Carnivore Dishes

30 Minute Cast Iron Fried Chicken

500 Degree Cast Iron Roast Turkey

In November of 2014, I experimented and used the recipe for Skillet Roasted Chicken to cook a 12-pound turkey in cast iron at 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The result: an excellent, well-cooked turkey that took only ONE HOUR AND FIVE MINUTES to roast!
This may be the fastest, easiest, and best roast chicken you've ever made! We take the recipe for Skillet Roasted Chicken and make it in a cast iron dutch oven.

American Chop Suey

Whether you call it Hamburger Helper, American goulash, or American chop suey, this is filling and delicious.American Haggis

American Haggis

A take on the famous Scottish dish, using ingredients more readily available in the United States.

American Irish Coddle

A classic Irish dish of sausages, bacon, and potatoes cooked in cast iron.

Bacon Cream Cheese Baked Spaghetti

Throwing some of the most popular ingredients together in one dish: bacon, cheese, and spaghetti.

Bacon Wrapped Roast Chicken

prepare it. Here's one version that kicks it up a notch: add lots of BACON!

Barbecue Beef Stew

Barbecue flavoring adds to the traditional beef stew. This is prepared slowly, allowing the beef to become especially tender.
A delicious sandwich of grilled chicken, pork or lamb from the wilds of Binghamton, New York.
Not just Boston Baked Beans – delicious pulled pork with baked beans!

Brazilian Feijoada

The national dish of Brazil is a pork-and-beans stew from Brazil with far more meat than beans. This will satisfy ANYONE with a craving for meat!

Brunswick Stew

A Southern classic: meat stew cooked in a BIG cast iron pot!
This simple and delicious South African street food does not have any real bunnies in it, don't worry! It's a simple and delicious curry stew served in a bread bowl.

Canadian Poutine

The unofficial national dish of Canada: French fries, squeaky cheese curds and hearty beef gravy!
Just like the greasy fried chicken you get at Crown and Kennedy Fried Chicken…except you don't have to go into the 'hood to eat this!

Cast Iron Pan Seared Lobster

A take on a classic New England delicacy, lobster. However, rather than being boiled, this lobster is split and seared in a hot cast iron pan, then roasted in the oven.
Jambalaya cooked in the Southern cajun tradition: in the great outdoors, in a huge cast iron pot.
A take on "chicken under a brick" that uses two hot cast iron pans…and a cast iron iron!

Cast Iron Pot Pie

A pot pie with a unique, chewy and delicious crust…far better than those microwave pot pies sold at the dollar store.

Cast Iron Roast Duck

A simple recipe for roast duck that requires only two hours' cooking time…and gives you a lot of duck fat.
This is my take on traditional corned beef hash. It's a combination of spinach and hash - two disgusting-looking, but excellent-tasting, flavors that combine into an outstanding dish. I prefer this over the usual corned beef hash.

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

A Louisiana cajun classic.

Chicken Fried Steak

No, there's no chicken in this dish – it's fried steak! It's another of those secret Southern dishes they don't tell us Yankees about.

Chicken In A Crock Pot

A novel way to use your electric crock pot to make a pot full of moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken.

Chicken in a Pot

Based on the classic French recipe poule au pot, this recipe uses a dutch oven to cook a delicious and easily made roast chicken. This one is so basic, with the results consistently good, you'll be coming back to it again and again.

Chicken with 42 Cloves of Garlic

An easy and amazingly delicious dish of chicken braised in garlic sauce…and it produces a soft and wonderful roasted garlic that you won't believe until you try it yourself!
A take on American Chop Suey that kicks it up a notch and gives you a one-pot combination of chili and mac-and-cheese!

Cincinnati Chili

A local tradition in Cincinnati! A chili that's entirely different from your usual Texas-style nuclear barbeque chili…yet, it's irresistible and unique enough to enjoy on its own.

Coq au Vin (Chicken braised in Wine)

Julia Child's wonderful, easy, and delicious adaptation of the classic French dish.

Corned Beef and Cabbage in a Cast Iron Pot

The famous Saint Patrick's Day dish…that actually isn't from Ireland. But it's about as Irish as you can get!

Dirty Rice

A fast, easy, and delicious Cajun dish of rice and meat, cooked up jambalaya style.

Doctor Dark's Sleez-E Chili

A chili recipe from a friend from the past.
A very easy, tasty,and surprisingly popular, way to roast chicken and rice in a cast iron dutch oven.

Dutch Oven Clambake

A New England clambake is a seafood feast that can't be beat!

Dutch Oven Jambalaya

Cooking with a dutch oven – cast iron or ceramic, the dutch oven is a great cooking weapon.

Dutch Oven Roast Turkey

Use a cast iron dutch oven to cook a whole turkey in half the time it would normally take to roast it in the oven.

Dutch Oven "Supermarket Rotisserie" Roast Chicken

Use a cast iron dutch oven to prepare a roast chicken that's every bit as good as the rotisserie chicken at the supermarket deli counter.

Failure Bowls (Copycat KFC Famous Bowl)

Now you can have the failure pile sold at KFC as its "Famous Bowls" – right in your own home.

Fish and Chips

From Jolly Ol' England comes this classic dish of battered fried fish, accompanied by fried potatoes…which are called chips in England.

Garlic Roasted Chicken

Roasting a chicken in two halves, rather than a whole chicken…along with lots and lots of garlic…will give you a roast chicken you won't believe!

General Tso Chicken Stir Fry

The famous and popular Chinese take-out dish…that actually doesn't come from China.

Grandma Z's Casserole

Slack and comfort food with !!!BACON!!!

Grandma Maggie's Prairie Cacciatore a.k.a. Chicken and Ketchup

It sounds disgusting, but it's fantastic. Another comfort food that you'll crave every Fall.
"Groundnut" is the African name for peanuts. Here's a very simple and very popular dish served across eastern Africa of chicken stewed with…peanuts and peanut butter.

Hambagu -- Japanese Hamburger Steak

A Japanese twist on the classic burger recipe, giving an entirely different (but delicious) flavor.

Hamburger Gravy – a.k.a. "Shit on a Shingle" (S.O.S.)

Two million United States Army soldiers can't be wrong, can they?

Head Cheese

Also known as brawn, souse or fromage de tete, this is an old-style cold cut made from boiling a pig's head. It's actually an amazing delicacy.

The Hobo Meal

Meat and vegetables on a budget.

Home-Cured Bacon

Are you worried about the rising cost of BACON? Just make your own at home…it's better than anything from the store!

Homemade Sausage

Homemade sausage is more intense and much more tasty than store-bought, and you may never be satisfied with store-bought sausage after you've made it yourself.

Homemade Sausage

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Homemade Andouille Sausage

Homemade Italian Sausage

Portugese Linguiça Sausage

Wayside Country Sausage

A simple and delicious homemade sausage from the Wayside Inn of Sudbury, Massachusetts,

Honey Glaszed Ham

Make a delicious baked ham in a cast iron pan…in less than two hours.
A basic Indian curry sauce recipe for chicken.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken in Sauce

A very hot and spicy (and tasty) dish from the Carribean.

Low Country Boil

A Southern-style seafood boil is an event not to be missed!

Low Country Chicken Stew

Doing the low country boil with chicken instead of seafood will give you a huge pot of tasty vittles.
A recipe for people who love the smell and taste of vinegar.

Mega Meat Loaf

Meat loaf taken to the extreme.

Mexican Carnitas

Deep fried in the traditional Mexican style: using a method of slow cooking in lard known as confit.

Mississippi Pot Roast

A delicious and easy shredded roast beef recipe, prepared in a cast iron pot.

Mom's Baked Chicken Thighs

Mom taught me this fast and easy chicken recipe when I was in grade school.
Italian lasagna is a feast that must not be missed!
This one is dedicated to my beloved Typical Italian Grandmother, bless her heart.

No-Fold Omelette (Frittata!)

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs…but this method will let you make an omelette without having to fold it over.

Oriental Wok Stir Frying

The ancient Chinese secret of producing a restaurant-style Chinese stir fry in your wok.

Oven BBQ Chicken

Easy, fast, and maybe as good as grilling barbecue chicken outdoors!

Oven Roasted Pork Belly

An Asian treat that can't be beat!

Pasta Fagioli

A take on traditional cajun jambalaya, made with pasta rather than rice.

Pastalaya

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Pernil

Puerto Rican roasted whole pork shoulder. This dish is popular worldwide and served on many holidays.
Phở: Vietnamese pho noodle soup with beef – one of the most delicious foods in the world!

Phở Bo (Beef noodle soup)

Phở Ga (Chicken noodle soup)

Prime Rib Roast

A fine and expensive cut of meet deserves first clast treatment – namely, "reverse sear" roasting in a cast iron skillet.

Rabbit Stew - With Bacon

You've never had rabbit before? This is a good way to start.

Ragu Bolognese

The traditional Italian meat and pasta dish – not a tomato-laden "spaghetti sauce," but a true meat sauce.

Reverse Seared Roast Beef

A bloody rare roast beef, prepared to be pink and juicy and dripping with blood. A carnivore's delight.
Presenting a classic recipe for holiday roast turkey, as prepared by none other than Vincent Price, the icon of horror film…and gourmet chef!
How could we have Thanksgiving without it!

Searing a Medium Rare Steak

On December 15, 2011, I cooked the best steak ever. Here is my story. :)

Skillet Roasted Chicken

The easiest way there is to quickly roast a chicken.
When it comes to roasting a turkey in cast iron, low and slow is the way to go! See for yourself.

Smothered Pork Chops in Onion Gravy

One of the best dishes to make in a cast iron skillet – seared pork chops smothered in a thick, delicious gravy.

South Carolina BBQ Hash

This classic local South Carolina dish is an extreme pulled pork that can take 24 hours to make…and it's worth every moment.

Steak Diane

One of the easiest and best date night dishes. It has steak, cast iron, and fire.

Surf-n-Turf Chowder

On a low to medium budget, you can make tasty chowder in your cast iron dutch oven.

Toad in the Hole

British comfort food at its finest: sausages with Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy. Definitely worth trying.

Zuppa di Pesci alla Jessica Darling

Italian-style fish soup that dates back to the days of the ancient Romans.