Sweet Potatoes Onions Dutch Oven Recipes

PORK CHOPS WITH APPLES, ONIONS, AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Season pork chops with salt and pepper to taste, and arrange in a medium oven safe skillet. Top pork chops with onions, sweet potatoes, and apples. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Season with 2 teaspoons pepper and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Cover, and bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until sweet potatoes are tender and pork chops have reached an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

SWEET POTATOES & ONIONS-DUTCH OVEN

Steps:

• Coat bottom and sides with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• Arrange sliced onions in bottom of 10" Dutch Oven.
• Sprinkle onion layer with brown sugar, salt and pepper.
• Layer sweet potatoe slices over onion layer.
• Combine maple syrup, melted butter and thyme in small bowl. Pour over sweet potatoes and onions layers.
• Put lid on dutch oven and bake using 12 briquettes bottom heat (LP=med.high) and 14 briquettes top heat for 1 hour. Potatoes and onions should be tender.

OVEN-ROASTED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 230C/210C fan/gas 8. Chop the sweet potatoes into 2-3cm cubes.
• Tip into a large, shallow roasting tin, drizzle with the oil and season with salt and pepper. If you're adding additional veg or herbs, such as sliced red onions, garlic cloves and thyme, tip these in as well. Toss everything together to coat in the oil, then roast for 20 mins. Toss again to ensure the potatoes cook evenly, and roast for another 15-20 mins until the potatoes are lightly browned on the outside and tender when pierced with a fork or knife.

LAMB CHOPS WITH MASHED SWEET POTATOES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over high heat. Working in batches, add lamb bones; sauté until well browned, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Transfer bones to platter. Add onion and sauté until brown, about 12 minutes. Return bones to Dutch oven. Add both broths, garlic and thyme and bring to boil. Reduce heat, partially cover Dutch oven and simmer 2 hours.
• Strain sauce into heavy small saucepan, pressing hard on solids to release liquid. Discard solids. Boil sauce until reduced to 2/3 cup, about 20 minutes. Spoon fat off surface. Set sauce aside.
• Cook sweet potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 13 minutes. Drain. Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and minced thyme and sauté until onion is golden brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer sweet potatoes and onion mixture to processor and puree until almost smooth. Stir in cloves. Season with salt and pepper. (Sauce and sweet potatoes can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover separately and chill.)
• Season lamb with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large skillet over high heat. Working in batches, add lamb; cook to desired doneness, adding more oil to skillet as necessary, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare.
• Meanwhile, bring sauce to simmer. Rewarm sweet potatoes in medium skillet over low heat, stirring often.
• Place large spoonful of potatoes in center of each of 4 plates. Top each with 2 chops. Spoon sauce over. Garnish with thyme sprigs.

POT-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH SWEET POTATOES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Cut round of parchment paper to fit diameter of Dutch oven. With kitchen shears, remove back rib bones from breast and thigh portions of chicken, (This will make the pieces smaller and easier to fit into the pot.) Stir butter, thyme, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper in small bowl. Coat chicken with half of the butter mixture.
• Heat Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot. Add oil; heat until hot. Cook chicken, in batches, 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown, turning once and adjusting heat as necessary. Remove chicken.
• Add onions to Dutch oven; cook and stir over medium heat 1 minute. Add garlic; cook and stir 30 seconds or until fragrant. add sweet potatoes; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in remaining butter mixture until melted; cook 1 minute. Nestle chicken in one layer in vegetables. Press parchment paper round over chicken; cover with lid.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center and vegetables are tender. Remove and discard parchment paper. Remove chicken and vegetables.
• Skim off any fat that rises to surface of sauce; bring sauce to a boil over high heat. Stir in lemon juice; boil 3 to 4 minutes or until slightly thickened. Serve chicken alongside vegetables; spoon sauce over chicken.

SWEET POTATOES WITH CARAMELIZED ONION

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400º.
• Heat olive oil in frying pan at medium heat and add onion. Sauté until rings separate. Reduce heat to medium low and continue cooking uncovered, until onions are soft and caramelized at least 30 minutes or more, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, prick whole potatoes with skins on and bake in roasting pan for 40 minutes or until soft. When cool enough to handle peel skins from potatoes and set aside.
• When onions are soft add thyme, salt and pepper to taste and mix well. At this point you can either place the onions in a food processor and pulse until they are slightly chunky or chop with a sharp knife.
• Heat a medium sized pot and add butter. Add the sweet potatoes and mash with a fork or potato masher. Add the sour cream or milk a little at a time then add the onion mixture. Blend with a wooden spoon until fully incorporated and adjust S & P to taste.

OVEN ROASTED SWEET POTATOES WITH ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Combine all ingredients in baking dish.
• Toss to coat the veggies
• bake for 35 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are tender and onions are soft.

RED AND SWEET POTATO SWIRL WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• CARAMELIZE THE ONIONS: Melt 1 tbsp butter in large skillet over med-high heat. Add onions and sugar and cook, stirring often, 25 minutes till onions are a golden brown and caramelized. Remove from heat, set aside.
• BOIL POTATOES SEPARATELY: Meanwhile, while onions are caramelizing, place potatoes in two pots large enough for water to cover potatoes. Add the garlic cloves to the pot with the red potatoes. Bring both pots to a boil, reduce to med heat and cook until tender, about 20 minutes, then drain in colanders.
• PREP RED POTATOES: Beat red potatoes and garlic with electric mixer till mashed. Add 1/2 cup milk, sour cream and 2 tbsp butter. Continue beating till smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• PREP SWEET POTATOES: Beat sweet potatoes until mashed. Add remaining 3/4 cup milk and 2 tbsp butter, the brown sugar and vanilla. Beat till smooth, season with salt to taste.
• ASSEMBLE: Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly grease a 3-quart baking dish. Place the red mashed potatoes in the bottom. Spread sweet potato mixture over red potato mixture. Swirl by cutting through mixture gently with the flat side of a knife. Top with the onion mixture. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with bacon crumbs and serve.