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     The Beginner's Guide to Dutch Oven Cooking, by Marla Rawlings, truly has a knack for choosing and preparing simple, delicious Dutch oven meals, and she has the unique ability to share those skills with others in an easily understood fashion!

In this valuable book, she teaches novice Dutch oven chefs the basic techniques they need to know to enjoy this wonderful hobby. She tells about the different sizes of Dutch ovens and how much they hold. She tells how to break in, season, clean and store a new oven so foods cooked in it will retain its unique Dutch oven flavor. She explains how to control Dutch oven temperatures, comparing the number of charcoal briquettes to the temperature listings found in regular cookbooks. She gives useful tips concerning equipment and tools that can make the cooking process easier, and she warns of safety precautions that can prevent unfortunate accidents.

Her recipes are easy to follow. For each dish she indicates the desired temperature, then converts it into how many charcoal briquettes should be under the Dutch oven and how many should be placed on the lid. She gives instructions concerning rotating the oven and lid to prevent hot spots, and provides clear directions for preparing each of the recipes she outlines.

Her first group of recipes are great getting-started recipes: easily prepared dishes that allow first-time cooks to gain some skill and confidence before moving on to more advanced challenges. The chapters which follow cover a broad range of delicious culinary delights: appetizers, soups and stews, side dishes, breads, main dishes, breakfasts, and deserts. A final chapter is devoted to cooking for large groups, with quantities provided for 25, 50 and 100 servings for all the recipes in the chapter.

This extensive collection of 136 delectable, easy-to-prepare recipes is sure to make this one of the most enjoyed and best-selling Dutch oven cookbooks available! And it's not just for beginners, by any means--any cook can enjoy preparing these delicious meals, and by following these directions can prepare them successfully in the wild, in the backyard or in the kitchen. 

Table of Contents

Introduction, 11
A Little History on the Dutch Oven, 11
Seasoning, Re-seasoning and Cleaning Your Dutch Oven, 12
Seasoning, 12
Cleaning, 13
Re-seasoning, 14
Safety Tips, 14
Cooking with Charcoal, 15
Suggested Tools and Supplies, 16
Other Suggested Outdoor Cooking Equipment, 19
Dutch Oven Environments, 23
Cooking Indoors with Your Dutch Oven, 23
Dutch Oven Cooking with Outdoor Propane Cookers, 23
Campfire Cooking, 23
Oven Sizes and Quantities, 24
Other Dutch Oven Tips, 25

1. Great Getting-started Recipes, 27
Bar-B-Que Stuffed Burgers, 28
Apricot Pork Tenderloin, 29
Black Forest Soda Cake, 29
Chicken Strips with Honey Mustard, 30
Chicken, 30
Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce, 30
Chuck Wagon Dinner, 31
Crazy Crust Dutch Oven Pizza, 32
Dutch Oven Potatoes Especial, 33
Easy Italian Dinner, 34
Fast and Easy Cookie Cobbler, 34
Hamburger Pie, 35
Honey Mustard Pork Chops, 35
Hot and Spicy Barbecue Ribs, 36
Peppered Onion Biscuits, 37
South of the Border Meatball Sandwiches, 38

2. Appetizers, 39
Apricot Chicken Wings, 40
Dutch Oven Buffalo Wings, 40
Dutch Oven Nachos, 41
Easy Chili Queso Dip, 42
Hot Spinach Dip, 43
Hot and Smokey Sausages, 44
Hot &Tasty Crab Dip, 45
Sweet & Spicy Meatballs, 46
Meatballs, 46
Sauce, 46

3. Soups and Stews, 47
Baked Potato Soup, 48
Beef Stew with Potato Dumplings, 49
Stew, 49
Potato Dumplings, 49
Camping Clam Chowder, 50
Easy Chicken Noodle Soup, 51
Festive Sausage Soup, 52
Five-alarm Chili, 53
One-alarm Chili, 53
Ham & Bean Soup, 54
Ham and Broccoli Cheese Soup, 55
Hash Brown Soup, 56
Italian Meat BalI Soup, 57
Short Rib Stew, 58

4. Side Dishes, 59
Apple and Squash Bake, 60
Broccoli Casserole, 60
Hot & Spicy Onion Rings, 61
Hot Cocoa Mix, 62
Old Fashioned Baked Beans, 62
Fried Apples, 63
Homemade Root Beer, 64
Honey and Spice Carrots, 65
Hoppin' John, 66
Hush Puppies, 67
Southern Corn Casserole, 68

5. Breads, 69
Butterrnilk Biscuits, 70
Cheesy Spoon Bread with Corn, 70
Cowboy Cheese Bread, 71
Dutch Oven Corn Bread, 72
Easy Herb Biscuits, 73
Herbed Bread, 74
Italian Garlic Bread, 75
Bread, 75
Topping, 75
Pizza Crust, 76

6. Main Dishes, 77
Barbecue Chicken Pizza, 78
Beef Barbecue Sandwich, 79
Barbecue Chicken Deluxe, 80
Broccoli and Cheese Rice with Chicken, 81
Cabbage Rolls, 82
Cajun Catfish with Horseradish Sauce, 83
Catfish, 83
Horseradish Sauce, 83
Chicken and Dumplings, 84
Chicken, 84
Dumplings, 84
Chicken Enchilada Casserole, 85
Chicken Parmesan, 86
Chile Relleno Casserole, 87
Curried Turkey with Rice, 88
Corned Beef Dinner, 89
Fast and Easy Lasagna, 90
Ginger & Orange Steak, 91
Grandma's Pot Roast, 92
Honey Lime Ribs, 93
Honey Orange Chicken, 94
ltaIian Style Pizza, 95
Lemon & Dill Cod, 96
Meat Lovers' Pizza, 97
Meatloaf Dinner, 98
Meatloaf, 98
Vegetables, 98
Sauce, 99
New Potatoes with Peas and Pork, 99
Paradise Island Pork, 100
Salmon with Lemon and Garlic Butter, 101
Seven Layer Dinner, 102
South of the Border Goulash, 103
Spicy Chinese Beef, 104
Spicy Pasta Stir Fry, l05
Sweet & Spicy Chicken, 106
Turkey and Cornbread Stuffing Dinner, 107
Turkey with Herbed Wild Rice, 108

7. Breakfasts, 109
Blueberry and Cream Cheese Coffee Cake, 110
Breakfast Hash, 110
Breakfast Hash Browns with Bacon, 111
Breakfast in a Pot, 112
California Quiche, 112
German Pancakes Dutch Style, 113
One-Pot Breakfast, 114
Sticky Buns, 115
Upside-down Apple Cinnamon Rolls, 116

8. Desserts, 117
Blueberry Tart, 118
Candy Bar Cake, 119
Cherry Apple Crumble, 120
Cranberry Apple Cobbler, 121
German Chocolate Turtle Cake, 122
Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler, 123
Fruit Base, 123
Sweet Biscuit topping, 123
Pumpkin Crumble, 124
Crust and Crumb Topping, 124
Filling, 124
Spiced Apple Raisin Crumb Cake, 125
Toffee Cake, 125
Upside-Down Tropical Delight, 126

9. Group Cooking, 127
Cooking for Crowds, 128
Meats, 128
Vegetables, 128
Miscellaneous, 129
Beef with Biscuits, 131
Chicken and Potatoes, 132
Chili Dogs, 133
Complete Barbecue Dinner, 134
Corn Dogs, 135
Dutch Oven Fajitas, 136
Garnish, 136
Easy One-Pot Spaghetti, 137
Hawaiian Pork Chops, 138
One-Pot Spanish Chicken with Rice, 139
One-Pot Stroganoff ,140
Sloppy Joe's, 141
Tacos in a Bowl, 142
Toppings, 142

About the Author, 143

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