What would you cook/bake with a small-ish (5.5 qt) Le Creuset dutch oven?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 5.5 qt small? When I google it doesn't look too small but I'm really bad with visualizing measurements.

I have no idea what sizes I have, but I like using my smaller one more often since I have a small fam. I only break out the big ones if cooking for a lot of people or making something I want to freeze half of.

My fave recipes:
MOB kitchen 5 spice viet pork (I throw in the oven instead of stove top and use bao buns or tacos https://www.mob.co.uk/recipes/crispy-pork-pancakes )
Osso bucco
Braised short ribs
Chicken & dumplings or easy chicken pot pie (just top crust)
Any sort of soup or stew or chili

My fave use is starting on the stovetop and then tossing in the oven for a few hrs.

I've only made bread in it once, but DH is more the bread baker and does it the old fashioned way.

I have the Sauteusse (spelling?) that's about half the size and it covers most weeknight meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 5.5 qt small? When I google it doesn't look too small but I'm really bad with visualizing measurements.

I have no idea what sizes I have, but I like using my smaller one more often since I have a small fam. I only break out the big ones if cooking for a lot of people or making something I want to freeze half of.

My fave recipes:
MOB kitchen 5 spice viet pork (I throw in the oven instead of stove top and use bao buns or tacos https://www.mob.co.uk/recipes/crispy-pork-pancakes )
Osso bucco
Braised short ribs
Chicken & dumplings or easy chicken pot pie (just top crust)
Any sort of soup or stew or chili

My fave use is starting on the stovetop and then tossing in the oven for a few hrs.

I've only made bread in it once, but DH is more the bread baker and does it the old fashioned way.

I have the Sauteusse (spelling?) that's about half the size and it covers most weeknight meals.

I googled it, it's 3.5 qt. That's a nice size for weeknight meals! I think it's also what I see a lot on cooking shows, the shorter sides allow for better camera angles haha.

[Anonymous]

Ratatouille

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 5.5 qt small? When I google it doesn't look too small but I'm really bad with visualizing measurements.

I have no idea what sizes I have, but I like using my smaller one more often since I have a small fam. I only break out the big ones if cooking for a lot of people or making something I want to freeze half of.

My fave recipes:
MOB kitchen 5 spice viet pork (I throw in the oven instead of stove top and use bao buns or tacos https://www.mob.co.uk/recipes/crispy-pork-pancakes )
Osso bucco
Braised short ribs
Chicken & dumplings or easy chicken pot pie (just top crust)
Any sort of soup or stew or chili

My fave use is starting on the stovetop and then tossing in the oven for a few hrs.

I've only made bread in it once, but DH is more the bread baker and does it the old fashioned way.

That pork looks delicious. Do you grill it right on the baking sheets? I'm inclined to throw it under the broiler to crisp it up, rather than hauling it outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 5.5 qt small? When I google it doesn't look too small but I'm really bad with visualizing measurements.

I have no idea what sizes I have, but I like using my smaller one more often since I have a small fam. I only break out the big ones if cooking for a lot of people or making something I want to freeze half of.

My fave recipes:
MOB kitchen 5 spice viet pork (I throw in the oven instead of stove top and use bao buns or tacos https://www.mob.co.uk/recipes/crispy-pork-pancakes )
Osso bucco
Braised short ribs
Chicken & dumplings or easy chicken pot pie (just top crust)
Any sort of soup or stew or chili

My fave use is starting on the stovetop and then tossing in the oven for a few hrs.

I've only made bread in it once, but DH is more the bread baker and does it the old fashioned way.

That pork looks delicious. Do you grill it right on the baking sheets? I'm inclined to throw it under the broiler to crisp it up, rather than hauling it outside.

I do the broiler. It's a UK recipe, I think they call the broiler the grill? At least that's how I understood it lol.