Best Dutch Oven Chicken Recipes

DUTCH OVEN WHOLE ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine salt, brown sugar, garlic powder, paprika, and chipotle pepper in a bowl. Rinse and pat chicken dry. Rub with seasoning blend, placing any excess in the cavity.
• Allow to rest at room temperature for up to 90 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place chicken in the bottom of a Dutch oven. Pour butter over the chicken. Cover.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 2 to 3 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove from the oven and allow to rest, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Carve chicken and spoon over pan drippings before serving.

DUTCH OVEN SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink inside, 5 to 7 minutes. Add carrots, celery, bell pepper, and scallions and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, black beans, chili powder, cumin, garlic, onion powder, paprika, salt, and black pepper. Stir to combine. Cook until heated through, about 5 minutes more.
• While mixture simmers, combine cornbread mix with milk and egg in a bowl.
• Remove Dutch oven from heat and spread cornbread batter on top of chicken mixture to form the crust.
• Place Dutch oven in the preheated oven and bake until cornbread is golden and beginning to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

EASY BAKED CHICKEN AND RICE IN THE DUTCH OVEN

Steps:

• 1. Preheat your dutch oven for about 10 minutes. Then spray with cooking spray. Use a 10 inch dutch oven for this recipe. assemble your ingredients
• 2. Pour the rice on the bottom of the dutch oven. Place the chicken over the rice, then sprinkle the onion soup mix over the chicken. Mix the mushroom soup mix, the broth and about 1 can of water together and mix. Pour this mixture over all. Cover the dutch oven and cook for at least an hour. You might need to cook it longer--the meat fell off the bone-so good!
• 3. Place 14 coals on the top of the oven and 7 underneath the oven. You might need to have some extra hot coals ready just in case you need them. as you can see, we loved the dinner so much that we devoured the whole thing. (Not too good for a girl on WW, but I just couldn't help myself.)

DUTCH OVEN CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place chicken and water in a Dutch oven. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer; cook until chicken is tender, about 30 minutes. , Remove chicken from kettle; bone and cube. Return chicken to kettle along with the onion, celery, carrots, celery seed, 1 teaspoon of sage, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. , For dumplings, combine the biscuit mix, milk, parsley and remaining sage to form a stiff batter. Drop by tablespoonfuls into the simmering chicken mixture. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve immediately.

EASY DUTCH OVEN SHREDDED CHICKEN MOLè TACOS (SPICY) RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Roast the serrano peppers until charred- once charred, remove skin and rough chop. Then, season chicken with salt and pepper.
• In an enameled Dutch oven, heat oil over medium high heat and sear the chicken, 3-4 minutes per side. Remove and set aside on a clean plate.
• Add diced yellow onion, chopped Serrano, and garlic to pot and lightly caramelize. Then, add ½ jar MOLÈ sauce & 2 cups (480 ml) chicken stock. Stir thoroughly to combine.
• Return chicken to pot, submerging in sauce. Add more stock if needed.
• Cover and Place in a preheated oven at 325°F or simmer on a stove for 45 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the oven. Remove the chicken and let rest.
• Ladle Sauce and all remaining contents into a blender and pulse until smooth and creamy. Do not liquify.
• Assemble tacos, topping as desired. Serve.

DUTCH OVEN WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 5-quart cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Add bell pepper, onion, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour in beer and allow to cook off.
• Stir in chicken, beans, chicken broth, cilantro, cumin, salt, and cayenne. Simmer for 30 minutes. Ladle chili into bowls.

DUTCH OVEN MOROCCAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. RUB THE THIGHS Trim the thighs of any excess fat. Combine 2 teaspoons salt, 2 teaspoons paprika, 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 1 teaspoon dried ginger, and 1 teaspoon dried garlic. Rub into both sides of the chicken. Use all of the rub. In a large dutch oven, fry the chicken pieces in 2 tablespoons olive oil, searing the meat over medium heat until nice and brown, then remove the pieces to a plate and set aside. Don't let the oil smoke!
• 2. PREPARE THE VEGETABLES Make sure there is at least two tablespoons oil in the dutch oven. Slice the onions into 1/4 inch wedges. Wash and blot the carrots with paper towels, and add the onions and carrots to the dutch oven. Fry over medium heat until the onions start to brown, then add the 4 tablespoons minced garlic and stir, and then add the 1/2 cup chicken broth, 1/4 cup lemon juice and 2 tablespoons honey. Stir. Slice the bell pepper but set it aside.
• 3. ADD THE FRIED THIGHS Add the chicken thighs, pushing them down into the carrots and onions. Add sliced red bell pepper. Stir, cover, and simmer over low heat until chicken and vegetables are very tender. About 24 minutes to cook boneless thighs, and 40 to 45 minutes to cook bone-in thighs. Garnish immediately with cilantro, parsley and chopped green onions and serve. Enjoy!
• 4. SERVING SUGGESTIONS Serve with basmati rice cooked with 1 cup of golden raisins, or cooked buttered egg noodles or mashed potatoes. This is also good served with rice pilaf.
• 5. COOK'S TIP: You can change this up and make it your own. Oven cooking: Bake at 350 to 375 for 30 to 40 minutes depending on your oven

DUTCH OVEN ORANGE ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in the bottom of a Dutch oven over medium heat. Lightly saute 1/2 of the onions and 2 cloves garlic in the hot oil until soft, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl.
• Place the orange, remaining onion quarters, and parsley in the cavity of the chicken. Tie the legs together with string and place in the Dutch oven. Sprinkle lemon and herb seasoning, kosher salt, and pepper evenly over top. Add potatoes, carrots, wine, and sauteed onion blend around chicken.
• Cook over low heat until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Transfer the Dutch oven to the preheated oven and roast until skin is crispy, about 15 minutes. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes before cutting and serving.

DUTCH OVEN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse and clean whole chicken, taking out the giblets. You can cook these with the chicken for flavour if you like.
• Place your chicken into your Dutch oven or a large stock pot. I have "Vintage" Reverware and love it! But you use what you have. A 6 quart size is good.
• Fill the pot with water to cover the chicken, about 1/4 inch more over the chicken if you have room.
• Turn you burner on high with your stockpot centered and bring the water to a boil. Then turn the heat down to a slow boil and add the onion, pepper and powdered garlic. This will flavor you chicken.
• Cook the chicken through, until a fork pierces the main part easily, do not cook it off the bone or you'll have chicken mush, not soup.
• I set a very large Pyrex bowl in my sink, get out my largest stainless steel colander and place it in the bowl, and pour the whole pot of broth and chicken into the colander. Be careful about the steam so it doesn't scald you!
• Set the pot back on the stove (You did turn it off for now, right?).
• Lift the colander out of the bowl, straining the juice through it. Set it on a large plate or cutting board.
• Carefully pour the broth from the bowl to the stock pot. Turn the heat back on and simmer the broth. Add more water if necessary to bring the level up to about an inch from the rim of you pot. Use less liquid if you want less soup.
• Add potatoes, celery, carrots, rice and bouillon cubes to your broth at this point. Cover and simmer at a slow boil to continue to cook.
• On your cutting board: use a fork and knife to pull pieces from the cooked chick, leaving the skin, fat and bones to discard. I don't keep the onion from this either, it's just to flavor the soup. If you like, you can break the leg and thigh bones and add them to the broth so their marrow can continue to flavour the soup. Discard these bones before serving.
• Cut the chicken meat to sizes you like.
• Check your vegetables, if they are almost cooked, add your chicken back into the stockpot. Taste your broth and add seasonings and salt to taste. I have people who are sensitive to salt, so I don't cook with it often, but it's on my table.
• Finish simmering until vegetables are done. Turn off the heat.
• If you are making biscuits, leave the cover on and bake your biscuits now, while the soup "sets". If your family is like mine, this gives you a good excuse for a "breather" while your biscuits bake, and it sound so "secret recipe-ish".

DUTCH OVEN BAKED SPAGHETTI WITH CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a rack in the middle of the oven.
• Heat a 6 1/2 quart Dutch oven on the stove over high heat. Sear chicken thighs, skin-side first, in the hot Dutch oven, flipping over halfway, until browned, 6 minutes. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper. Transfer chicken to a plate, skin-side down. Drizzle vinegar on top.
• Add sausage and mushrooms to the Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook until sausage is browned, 3 to 5 minutes, adding a little vinegar if the pan is too dry. Drain and discard grease. Pour spaghetti sauce into the Dutch oven and stir. Return chicken to the Dutch oven, skin-side up, leaving skin exposed above the sauce. Cook until sauce begins to bubble, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer Dutch oven to the preheated oven and bake 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until partially cooked, about 4 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.
• Remove Dutch oven from oven and add cooked spaghetti noodles on top. Use tongs to pull chicken thighs above the noodles and to push noodles down into sauce. Top everything with shredded Italian cheese blend and return Dutch oven to the oven for 10 minutes more. Turn on the broiler and broil 5 minutes.
• Remove Dutch oven and let cool about 10 minutes before serving.

ROASTED WHOLE CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES - DUTCH OVEN RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place a roasting rack in a deep cast iron skillet or cast iron Dutch oven (I use a Le Creuset Dutch Oven). Add water Rub a tiny bit of oil on the chicken and place on roasting rack in Dutch oven. Toss carrots, potatoes and onion in a bowl with some oil, then place around the chicken. Sprinkle Herbs de Provence, salt and pepper over chicken and vegetables. Bake the chicken and vegetables, covered, for 3 hours. Remove the pan from the oven and serve.

DUTCH OVEN ORANGE ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees while you're cleaning bird and prepping ingredients.
• Place a small rack in the bottom of a large dutch oven.
• Whisk the canola oil and soy sauce in a small bowl, Mix rub seasonings in a bag.
• Loosen the skin on the chicken with your hands and paint the canola/soy mixture UNDER the skin and in the cavity.
• Apply dry rub under skin and in cavity, it will stick very well to the soy/oil mix.
• put two onion quarters and two orange slices in the cavity.
• Use your hands to rub the last TB of oil all over the bird, Place bird breast side down in the dutch oven, place remaining orange slices& onion quarters around bird.
• You can toss in the neck and giblets in there too.
• Put the lid on the dutch oven and bake for 50 mins covered, Remove cover and bake for another 15-20 mins, until internal temp reaches 170 degrees the thickest part of the thigh.
• Allow to sit, uncovered for 10 mins before serving.
• The pan drippings make for an outstanding sauce, just deglaze with a bit more orange juice or some white wine, allow to thicken, season, strain and serve.

DUTCH OVEN POLISH CHICKEN PAPRIKASZ

Steps:

• 1. Wash chicken. Place chicken in plastic container. Add 1/3 cup paprika, 1 tbs salt, 1 tbs pepper. Cover and let martinate 1-2 hours at room temp.
• 2. Roughly chop onions and bell peppers into mid-size chunks. Melt 3 tbs butter in dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
• 3. Uncover, give onions a good stir. Add bell peppers. Give another good stir, cover and let cook for 10 minutes. In the meantime, heat 2 tbs olive oil in pan and brown chicken on both sides.
• 4. Peel and roughly chop garlic. Add chicken and garlic to dutch oven. Stir, cover and let cook 10 minutes.
• 5. Add tomato, 1/4 cup paprika, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper. Stir, cover, and let cook 25 minutes over low - medium heat.
• 6. After 25 minutes, stir. Taste. Add more salt and paprika if needed. Cover and let cook about 15 more minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
• 7. In mixing bowl, whisk thouroughly flour and about 3/4 cup of hot liquid from dutch oven. While whisking, pour in the chicken broth. When no more flour chunks appear, pour it all back into dutch oven.
• 8. OPTIONAL: Add 1 tablespoon sour cream (or more, if you like more).
• 9. Turn off heat, cover and let sit for about 30 minutes. Serve over mashed potatoes, egg noodles or rice. Enjoy!

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS -DUTCH OVEN-

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl combine all sauce ing. and mix well.
• Heat a 12" dutch oven using 16-18 briquettes on bottom until hot.
• To hot oven add olive oil, onion, garlic and olives.
• Cook unitl onions are soft.
• Remove to a large mixing bowl.
• To mixture add chicken, chili powder, cumin, S & P and 3/4 cup prepared sauce, mix.
• Wipe dutch oven clean then re-oil generously.
• Spoon 3/4 c sauce into the bottom of the dutch oven and spread evenly.
• If camping place tortillas in a sealed bag under the sun to warm slightly until they become soft and flexible.
• If not just pop in microwave for a few seconds.
• Spoon 1/2 c of the chicken filling down the center of each tortilla.
• Fold in the ends and roll up the tortillas.
• Place seam side down in the dutch oven.
• Spoon remaining sauce over the top.
• Top with cheese and green onions.
• Cover and bake using 10 briquettes on bottom and 16-18 on top for 20 minute.

DUTCH OVEN CHICKEN AND VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Make the chicken: Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Pour 3 tablespoons of the olive oil into a Dutch oven large enough to hold the chicken, then toss in all but 1 piece of the onion. Add the garlic and 4 sprigs each of the thyme and rosemary. Stir to coat, then season generously with salt and pepper.
• Pat the chicken dry, season the inside with salt and pepper, and tuck in the remaining piece of onion and herb sprigs. Rub the chicken with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Squeeze the juice from the lemon half over the bird, and then pop the lemon inside it with the herbs and onion. Settle the chicken into the pot, breast side up. Pour in the wine and cover.
• Roast the chicken for 60 minutes, then check on it: It's done when a thermometer plunged into the thickest part of the thigh has reached 165 degrees. If it's done but doesn't have enough color for you, you can run it under the broiler for a few minutes; if it's not done, remove the lid and continue to roast until done, 15 to 30 minutes more. Transfer the chicken to a platter, cover loosely with a foil tent, and let rest.
• While the chicken rests, make the vinaigrette: Pour off the pan drippings, measure out 6 tablespoons and return them to the pot. (If your drippings are scant or very dark, you can still use them. Keep any extra drippings for another use.) Hold onto the garlic but discard the onion and herbs from the pot. Place the pot over medium heat, pour in 1/2 cup water, and boil for a couple of minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan to pick up any stuck bits. You should have about 1/3 cup of drippings; if they're very chunky, strain them when you add them to the vinaigrette.
• Working in a medium bowl, mash 6 to 8 cloves of the soft garlic with the mustard, then whisk in the vinegar. Slowly whisk in the reserved liquid, followed by the walnut oil, if using. Taste for salt and pepper, then pour the vinaigrette into a small pitcher.
• To serve, carve the chicken, cutting it into quarters or eighths, and arrange on the platter. Pour over a little of the vinaigrette. Dress the salad greens lightly with vinaigrette and serve on the platter or in a shallow bowl. Pass the rest of the sauce at the table.

DUTCH OVEN HOT PEGLEGS AND WINGS (CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 300-degrees F.
• Spray the inside of a Dutch oven or roaster with the cooking spray.
• Cut the wing joints apart and discard the tips or use them to make stock. Put the "peglegs" and wings in the Dutch oven, pour the wing sauce over them, add in the butter and dust all this with the black pepper.
• Stir, cover, and bake for 3 hours, carefully stirring every 45 minutes -- I use a wooden spoon.
• Serve the drained wings on a large platter at the end of the three hours and offer additional hot sauce (mostly for color) at the table. Hand out plenty of paper towels -- your guests will need them!

DUTCH OVEN ONE PAN CHICKEN AND NOODLES

Steps:

• In a dutch oven saute the onion and celery in butter until tender.
• Add the chicken and top with the noodles.
• In a bowl combine the soup, broth, lemon juice, and pepper.
• Pour over the noodles, moistening all.
• Scatter the mushrooms on top.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to simmer and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

DUTCH OVEN RED & WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in a dutch oven with lid or roaster with lid.
• Put in the oven on the middle rack.
• Oven 300*.
• Cook 3 to 4 hours. Check once or twice to see if there is enough liquid. If it is getting a little too dry, add 1 cup water at a time and stir. Taste. You might want to add a little more salt.
• Note: If you want hot chili add seeded diced jalapeno peppers, two will do.

DUTCH OVEN COCA-COLA CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Arrange chicken breasts in an oiled 12" Dutch oven.
• 2. In a large bowl add remaining ingredients and stir to mix well. Spoon sauce over chicken.
• 3. Cover oven and bake using 8-10 briquetttes bottom and 14-16 briquettes top for 60-75 minutes or until chicken is cooked through basting with pan juices every 15 minutes.

DUTCH OVEN CHICKEN WITH DARK ALE AND JUNIPER BERRIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 250 Add 2tbsp butter to dutch oven and heat over medium-high until almost smoking Season chicken with Salt and Pepper and place breast-side down into dutch oven Cook for 5 minutes to brown Using spoon flip and brown for another 5 minutes Reserve Chicken Add 1 diced onion and Swiss chard stems (1-2 cups) to the pot Sautee until soft Add Dark Ale , Bay leaf, garlic Sautee 1 minute then place Chicken back in pot Sprinkle crushed Juniper berries over chicken and liquid Sprinkle lemon zest over chicken Cover and place in oven, cook for ~90 minutes When ready place dutch oven on stove Take chicken out and place on cutting board to cool Add tbsp cold butter and the pink peppercorns Cook sauce at medium heat until reduced 50% (~5-10 min) Note: you can add corn starch to help thicken Cut chicken into 8 pieces once cooled and put back into thickened sauce Serve and enjoy!