Showing posts with label Dutch Oven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dutch Oven. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Mel's Taco Soup

Last night I purchased our first dutch oven. It's a Camp Chef 6 qt. pan. It came preseasoned and ready to use. Those words are like music to my ears. Last night I made my dutch oven meal Taco Soup. It was easy and clean-up was simple.

Anyone interested in the recipe, here it is.
1 pound ground beef
1 onion chopped
2 cloves garlic
(Combine and brown beef)

1 28oz can diced tomatoes
1 can corn
1 can kidney beans
1 can pinto beans (optional)
1 sm. can tomato sauce + 1 can water
1 taco seasoning packet
(add cans with their juices to th beef)

Cover and cook for 20 minutes.
Serve with sour cream, cheddar cheese and corn chips
Serves 4 famished people or 6-8 moderately hungry people.

Monday, April 25, 2005

Dutch Oven

Last week my dad and I decided to take a dutch oven class offered by our local community. It's 2 nights total with a full dutch oven prepared meal to eat at the end of each class. Although we have cooked dutch oven meals while camping, we both realized that the pros will have a few tips that will help us create even better meals. One of the most valuable tips we've received so far is this: Don't put a hot coal in the bottom center. Although this tip seems obvious, it's not always the easiest to remember when your stomach is wanting food and you're still an hour away from a ready meal.

We're receiving some excellent recipes through this class, including a potato onion and cheese cornbread. It sounds weird, but is unforgettably delicious. I'll post a version of that recipe within the next few days.

I found this web site that offers some very valuable tips and great recipes.

Question for the world out there. I have found 3 different instructions for care of a rancid dutch oven. One says to heat it up, and that's all. One says to spray it with water and vinegar and wipe it out. The third says to heat it up really hot for a while then after cooling a little, scrub like crazy with hot water until it looks like new, then season it from scratch.

The third one seems to be the most thorough, although it's a lot of work if your pans go rancid from time to time. Do the first two methods mentioned actually work?