21 Cast Iron Dutch Oven Recipes to Devour Tonight

Cast iron dutch oven recipes are a great way to cook something low and slow for tender fall off the bone meats, to steam a loaf of crusty bread to perfection, or toss a pasta for a one-pan meal. Discover 21 of my favorite ways to put this cast iron workhorse to good use in your own kitchen. 

Beef and Pork Cast Iron Dutch Oven Recipes

Cooking beef or pork in your cast iron dutch oven is especially great because it lends itself to longer, slower cook times–that means you can use tougher (and more affordable) cuts of meat and still get a great final product. I always recommend checking on your beef or pork hourly to make sure it still has plenty of steam-making liquid inside.

Dutch oven pot roast with carrots and potatoes

Feast and Farm

Braised Dutch Oven Pulled Pork

Our Salty Kitchen

Beef short ribs braised in red wine

Butter Your Biscuit

Mexican Meatball Soup

Low Carb with Jennifer

Stuffed Green Pepper Casserole

Food Meanderings

Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup

Savory Tooth

Chicken cast iron dutch oven recipes

“Oh I love bone dry chicken!” That’s what no one says. Ever.

Make juicy chicken in your cast iron dutch oven and make use of cuts you may not normally choose–like thigh meat–it holds up well because it its higher fat content and always makes a juicer final product. Leaving the bones in and the skin on also helps your chicken emerge flavorful and juicy.

The BEST Chicken Cacciatore

Noshtastic

Chicken Taco Pasta

Real Food Real Deals

French Onion Chicken

The Missing Lokness

Arroz con Pollo

Hearth and Vine

Garlic and Ginger Caramel Chicken Thighs

Karen’s Kitchen Stories

Slow Cooked Salsa Verde Chicken

Low Carb Yum

Cozy chicken and biscuit casserole

Feast and Farm

Side dishes made for your cast iron dutch oven

I love the bits of golden brown cheese that forms on the edge of my favorite casseroles, or the crispy bits of potatoes cooked in cast iron. You just can’t replicate it in any other baking tool.

That’s why these side dishes are so fun–get some cheesy potatoes or try the new trend of baking bread in your cast iron dutch oven. The steam makes a crispy crust and the dough couldn’t be easier to put together.

Dutch oven cheesy potatoes

Longbourn Farm

No Knead Crusty Dutch Oven Bread

Feast and Farm

Vegetable-based soups, stews and chowders for your cast iron dutch oven

There may not be anything easier that throwing a few good ingredients in a dutch oven and watching them come to life as a soothing soup or stew. Canned ingredients often work well here and are great for meals over the campfire too.

Summer corn chowder

Sugar Spun Run

Italian White Bean and Vegetable Soup

A Simple Palate

Smoky Potato Bacon Corn Chowder

Earth Food and Fire

Lentil stew with spinach and potatoes

Veggie Society

Pasta dishes you can make in your cast iron dutch oven

Depending on how things are going, your dutch oven can serve as the one-pan wonder for pasta dishes. You can boil your pasta and finish it all in one dish. To me, there’s no bad way to eat it–slathered in sauce or lightly dressed, these pasta dishes will have you singing the praises of your dutch oven.

Roasted cherry tomato cappellini  

Yummy Mummy Kitchen

Campfire Dutch Oven Vegetable Lasagna

Champagne Tastes