23 Dutch Oven Recipes
Why does everything taste better in a dutch oven? Check out these amazing dutch oven recipes from casseroles, to soups, creamy pasta bakes and even dutch oven bread.
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The Dutch Oven We Use:
We use this 5.5 Qt Dutch oven by Le Creuset (Amazon affiliate link). We actually have 2 (in Red and Blue). Now all I need is the white one and I can decorate for the 4th of July! 😉 The non-stick coating makes it super easy to clean, cook with and maintain. We’re giving away a fantastic set of LeCreuset cookware including this 5.5 Qt Dutch oven. Enter the giveaway below!
Our Best Dutch Oven Recipes
Dutch ovens have been around FOR-EVER! The dutch oven is such a versatile tool in the kitchen. It makes everything taste better because they have a heavy bottom for even heat conduction and they have heavy lids that seal in moisture and flavor. This pot is most useful for dutch oven recipes that need to go from the stove to the oven, reducing what we call the “dish factor” (less dishes!). They also retain heat really well and are lovely for serving.
Our dutch oven recipes are among some of the top recipes on our site. If you’re on the fence about investing in a dutch oven, this post may help you see the vast possibilities for cooking with a dutch oven. We have everything from dutch oven steel cut oats to a gorgeous pork tenderloin roast for the holidays, to something as simple as cooking shrimp pasta, and even corn pops treats!
Dutch Oven Soups and Stews:
- Tender Beef Stew – tender morsels of beef and veggies (photo above)
- Soup Kharcho – a dutch oven beef, tomato and rice soup
- Sauerkraut Soup – completely delicous with white beans and bacon.
- Lamb Stew – a holiday worthy goes from stove to oven in the dutch oven
- Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup – a classic made creamy
- Clam Chowder – New England style with a secret garnish!
Dutch Oven Casseroles and Pasta Bakes:
- Chicken Tetrazzini is perfect in a dutch oven and goes from the stove to the oven
- Dutch Oven Chicken Pasta with a creamy white wine tomato sauce
- Sweet Potato Casserole – with an irresistible crunchy topping and creamy center
- Spaghetti and Meatballs – sear the juicy meatballs and make the sauce in one pot
Dutch Oven Pilafs and Plov Recipes:
- Buckwheat and Beef Pilaf – Natasha’s favorite pilaf (photo above)
- Beef Plov – flavorful rice with tender morsels of beef
- Mushroom Marinara – Alla’s homemade pasta sauce
- Mushroom Rice Pilaf – an easy excellent side dish
- Creamy Chicken and Rice – a one-pot meal similar to risotto
Dutch Oven Bread:
- Easy 5-Seed Dutch Oven Bread – crispy outside and so soft inside.
Surprising Dutch Oven Recipes:
- How to Cook Beans in a Dutch Oven – homemade is just way better than canned!
- Braised Cabbage with beef – the dutch oven is perfect for braising recipes
- Stuffed Cabbage Rolls – just like Mom’s! These are cooked to perfection in a dutch oven.
Do you have any favorite Dutch Oven Recipe? Let me know in a comment below! We just love putting our dutch oven to work!
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Hi! I’ve tried the French Baguette recipe and eventhough it was kind of dense, it tasted good. Going to try the bread recipe in the Le Creuset Dutch oven next. I’ll let you know how it turned out! I love your recipes!! Thank you! Magda
Hi Magda! Thank you for the feedback. I love to know how my recipes turn out from my readers. Be sure to measure your flour correctly for the best results. See my tutorial for how to measure your ingredients HERE
Love watching you!! You are so funny!! Love your recipes!! When I need to make something you are my go to to make it!! You are great sweetie!!
You’re so lovely! Thank you for that wonderful compliment, Ellen!
Dear Natasha,
We have a wonderful sour dough bread “factory” going on in our kitchen, but have stumbled upon a problem! We love baking the bread in our enameled dutch oven, but are having trouble with it burning on the bottom. Do you have any suggestions as how to solve the problem?
Thank you so much!
~ Diane Bauman
Hi Diane, a couple of things that come to mind. Adjust the height of your oven shelf if it is too close to the heating element at the bottom, use good-quality parchment paper to place the dough on. You could also try a baking stone and place the dutch oven on top of it. It will help with even heat distribution. Hope this helps.
I followed and only used natasha kitchen recipe. I would love to own one but I can’t afford it as money is tight hubby was diagnosed for cancer and he just love your soup recipe. Thanks natasha for awesome recipe.
Hi Angeline, I’m so sorry to hear that about your husband. Lodge also makes a great dutch oven enamel-coated pot that is significantly lower in price.
I love using my Dutch oven to make Swedish Kalops, a classic Swedish beef stew that gets its flavors from allspice berries. Served with boiled potatoes and beets!
Yum! Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
I live by your recipes and methods. Can’t afford the Dutch oven as I am retired now. Hope to find one a person isn’t using anymore.
As mentioned above, Lodge makes an excellent Dutch oven – very reasonable. I bought a 5 qt. online from Walmart – love it! No discernible difference from Le Creuset – which I also use.
love all your recipes! I am so glad I clicked the following button.
Aww, I’m so glad you did too, Sonia! I hope you try more and more of my recipes!
The first recipe I made of yours was the Dutch Oven Bread – OMG – I could have eaten the entire loaf myself, but I shared with friends and family. I was sold & I went on to try several other recipes. It’s decided – I’m only making your recipes from now on!!! Thanks for making and sharing easy and fabulous dishes. 🙂
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite, Jackie!
Your recipes are awesome…..I have and use a lot of them
Aww, that’s the best! Thank you so much for sharing that with me. I’m all smiles
I absolutely love your recipes. I’ve been cooking for years an I really enjoy. Because I started watching you an a fan I recently purchased a Dutch oven. I was hoping to find a good pot roast recipe for the Dutch oven.
So great to hear that, Gary! I hope you love every recipe that you will try.
Please and Thank You !!!
I love cooking in dutch ovens and also love your recipes waiting for the next recipe from you <3
That’s so great! We love cooking in our Dutch Oven!
I own a 2 3/4qt Shallow Round Dutch Oven,My cook book that came with it is damaged so I cannot see the last step in my recipe. I have gone to the web site to find this recipe “Baked Brie and Ham Pasta’. It is no where to be found. Not even the “Exclusive Recipe Collection” book that came with it. A phone produced no results. Please help !! hard to recommend a product that gives you recipes they don’t have.
HI Vivian, I’m sorry I can’t help with that – I have no idea without having that same recipe book.
The Baked Brie and Ham Pasta recipe you’re looking for can be found here:
https://www.qvc.com/footers/cd/pdf/K47064_Recipe_Booklet.pdf
Love making my Vegetarian Chili in my large creuset dutch oven.
The vegetables cook perfect.
My husband loves my red lentil soup & my son loves my chicken escarole done in this pot too.
Ha! Ha! Even when its hot outside.
Isn’t it the best Cory? We love it also!
Hi Natasha! I was looking for the winner of the set, but I didn’t find anything. So does the Le Creuset set has already an owner?
Hi Veronica, thank you so much for entering! We always post the winner at the bottom of the giveaway post. We have it just before the rafflecopter widget and also inside the raflecopter widget. The winner of the giveaway was Shawna and she has already been contacted. I hope to have a new giveaway going soon! 🙂
I personally don’t currently have a a Dutch oven but I remember making beef stew with my grandmother in hers every winter. Such wonderful memories!
I hope i win!
These would be my dream. So useful & I’m sure they last forever!
I would love to cook in this cookware!!!
I made a pork roast added mushroom soup. Also added potatoes.
Beff plov for sure!!
I’ve never had a dutch oven. Would love to have one and cook my favorite soups, pasta and chicken dishes. yum!
PURPLE???? Really?? I just saw it on their FB page & love it!
Pot roast
Bonkour Natacha, je suis une Québecoise qui parle francais mais qui traduit tes recettes que je trouve très appétissantes, Pour ton four nous au Québec nous appelons cela une cocotte et je fais de la bonne tourtière de mon coin de pays le Lac St-Jean et quelques fois ce sont des jarrets de veau (osso buco)
My Dutch oven makes wonderful pot roast! And cabbage at least once weekly!
My Dutch oven makes wonderful pot roast!
i love my dutch oven , use it all the time. my pinto beans cook evenly.
These pots and pans are a dream! I love making your one pot chicken and rice dish in my current Dutch oven 🙂
I love making a big pot of jambalaya in my Dutch Oven, it works very well for that.
I love making Oxtail stew in a Dutch Oven and serve the rich brown gravy over the potatoes.
PUMPKIN CARROT CAKE W/ CREAM CHEESE FORSTING
I love to make swiss steak.It browns up very nice.I add 1 can of whole tomatoes and 1 package of lipton onion soup mix.The flavours taste so good.
Our family loves your sauerkraut soup reciepe!!!! Made it also so many times, and every time Dad would text (which is huge😆) how much he liked it! Keep up the great work! Thank you for all that you do! 💛
I made the beef stew tonight – perfect!!
I’m glad you love it, thanks for sharing!
Hello Natasha, I have the question what I need to do to win this beautiful red dishes, I love it, plz tell me.
Thank you so much,
Tammy
Hello Tammy, at the bottom of the post is where you can enter to win this beautiful set! Good luck!
Tammy, somehow the widget does not show up on Chrome. Use Internet Explorer browser in case you ran into problems 🙂
I make a Chicken Tortilla Soup in my Dutch Oven that is to die for! Would be happy to share the recipe!
I do lamb shanks with a beautiful thick sauce/gravy that’s to die for.
MOOSE RIBS? Where do you live?!!
Idaho 🙂
I live in SoCal…it sounds so foreign to me, but provocative! Very cool!!
my fav is Mario Batali’s chicken thighs with safron, mint, and green olives!
Chill is one of my favourite meat recipes, but there are many others: moose ribs are perfect done this way.
I like to cook meats in DUutch oven. I hope to win. 🙂
Never had a Dutch Oven. Have always used a stock pot for many years!!!
I love cooking more than anything in this world. It is therapeutic for me and helps with my depression and anxiety. I would probably faint if I won this. Thank you for the chance. I would be grateful to have this in my kitchen!
I’ve never owned a Dutch oven. Always wanted to buy one but haven’t got around it yet. But i remember mom would make the best plov in her Dutch Oven!
US only address!! What happened to Canadian followers for LeCreuset entry?? Natasha’s Kitchen and you Natasha–for this disappointment. I buy LeCrueset in Canada. I follow your website–only in the US you post!
Hi Marlen, thank you so much for following our blog! There was a specific request for US only from the company so we are honoring that. I wish I had a prize for everyone though! 🙂 We have started giveaways pretty regularly so keep an eye out for future giveaways.
I got a Dutch oven in Costco several years back, usually just make your beef plov in it. Absolutely the best! Will definitely be trying more of your recipes ! Thanks so much for having all these amazing recipes and easy to follow instructions! You’re the best!
this set has the perfects sizes that I need! Love LC !! Thank you Natasha !
I can’t find the Rafflecroft widget to enter. I’ve been married almost 46 yrs. and have never had a good set of cookware and I love to cook. It would be a dream to own this set of cookware!
The widget is at the very bottom of the giveaway page, just above the comments Judy!
I make chicken and dumplings in my Lodge dutch oven as well as soups.
I really like your recipes. Thank you
Hello Natasha. I love to browse all your awesome recipes that you share. It would be a dream come true for me to have this cooking set as I do not have any. And I’ve been longing to try your recipes. Thank you.
I make killer Chicken Tortilla Soup in my Dutch oven. Happy to share the recipe…but how?
You can share it here in the comments!
Hi Don! I would love to try your recipe! My email: natasha @ natashaskitchen.com (no spaces) 🙂 Thanks so much for thinking of me! 🙂
Hi Don, I just emailed you so you can just reply to that email. Thanks again!! 🙂
i brown chicken breast and sundried tomatoes, mix in cream of chicken soup, mushrooms, sour cream and heavy cream. simmer and put over rice or buttered noodles.
I love to make zuppa toscana in my Dutch oven.
I have an old cast iron dutch oven that has the wire “handle” for hanging over the campfire. It is an indispensable piece of camping equipment – your oven at the camp. I also have a ceramic coated one that I use at home to make stews with roasts and veggies. All the flavor stays in the pot. Until it goes into me. Incredible!
Don’t have one yet. Would love to own these and pass them to my kids!
My dutch oven is old and doesn’t have non-stick coating so I almost never cook in it, but my family loves cabbage rolls and plov. Would love to have new set, I have been looking at Le Creuset for a while now, great company, great quality products, but can’t afford it. Defiantly would be cooking more with this new set!!!
When we moved the box with the covers for ALL of my pots and Dutch oven did not make it to our new home.
So I am making do with a few pots from Walmart.
I most miss making bread, stews and stuffed cabbage in the lovely orange Dutch oven I inherited from my Mom.
I have a cast iron dutch oven, handed down by my father.. love it! I’ve always wanted one of these. but couldn’t afford one. have a large family and this addition would really be wonderful!
Hello, Natasha,
I was trying a few recipes from your website and I’m very happy that I found you on the internet. Your’s recipes are amazing. I do Stuffed Cabbage Rolls all the time and I love it. I never try to do it in this dishes what you have but still, they are so good. Thank you so much for doing this for us all.
I would love to have a Dutch oven to make my own bread and cabbage rolls.
Luv it ! Set of LeCreust cookware great.
I love that the blue makes everything look so much yummier!
The Dutch oven I have is old it was a gift when we got married 31 years ago. I love to make baked cabbage with spicey Italian sausages, baked 3 cheese penne and raspberry apple crumble hmmmm. I love to cook and luckily my family’s likes to eat. I would love to have this set of gourmet cookware and I would put it to good use .
Stews and chilis – have always wanted to try bread but haven’t gotten up the courage yet.
Well, if I was lucky enough to have a dutch oven…. 😉
I would most definitely make your Creamy Chicken with Mushrooms and Asparagus. It looks amazing!
So does your website, I stumbled upon it by clicking on your Peachy Cheese Danish Twist. It will def be a regular stop when looking for new recipes, so fun.
BREAD, MAKES THE VERY BEST BREAD!!!
Oh dear! I didn’t read the last rule about being in the US. I am from India. But I have my Sis-in-law in Seattle. Can I enter and give her address? If at all I win, she can receive it and give it to me later.
Hi S, that could work if you can provide a US address.
Thank you.
Regards,
Supriya
You’re welcome!
I love to make artisan bread and soup
I keep seeing recipes that require a Dutch Oven, but I’ve never had one. I would love to win one!
Dutch ovens work well to make soups & casserole that I love to taste so good. Thank you Natasha’s kitchen !
I have a small dutch oven that I make stuffed cabbage and its old. Was my mothers and I am 80 years so its probably an antique. I would love to win this set. Hope I will be lucky.
I would make a fabulous beef stew…yummy!!
I do not have one yet but I am sure I will make casseroles and stews for sure. This one looks really good!
Lamb and Bulgur Stew with White Beans
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
1/2 pound ground lamb
2/3 cup bulgur
3/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
1 can (28 ounces) diced plum tomatoes
2 cups water
1 can (14.5 ounces)cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
5 ounces baby spinach (about 5 cups)
3 1/2 ounces feta cheese (about 2/3 cup), plus more for garnish
1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves, plus more for garnish
DIRECTIONS
1.
Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, lamb, bulgur, red-pepper flakes, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring to break up lamb, until lamb is cooked, about 5 minutes. Add paprika; stir until fragrant and toasted, 30 seconds. Add tomatoes and water, bring to a simmer, and cover. Lower heat; gently simmer, stirring occasionally, until bulgur is tender, about 25 minutes.
2.
Stir in beans, spinach, feta, and oregano; cook until feta is almost melted and beans are warmed through, about 2 minutes. Garnish with feta and oregano.
My favorite recipe for a Dutch oven is pot roast with potatoes, carrots and onions. Everyone loves it.
I have a large Le Creuset skillet that I received as a gift about 35 years ago. I just love it, to cook in, but also to serve in. It’s almost as pretty as when I received it. I would love a set, love,love,love!
Ive learned to make artisan no knead bread in my old dutch oven. It’s so easy. Just need to get starter going the day before. I’m switching out all my bakeware for sturdier high quality. Thanks
Love to make bread!
I’ve made so many of your recipes and have never been disappointed. Your blog is the first I visit when needing inspiration for any meal.
I would love to make my beef stew with wine in this Dutch oven! The idea of making bread really intrigues me, have to try that too. Thanks!
Love my Dutch oven! Two of my favorites to prepare are Ham and Navy Bean Soup and Kale, Sausage and Cannellini Bean Stew.
Is there any way to convince your sponsors that people in other countries deserve a chance to enter their contests. I live in Canada and Le Creuset is sold here and I have a frying pan. They make excellent products. This is a company based in France not the USA.
chicken and noodles
I make apple and cherry pies in the dutch oven, i do it while camping 🙂
i take a large horse shoe (new) chuck it in the bottom and set my pie on top….the whole thing goes directly onto the hot coals and i also put hot coals on the lid …. in 10 to 15 minutes i check on it and serve 🙂
but id wouldnt do that with a La Creuset lol
I would like to try to make Mom’s pot roast because I miss her.
My favorite is Chicken Spaghetti in a Dutch Oven. My mom makes the best chicken spaghetti ever!!!
Thank you for this opportunity. Love your web site!
A pork shoulder and a can of coke. Slow cook on 275 degrees 4 hours or until meat easily shreds. Add bbq sauce to taste, viola, pulled pork. And le creuset would make this just the yummiest.
I would love to make my recipe for osso buco cooked in red wine in this beautiful Dutch oven. , of course I’ll serve it over creamy polenta !!
To have these in my kitchen would be fantastic!!! I love to make up new recipes of stews, casseroles as I go along. I taste test constantly so I guess it just depends on what I’m partial to on any given day. Thanks for the opportunity to win this Le Creuset cookware.
love to use the dutch oven for soups and stews also chilli.
I would love to have a Dutch oven to make my own bread and cabbage rolls.
Aw, too bad this contest is not open to people in Canada. This would be a dream to win!
I’m having difficulties locating my YouTube’s username. There help form doesn’t help at all. I’ve subscribed to your channel successfully already, any suggestions?
Hi Leslie, If you go to your profile page on Youtube (where it has all of the videos you have liked), it will have your user name at the top left. You could also enter the first part of the email you use to sign into your Youtube account. So if your email is LucyMae@gmail, it would be: “LucyMae” That will work great 🙂
Thank you, Natasha: I can’t even count how many of your recipe’s I have made, everyone is outstanding!!! I thank you and my husband thanks you!!!
Dreaming of a lamb stew with feather light dumplings that will turn out scrumptious in Le Creuset !
I would love to make my Mom’s White Chiken made with Coconut milk and flavoured with Whole spices in the Dutch oven. Yum!!!! I don’t have one, but on my list as I love slow cooking.
Does it have to be our own recipe, or something that we follow from the net will do?
Hi Supriya, thank you for entering! Just to clarify, there is no recipe required for entry. I was only curious what folks liked to make in their dutch ovens and an answer of marking one of the multiple choice options would be perfect 🙂
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Happy to clarify things for you! 🙂
Hi natasha i am gonna be sooooo happy if I win this for a longest time I want to buy this🤞😊.
Haven’t used this one. Would be nice to try for my bread that I bake for our big family of 9. Looking for something of sort. Thank you Natash! I get inspiration from your website full of flavor!
Bread and stews are my favorite things to make in a Dutch oven.
Dutch ovens work so well to make stews and pot roasts.
One can never have too many Dutch Ovens. I make soups. stews, fry chicken, and they are great for heating up food. I just love the gentle warming of food and how the food stays warm during a meal.
I love making artisan bread in a Dutch oven!
Slow cooked anything
I love Dutch food but the stew is my the most favourite one <3
I love to make soups in it, steamed rice, stuffed peppers, and literally anything! My favorite is chicken gnocchi soup. I’m hoping to make bread in it sometime !
Beef stew!
Always wanted a Le Creuset, hope for the best. Thank you Natasha’s Kitchen!!!!
Dutch ovens are the best for soup !
our family loves the creamy chicken and rice! even the picky toddler will eat
Casserole and Pasta bake I love your recipes
I’ve made an artisan bread in my Dutch oven. I totally impressed myself!
I have tried a few of your recipes and love them.
Makes the best Pot Roast ever.
I don;t have one and I bet my chiken cacciatore an polenta will be the best ever.
I love beef or chicken stew, but I also make a lot of soups.
Awaiting me to arrange my first own household and the basis of every real household should be these pots
I love to cook chicken soup!
No knead beer bread baked in Dutch oven is my favorite
I love to make cassoulet in mine, and white bean chowder..
Osso Buco – my absolute fave, cooked in the dutch oven you can’t go wrong
We love variations of beef stew – with vegetables and lentils and a dash of curry spice. Would love to cook your and our recipes in Le Creuset!
I would love to win this!!! You can make so many recipes in it!!I am really excited and hope i win!!
What a beautiful addition to any kitchen. I don’t have any LeCreuset, but it sure would be nice! Winter stews, soups, and casseroles would definitely be better in a LeCreuset Dutch oven!
I just borrowed my moms Dutch oven to cook a pot roast with red wine and beef broth! It was beyond delicious! I’ve always wanted one to try your bread recipe though!
I just got my first Le Creuset a couple weeks ago—a small Dutch oven. I love it already! So far,
I’ve made Beef Ragu that was awesome, sloppy joes, Mac and cheese, and Bolognese sauce for spaghetti. I would love a set that would include a larger Dutch oven. I’m hooked!
would be blessing to win!
Turkey Bolognese
Always wanted one. Never could afford it.
Very good, I like try something new on my kitchen
My 11 year old loves to watch your cooking videos and loves your recipes. He wants to be a chef when he grows up 🙂 He would love to win this LeCreuset set !
I have never owned a Dutch Oven,but have always wanted one! This beautiful Le Creuset would be perfect for my homemade stews & soups plus many other choices..including baking. Incorporate Natasha’s delicious & colorful recipes along with this stunning 5 piece Le Creuset Signature.Set…what an amazing presentation!
Would be great to have these to cook all those wonderful winter stews & soups fabulous winer comfort foods
I will use it to make plov and beef stew. I’m sure I will try some new recipes from Natashaskitchen.com as well! 🙂 Thank you!
I’ve drooled over the LeCruset products for years, but I’ve never pulled the trigger on their stuff. I’ve always heard that it’s stuff you hand down to the kids.
Always wanted an Dutch Oven, would love to cook Short Ribs. My mouth is watering. I do not even have a pot set. Cannot afford it.
my grandmother had a dutch oven. she made the best baked beans!
Oh my that sounds good! Would you happen to have the recipe? 😉
During cold time of the year I love to make chili, stew, braised short ribs and hearty soups, and in the summer months I use it for braised vegetables and corn chowder. I have a large Dutch oven we received as a wedding gift 20 years ago, and I would love to have smaller le Creuset pieces. I think food tastes so much better if it’s cooked in Le Creuset❤️
Guinness stew, nothing better than stew on a cold winter night.
When I have one I will make Clam Chowder. I love those pots, I never had Dutch Oven, but I really want to have them, since I follow Natasha’s kitchen I love them!
I would love to win this giveaway! I have heard so many amazing things about cooking food but also baking bread in Dutch ovens! Would love love love to try 🙂
Coq Au Vin…
My favorite dutch oven recipe is Guinness Beef Stew
When I had one (I don’t right now) I would make chili in it all the time! I loved that pan… <3