Casserole Recipes

Recipes For Casserole Dishes

From simple chicken or maybe a tasty vegetable bake or perhaps a hearty beef casserole recipe; you will find something you love here.
We’ve got loads of main dish casserole recipes to help get you through the winter blues during the colder months.

Casseroles are generally baked in an oven, where heat circulates all around the casserole dish.
Most casserole recipes in slow cooker are fine as well.

What makes a casserole

A casserole is a tasty blend of cooked ingredients that are slow cooked together to develop flavour.
There are four main parts to a casserole.

1. The base of a casserole provides its main texture and flavour.
   Such as cubed, browned meat, poultry, or fish.
2. The extender, a food ingredient that helps thicken a dish.
   For example dry bread crumbs and/or cooked, diced potatoes, pasta or rice.
3. The filler, ingredients that bulk the dish up.
   eg. leftover vegies, cubed fresh vegetables, frozen mixed veg, chopped greens.
4. The binder, a liquid that holds the other ingredients together.
   Like white sauce, cheese sauce or a thickened gravy.

Casseroles are very similar to stews.
The difference is that once the meat and vegetables are browned on top of the stove., they are then slow cooked in liquid in a casserole dish in the oven, producing meat that is tender and juicy, from long, slow cooking.

Best Cuts Of Meat For Casserole Dishes

If you’re unsure what cuts of meat to look for, then this handy guide will ensure you pick the best for your casserole recipe.

• Beef;
  Beef is arguably the most versatile and common meat used in casseroles.
  • Chuck steak.
  • Round steak.
  • Blade steak.
  • Topside.
  • Silverside.
  • Skirt steak.
  • Shin (gravy) beef.
  • Sausages.
• Lamb;
  A perfect addition to a casserole, all lamb cuts turn meltingly tender and flavoursome when cooked this way.
  • Shoulder.
  • Forequarter.
  • Shanks.
  • Chops.
  • Sausages.
• Pork;
  Pork makes a fabulous addition to a casserole. It adds a bit of sweetness and depth to the dish.
  • Pork shoulder.
  • Forequarter chops.
  • Pork neck.
  • Sausages.
• Chicken;
  Chicken is a perfect addition to casseroles.
  When choosing chicken cuts for your dish, if you choose bone in it will add flavour and help keep the meat moist.
  • Thigh fillets.
  • Breast fillets.
  • Drumsticks.
  • Maryland.

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These recipes also show some great tips on how to make the perfect casserole.