You'll Want to Make These Cast-Iron Skillet Recipes Immediately
If you're an owner of a cast-iron skillet, you'll want to put these cast-iron skillet recipes in your meal plan ASAP.
Cast-iron skillets are a must in any kitchen. The versatile heavyweight can do it all—fry, sear, sauté, and even bake. Plus, a cast-iron skillet can go straight from the stove top to the oven, making it the perfect tool for simplified, one-pan cooking. Wait until you try our cast iron dessert recipes! Put the kitchen workhorse to the test with these recipes for a cast iron skillet.
Cast Iron Calzone
When you think of a classic Italian calzone, most likely a cast-iron skillet isn't in the picture. This hearty cast-iron skillet recipe is ready to change that, thanks to the veggies, meat, and cheese filling in this family-style casserole. Once it's done, it can satisfy six hungry dinner guests—minus the work of forming six individual calzones.
Giant Cast Iron Cinnamon Roll
If you love the combination of crispy edges and soft center that you often get with cinnamon rolls, this is the cast iron skillet recipe for you. This easy recipe starts with frozen bread dough that's stuffed with cinnamon, sugar, and butter. If you like nuts, try adding toasted walnuts or pecans.
Cheesy Skillet Artichoke Dip
Warm and gooey spinach-artichoke dip is one of those always-delicious recipes that never goes out of style. And thanks to the use of a cast-iron skillet, you can bake the entire thing in one pan—then take it right over to the table to serve. With the fluffy dinner rolls on top for dipping, we'd definitely declare this one of our best cast-iron skillet recipes.
Flank Steak Tagliata with Arugula and Parmesan
That's right, you can absolutely make cast iron skillet steak recipes. This one uses flank steak for an affordable beef option. Simply marinate the meat in a lemon and rosemary mixture, then add the steak to a piping hot skillet in the oven for just 7 to 9 minutes. While the steak cooks, stir together an arugula salad and dinner is complete.
Cast Iron Fried Green Tomatoes
ANDY LYONS
Frying this Southern classic in a cast iron skillet ensures the cornmeal crust is extra-crisp. Serve the finished fried green tomatoes with a spicy remoulade sauce. They're delicious on their own or piled into a hoagie with bacon and lettuce.
Green Chile Fried Chicken
If you love fried chicken, you'll fall for our version seasoned with sour cream, chile peppers, and hot sauce. Pro tip: Marinate overnight and fry the chicken in your cast-iron skillet the next day. More time marinating means more flavor in every bite of this cast-iron skillet chicken recipe.
Derby Skillet Cookie
A warm chocolate chip cookie tops our list of favorite desserts. Bake up sweet, gooey cookies for a crowd with this easy skillet dessert recipe. As one BHG home cook raves, "Simply phenomenal. Served with ice cream and homemade hot fudge. Dinner guests loved it!"
Spanish-Style Tortilla with a Twist
Spanish-style tortilla is made with eggs and potatoes. Here's it's cooked in a cast iron skillet with lemon, garlic, and sharp cheddar cheese. Serve the finished dish with fresh diced avocado.
Eggs and Bacon Bucatini
Cheesy pasta, eggs, and bacon? Count us in! While your pasta is cooking, use your cast-iron skillet to start crisping the bacon. Then, once the components are ready, you can finish this yummy cast-iron skillet dinner in the oven to bake the eggs in a nest of bucatini and bacon.
Skillet Chicken Wings
Yep, your cast-iron skillet can handle appetizers like chicken wings, too. Because we know appetizers should be easy, we kept this one super simple—all you need besides the wings is vegetable oil and your favorite sauce. Our picks for this cast-iron chicken recipe? Zingy Asian Ginger and Soy Sauce or slightly sweet Pineapple Teriyaki Sauce.
Cast Iron Plum Polenta Cake
Sweet, juicy plums find a home alongside cornmeal polenta in our fluffy cast-iron skillet dessert. The truly impressive part of this recipe is that it cooks on your grill, giving it a touch of smoky flavor. Homemade whipped cream adds even more indulgence to every serving.
Skillet Chicken Pot Pie
You can never go wrong serving warm and hearty chicken pot pie for dinner, and our cast-iron skillet recipe is no exception. Bell peppers, onion, celery, peas, and carrots find a home alongside the chicken in this delicious family-friendly dinner. Every step of this recipe takes place in your skillet, meaning this one-pan dinner will save you on cleanup, too.
Skillet Baked Eggs and Ham
Dinner (or breakfast) can be on the table in just 15 minutes when you make this cast-iron skillet recipe. One of the things we like most about the combo of eggs, ham, leeks, and cheese is that it can fit pretty much any meal of the day. Send everyone out the door with a quick and hearty breakfast or enjoy a speedy breakfast-for-dinner dish—it's delicious any time of day.
Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread
You can never have too many good cornbread recipes, this one is made especially moist with the addition of buttermilk and crisp edges from the cast iron skillet. Top it with whipped honey butter for a touch of sweetness or hot pepper jelly if you are looking to bring the heat. Either way you can't go wrong with this cast iron skillet recipe.
Caramelized Pear Skillet Cake
This cast iron dessert recipe is the upside down cake you never knew you needed until now. It looks impressive but is quite easy to make. Top with bourbon sauce to really highlight the roasted pears, and vanilla ice cream, of course.
Pull Apart Pretzel Skillet
This delicious cast iron skillet recipe is almost impossible to resist. Beer cheese dip surrounded by pull-apart pretzels makes the perfect party appetizer. This is one of those cast-iron skillet recipes that all your friends will want.
Skillet Chicken and Green Beans with Lemon-Tahini Sauce
Cook up this one-pan dinner idea in just 30 minutes. Start with seasoned chicken thighs, green beans, and shallots. Finish the cast iron skillet recipe with a homemade lemon-tahini sauce.
Peach Crisp with Cornbread Topper
This cast iron skillet dessert starts with a homemade peach filling that's flavored with two tablespoons of bourbon. Once it's cooked, dollop on prepared cornbread muffin mix on top of the pan and bake until golden.
Spicy Scalloped Sweet Potatoes
Canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce is what gives this skillet sweet potato recipe its spicy smoky flavor. A cheesy sauce made with cheddar and heavy cream is the perfect counterpoint for the heat.
Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
A cast iron skillet is the secret to this coffee cake's perfect texture. It's crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. Top the breakfast favorite with a cinnamon streusel and a homemade powdered sugar icing.
Related: 15 Delicious Coffee Cake Recipes to Try for Breakfast This Week
Veggie Skillet Biscuits
Zucchini, carrots, and broccoli are the veggies in this cast iron skillet biscuit recipe. Add more flavor and texture with freshly grated extra-sharp cheddar cheese. Once it's out of the oven, sprinkle the pan with flaky sea salt.
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