Easy Hobo Campfire Meal for the Grill
There are some nights that I just don’t want to heat up my already HOT Texas Kitchen.
My kids started loving this meal a couple of summers ago, when they made it at camp.
I changed the way they made it – just a tad.
I NEVER follow the same recipe.
It truly makes me feel all chef like.
Easy Hobo aka Meal in a Foil Packet
Ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Carrots
- Onion
- Ground Beef
Seasoning
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I use Teriyaki Sauce and Garlic Salt
Next time,
I might add celery, cilantro, chicken, and salsa.
Next I cut off rectangles of foil. Smaller for the younger kids, larger for the big ones.
No worries, if they are not the same. No one notices.
1st: Lay the onions. Some people put butter but since I’m using ground beef, I figure it doesn’t need anymore oils.
Next, lay the beef on the onions. My kids don’t like the taste of onions – so I figure the beef will mask the taste.
(I was right – no one complained about the onions.)
Then add the chopped potatoes.
I didn’t peel them. Hopefully, the kids got more of the vitamins.
(Wishful thinking – not a scientific fact that was proven in our home.)
Then add the carrots. We sliced some. We chopped some. They all tasted the same.
Then our secret ingredient – because every good chef as her secrets.
Teriyaki sauce.
I just added a half a capful per packet. I wish I had added more. YUM!
Plus, a little Garlic Salt.
Because I like salt and garlic.
Then wrap up like a Hobo sack or a Hershey Kiss.
Find a sweet and willing helper. You won’t have to do anything but chop veggies.
Looks like chocolate for dinner!
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Seriously, yummy on the grill.
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We hadn’t used this grill in years, since I had won the Smoker for Stuffed Jalapenos. I’m surprised it still worked.
But, it did! And YUMMY! In like 25 – 30 minutes.
The finished product!
All the kids loved it! Plus, it kept my Hot kitchen cool! Literally.
Have you done this before?
Cracker Barrel sells them on their menu for around $7-8 a meal, but you can make them for quarters.
I love a frugal tasty easy meal!
Blessings to you! You are loved!
I make these a lot too!!! I use green bell pepper and Worcestershire sauce!!!! DELISH!!!! I’ve never made them on the grill only the oven will def has to try the grilled version!
yummo! we’ve made meat & we’ve made veggies- but for some strange reason I never considered combining the two- although I make roasts in the oven all together on a regular basis! the boys will love this! (we have a back yard fire pit they can use) & if I even mention “hobo dinner” or “camp food” – they’ll make MY dinner! 🙂
We’ve made vegetable packets (no meat) when camping, but I think I’ll try them with meat now. The chicken sounds really yummy. There’s just something about food cooked on the grill…even when it’s wrapped in foil. Yum!