Customer Reviews for Staub - Cast Iron 5.75-qt Coq au Vin Cocotte - Grenadine
Customer Rating
5
Worth the investment
on April 1, 2020
Posted by: bkrayci0
I love Staub in general, especially this pan. I love the shape, the color, the even browning of my food, the adorable and interchangeable knob, the perfect seal of the lid to lock in moisture. I seriously can not say one bad thing about this piece. Everyone should own one.
Mon dieu! this oven is the best pot in my house, and I have plenty! On Sudays I always make a chicken stewed in wine and veggies, hence the name Coq au vin, the shape is perfect to cook everything easily without crowding anything. The basting lid keeps the top of my Chicken moist until I remove the lid for a touch of crisping, I bring it to the table and serve the veggies from there because it is so lovely and the lid suggests what will be coming too. This is one piece that will make you smile everytime you even think of making a roast chicken, or any other protein that fit better in an oval cocotte!
Roast a chicken in this Coq au Vin and it will become a family favorite! It will become yours too because it is so easy. The heavy duty cast iron oval oven with beautiful enamel coating is a standard in French households. It will roast a chicken, duck or small beef or pork roast. And don't let the oval shape distract you, I've made many a stew and chili, even cornbread, in this pot.
This Staub cookware piece was my first piece of Staub that I owned. My daughter bought it for me for Mother's day a decade+ ago. I last used it for Christmas dinner a few months ago when I made Coq au Vin. It browns perfectly without any sticking of the protein due to the black enameled interior. This piece is perfect for long braises in the oven due to the spikes on the lid interior, which continually baste the contents. I have never had anything come out other than fabulous.
What's great about this pot, I'll start with the heaving lid that fits tightly so no moisture escapes...result moist chicken; second is the dimples on the lid...trapped moisture drips back on food resulting in even more moist cooking; and third is the black interior that browns beautifully...color is flavor. Take it straight from the stove to the table and you've got a hot meal that's going to stay hot in a beautiful serving piece...and only one pan to wash. But it's not just for chicken or meat! I use it on the stove top for soups, chili, gumbo and more.
Ok not really but it was definately a selling point! This oval cocotte is perfect for so many recipes. You can cook anything from soups, stews and braises along with whole chickens and pot roasts. The basting spikes on the lid keep everything moist inside the pot during the cooking process so I don't feel compelled to lift the lid and peek every hour. The pot is so pretty it can go from stove top or oven directly onto the dinner table. Keeps things hot for a long time and is super easy to clean!
Even if you don't know how to cook you'll be able to roast a perfect chicken in this pan. The self basting spikes on the inside of the pan return all the flavored condensation back into the pan creating a moist, extra flavorful piece of meat.
Roasting chicken or braising ribs or beef roast, this is perfect Staub cast iron for anything you can think of cooking needs. I love that chicken knob..!!!