I need help from the cooks

[laurensmomma]

When a recipe calls for a dutch oven, does it have to be a real dutch oven? Can a big soup pot be used instead?

Help a girl out.

unclejesse
@rileym

[laurensmomma]

rileym2010

[rileym2010]

Yep you can use a heavy bottomed pot. Does the recipe require the oven? If so just make sure the pot is oven safe.

[ninjabridemom]

If it needs to go into the oven it should be cast iron, I think, and not have any rubber on it at all. If you have a pot that matches this I would use it.

If it's not going in the oven, a big soup pot will work, and then you put foil on top to help seal. (I'm not a genius, that's from here: www.thekitchn.com/-good-questions-280-155329) My husband is a big cook and he will do this if he doesn't want to deal w the dutch oven.