Recipe Roundup

31 Dutch Oven Recipes to Bake, Braise, Simmer, and Stew

One versatile pot. Countless cozy possibilities.

September 19, 2023

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There’s nothing quite like cozying up with a bowl of something comforting and nourishing to welcome fall. We’ve gathered our best Dutch oven recipes to give you a wellspring of ideas that will warm your kitchen throughout the long cold months to come. You’ll find easy one-pot dinners and long braises, plus steaming, slurpable dishes for soup season. Scroll down to check out this list of favorite recipes—all worth breaking out your best Dutch oven for.

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Milk Braised Pork With Lemon and Sage
This milk-braised pork shoulder is one of the easiest Dutch oven recipes you’ll ever make. Minimal prep and four hours in the oven later, you’re left with a fall-apart tender roast and a ricotta-like sauce that wilts the Swiss chard to silky goodness.
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2/31
Oven Risotto With Crispy Roasted Mushrooms
Enjoy a hearty bowl of risotto topped with crunchy sheet-pan mushrooms in under an hour with this oven-ready weeknight recipe that eliminates any of the babysitting involved in the stove-top version.
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3/31
Sri Lankan Cashew Curry
This mild and creamy dish is often a mellow pairing for the many fiery curries of the island nation, but it’s just as good on its own served atop a pile of warm rice and a squeeze of lime for brightness.
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4/31
Apple Cider Pork Pot Roast
This low-and-slow dish is one of our favorite Dutch oven recipes, highlighting the perfect fall pairing of pork and apples.
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5/31
One-Pot Spiced Shrimp and Rice
Go from stovetop to oven all in one Dutch oven, ensuring cleanup is a breeze. The rice cooks in a sauce flavored with tomato paste, roasted red peppers, and olives before the shrimp gets added at the end for a no-fuss dinner.
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6/31
Simple Turkey Chili with All the Toppings
Ground turkey is transformed into a crowd-pleasing pot of chili in this easy recipe that’s fully customizable to everyone’s tastes with a healthy helping of fixins’.
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7/31
Braised Chicken Legs With Grapes and Fennel
This chicken braise balances the natural sweetness and acidity of grapes with spicy Calabrian chile paste, honey, and fennel. Red wine vinegar adds a tart finish to one of the easiest chicken recipes you’ll make.
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8/31
Sonoran Style Potato, Cheese, and Tomato Soup
This regional Mexican dish, known as caldo de queso in Spanish, is slightly reminiscent of chowder. It features hunks of potatoes, tangy queso fresco, and a broth tinged a brilliant red with tomatoes. You can also throw in some poblanos, zucchini, or whatever summer squash you have at hand.
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9/31
Beer-Steamed Mussels with Chorizo
These mussels are bathed in a chorizo-spiked beer broth, so make sure you serve it with crusty bread to mop up all that liquid gold.
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10/31
Three-Bean Soup
Take a break from chicken soup and make this bean and produce-packed version that’s topped with a dilly pesto and lots of shaved parmesan.
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11/31
Green Chicken Chili
Swap out your slow cooker for your best Dutch oven to make this super simple chili recipe inspired by the pork-based chile verde and white chicken chili. Top with avocado with crumbled tortilla chips.
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12/31
Lentil Soup With Wheat Berries and Kale
This dish brings together pantry staples like lentils, garlic, and wheat berries, with turmeric and fragrant coriander. Leftover produce gets thrown in, too, for an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink soup recipe that’s there for you when you have “nothing to eat.”
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13/31
Sticky Spare Ribs Casserole
Ribs coated in a sticky sweet sauce are cooked on a bed of shredded cabbage, apples, and dried cherries in this easy one-pot pork dinner. A final blast in the oven chars the sauce, lacquering the spare ribs.
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14/31
Red Wine-Braised Chicken With Chorizo and Chickpeas
Infused with flavors of Spain, thanks to chorizo, chickpeas, and Sherry vinegar, this braised chicken is as easy as Dutch oven recipes get.
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Sam Burros is a writer, producer, and cook working with the Food and Lifestyle team at PEOPLE. Prior to working with PEOPLE, he was an editorial fellow for Food Network, a reporter for Heritage Radio Network, and a recipe tester for Alison Roman's third cookbook Sweet Enough. Before making the ... Read More

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