's dutch oven, and I can attest to its deliciousness!  I can also attest to the annoyance of non-carnivores when I tell them that this contains my three favorite vegetables:  chicken, pork, and beef.
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Main Dishes / Three-Meat Barbecue (aka Veggie Platter)
« Last post by nmower on July 23, 2012, 11:56:22 pm »
Ingredients:
  • 2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 lbs. country style pork ribs
  • 2 lbs. stew beef
  • 1 large yellow onion
  • 18 oz. of your favorite barbecue sauce (Sweet Baby Ray's, Famous Dave's, Frank's RedHot, Cattlemen's, if you want suggestions)
  • Optional: 2 lbs. shrimp
  • Optional: 1 lb. bacon
Let's make this clear:
The onion is your only vegetable.  It tastes great, and it allows you to call this dish Veggie Platter in order to annoy the non-carnivores in your group.  This really does annoy them.

Preparation:
Cut the chicken breasts and pork ribs into just-bigger-than-bite-sized pieces.  Chop the onion.  Heat the bottom of the oven so that it can be used as a skillet.  (Leave the lid off for now.)  Start with a tiny pool of vegetable oil and brown the chicken.  Add and brown the pork.  Add the chopped onion.  Add and brown the beef.  Add and brown any optional ingredients.  Add the barbecue sauce.  Remove all but 8-10 briquettes from beneath your oven.  Cover with the lid.  Distribute 12-14 briquettes over the lid, and cook for 30 minutes.

Note:
If you add optional ingredients, be sure to call it Four-Meat or Five-Meat Barbecue.

Another note:
If I want to be a real chef, I can make my own barbecue sauce.  But will it be better than Sweet Baby Ray's?  No.  It will not.
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Stirrin' the Pot / Re: Cookin' for Scouts
« Last post by Darren on July 23, 2012, 02:13:24 pm »
Sounds like a good cook...and now you might have a better idea of the timing of ribs? One more hour than previously thought, it seems.

I ended up doing 2/3 of a recipe in the 10" oven. It was almost exactly the right amount of food.

And considering the 12" oven with the two loaves of Pillsbury bread (yes, I "cheated" this time...  :D ) and the 12" oven with the S'More Cookie Bars...we were STUFFED.

By the way, S'More Cookie Bars the next day for lunch...STILL good.

We had complete fire restrictions as well - but when I talked with the camp director, he said that my tables would be just fine. I found it interesting...I received an email 4 days before camp that said that charcoal would be OK, but at the initial camp meeting, they told the whole camp that charcoal was banned. It was after the initial meeting that I spoke with him, and he said that yes, charcoal on my tables would be fine, as long as the coals were placed in a fire barrel before we left our campsite.

I wonder what the rest of camp thought...all they heard was that charcoal was banned...and here I was, lighting it up both in the evening and the next morning.

What rebels, no? :)
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