Saturday I couldn’t wait to cook something in the new Dutch Oven. The first dish – Green Chili Pork Stew. I made half the recipe because that’s all the meat I had defrosted.
The pork was already cut up and seasoned. In the new pot, I added olive oil and browned the pork. Potatoes that were scraped and quartered (and grown in my garden were added) and browned a bit. Then I added onions and garlic and cooked that a few minutes. Then I added the seasonings and a jar of tomatoes and a bit of water.
All that was given a good stir. The lid was put on the pretty blue pot and I stuck it in the oven for about an hour at 250º. Then I checked it and everything looked fine. I added 2 ounces of diced canned green chili peppers and put it all back in the oven for another 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
After taking it out of the oven, I added a can of pinto beans. They were plain old store bought canned plain pinto beans. Once they were heated, I added a lot of fresh chopped cilantro.
Looks like the pot is in pretty bad shape, huh? Kinda grungy . . cooked on baked on mess!
It was almost unbelievable! Once the pot cooled down, I stuck it in the sink of dishwater, swished the water around and was going to put the pot in the clean side of the sink and run some fresh water in it and let it sit for a while but when I pulled the pot out of the dishwater, it was almost completely clean, just from swishing the water around with my hand. I literally wiped it . . one pass . . with the dish rag and it was perfectly clean.
I’m happy with the way it cooks and with the way it cleans. Now if the porcelain will just hang on and not chip or crack, I’ll be real happy with it!
Erin says
We Love your pork stew recipe Judy during fall/winter my husband has it once a week!! 🙂 that’s a great Dutch oven! I love that you can put it in dishwater!!! The color is pretty too that matters to us cooks 🙂
FrancesB says
Love love love that Le Creuset… (and yours is a nice color.)
JudyL says
Mine is the inexpensive Lodge, not the Le Creuset.
Leslie Myers says
Ok I am convinced! I will buy Lodge next time!
Leslie
Karin says
I saw a pot like this at walmart yesterday – is that where you got yours? I might have to pick one up!!!! (they had blue and red, I think I’d get the red!)
Kell says
We bought one a couple of years ago because we had nothing to make a good sized recipe of baked beans with. Same brand and color as yours too. Since then I’ve used it about 4 times so far to make the pulled pork recipe that I got from one of your posts. It looks just like yours when it comes out of the oven. Some running water and a hand than the sponge & it comes perfectly clean.
carol c says
I sure thought of you and your cooking today. Was reading the Austin paper, Lifestyle section. and it is all about the 2 ladies in Brownwood
who are the queens of slow cooker cooking. Thier own cookbook is 35.00! If you want more info-let me know via email Judy. You are a great cook i am sure of that! But interesting writing
Sherry Moran says
I checked WalMart for the Lodge pot, but all they had in blue or red was Tramontina from China, and it cost $59. I would love to have the Lodge pot, if I knew where to find it. I have an oval heavy pot and have wanted a round one. If you remember where you got yours, please let me know, thanks.
Linda Steller says
Very cool! I noticed Costco has an enameled dutch oven for about $65 – a nice size too. How nice that it cleaned up so quickly.