Dinner

When it’s time to come together with family at one table and sharing a meal and the stories of the day. Where I’m from, we call it “Supper!” Dinner Recipes Cooked in Cast Iron with Beer.

Low and Slow Roast Beef, Pork, Lamb, Wild Meat in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven

Low and Slow Roast Beef, Pork, Lamb, Wild Meat in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven

Recipe Low and Slow Cast Iron Dutch Oven Roast

Creamy Beer Mac and Cheese with Greens and Chicken

Creamy Beer Mac and Cheese with Greens and Chicken

My granddad gave me my first cast iron skillet in 1987 and after 35 years of cast iron cooking, I ain’t ever made a pan of mac and cheese. I was almost a little embarrassed when she asked me about my go-to mac and cheese recipe; I felt my skin get all flushed. Got a little mad at myself and pushed out my bottom lip a bit. And, what did I tell her?

Beer and Chicken Bone Broth

Beer and Chicken Bone Broth

Does making your own broth take time? Sure, it does! So does eating a meal. But, I can “Guar-Ron-Tee” dat eating a bad meal takes longer than eating a good meal. Do you want them plates and bowls to end up at the sink with…

Mexican-Style Ground Turkey and Beer-Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers in Cast Iron

Mexican-Style Ground Turkey and Beer-Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers in Cast Iron

As rumor has it, there was this fella named Christopher Columbus that sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Poor fella; was searching for India and the peppercorn plant and found the Bahamas and the bell pepper. Good ‘ol Christopher saw all those peppers and said,…

Quick and Easy Beer-Broth Hamburger Stew

Quick and Easy Beer-Broth Hamburger Stew

Quick and Easy Beer-Broth Hamburger Stew Cooked in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven This is very (VERY) similar to the Hamburger Soup recipe on Beer and Iron. And, if you’re askin’ me…which you haven’t yet but I am sure you will…the “stew” version is my…

Beer-less Summer Squash Casserole

Beer-less Summer Squash Casserole

I got me a 13-year-old turned 14 this month and that boy loves this recipe, “What we havin’ for dinner?” This is a casserole and the one thing that can hold up a meal is waiting on a doggone casserole to “dry up.” This is…

Cast Iron Turnip, Parsnip, and Sweet Tater Kinda-Like-A-Kugel Recipe

Cast Iron Turnip, Parsnip, and Sweet Tater Kinda-Like-A-Kugel Recipe

Kugel (kʊɡl̩) (pronounced kuh-gull or koo-gull) is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish, often served on Shabbat and Yom Tov (I’m not Jewish and admit that I had to “DuckDuckGo’d-it.”). It’s been around for generations. Basically, a Kugel is a baked casserole, most commonly made with…

Beer-Brined Coconut Kale Chicken – One-Pan Meal

There’s two things that at 50-years-young that I have to keep in balance: My appetite for cast-iron-cooked, beer-infused, delicious foods and…my midriff. And trust me, the balance is very hard to maintain. I want to eat and drink like I weigh 400 pounds, but I…

Camp Dutch Oven Artichoke, Olives, and Capers Chicken Mulligan

mul·li·gan /ˈməliɡən/ – a stew made from odds and ends of food. Fire up your coals in the charcoal chimney. You’ll be frying at first and simmering afterwards. You’ll start with 12 briquettes under the Dutch for Frying. Put about 20 briquettes in your charcoal…

Double Cast Iron Skillet Chicken in Beer and Lemon Broth

Double Cast Iron Skillet Chicken in Beer and Lemon Broth

This recipe has morphed from Beer and Iron’s Rockin’ Chicken recipe that is cooked outside to this inside version that has all together become an entirely different…and delicious…recipe. The concept here is to use a hot cast iron skillet to “hold the chicken” down in…