I recently received the gigantic 13 1/4 qt French Oven. I used it this weekend to make the a braised pork shank chili. (The recipe came from Esquire. If you go to Esquire.com and search for Chili recipe it will come right up.) I have made the recipe twice now and the secret is in getting a meaty shank and in the braising. The Le Creuset French Oven is perfect for it and makes cooking a big recipe like this infinitely easier.
6 comments:
French? Ha! That's a dutch oven!
I think a dutch oven is only dutch if it is not enameled. I believe that the enameling of the cast iron turns it into a French Oven...but I might be wrong. Either way I think that they are interchangeable but I am sure that you are right, dutch is the more common name. I only said French because that is what the box said. Anyway, you should see this pot. It is huge.
Love the pot ... not the recipe so much lol.
Kari,
Are you sure that you don't like the recipe? Even without the pot it is a classic fall chili worthy of special events and holiday celebrations.
I think that Kari is saying that she does not like the recipe because she is currently a Vegetarian. I suspect that she is a vegetarian in part because of how many hot dogs she ate when she was little. I think that you could replace the beef stock with veggie stock and the pork shank with more onions, red peppers and more beans and end up with a great veggie version. In the end after it cooks for a day all you can taste are the toasted spices anyway.
Yeah - it was all those hot dogs. LOL.
I did consider veganizing it - I love chili and anything with lots of spices. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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