Cast Iron Cookware

I'm not a chef but i love to cook and do it well. I hate it when food come out bad. Last night I decided to do a chicken dish in our new cast iron dutch oven, which we bought on the net for $70 (score).

First I browned the chicken(drums) in rice bran oil for about 2 to 3 minutes then took them out. Next I put in onion celery and carrot (chopped) until softened. Once that was done o put the chicken back in added 2 cups of chicken stock salt and pepper covered and simmered for one and a half hours.

While that was cooking I did a potato mash(made with some of the chicken liquid) and cabbage.

This is the first time I have cooked a casserole and when I took the first piece of chicken out , to my horror the bone came and the meat stayed in the pot.

It was soooooo tender and full of flavour I cant wait to do another now winter is coming.

Some people probably think " I've done that dish easy peasy" but like I've said before im not a cook just someone that loves to make yummies for me and my honey and the more I cook the more I want to try new things.

(And I love getting new cookware just for an excuse to try some new technique ha ha )