We make campfire potatoes almost every time we grill out or go camping. My family loves them. They’re easy to make, cleanup is quick and easy, and if happen to have any leftovers they make great fried potatoes for the next day’s breakfast.
CAMPFIRE POTATOES
Ingredients:
6-8 large potatoes, thinly sliced (if the potatoes are fresh I don’t peel them)
1 small onion finely diced
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons water
Take 2 large pieces of aluminum foil and lay them over a large paper plate or dinner plate at a 90 degree angle from each other. Pour the water into the bottom of the foil (no need to measure the water - just approximate it. The water is there to keep the potatoes from burning and sticking to the bottom of the foil). Layer on the potatoes. Sprinkle with the diced onion. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dot the butter over the top. Fold up the first piece of foil and seal tightly. Do the same with the second piece.
Cook over the fire for 15 minutes. Turn, cook another 5-10 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.
Serve immediately.
Note: If I have leftover or bacon, I dice it and toss it in with the potatoes for extra flavor.
Foil packet cooking is about as easy as it gets when it comes to campfire cooking. Ingredients get sealed in a piece of foil and cooked over the fire or even in the fire, the foil is cut open, the meal is eaten, and cleanup is as easy as tossing the foil into a garbage bag.
Hobo Dinner Foil Packets are probably the classic foil packet camping meal. Here’s how we make ours:
HOBO DINNER FOIL PACKET (FEEDS 3-4 PEOPLE)
Ingredients needed:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 large onion, sliced
6 carrots, sliced
4 potatoes, sliced
McCormick Grill Mates Hamburger Seasoning
1 tablespoon Canola oil
Heavy duty aluminum foil
Spread out a large piece of aluminum foil. Brush with Canola Oil. Layer on the carrot slices and potato slices; sprinkle with seasoning; then layer the onion slices and ground beef (uncooked). Sprinkle with seasoning again (generously). Wrap tightly. Then wrap with a second piece of aluminum foil. Place over fire or on grill, cook on first side 15 minutes; flip over and cook on second side for another 10-15 minutes or until potatoes and carrots are tender.
To check if done, pierce the foil with a fork. If vegetables are fork tender, the packet is done.
Slice open foil and enjoy.
We’ve had good success cooking these foil packets on our cooking grate over the campfire, on our portable gas grill, and we’ve even tossed the packets right into a campfire that had burned down to glowing embers and had it turn out great.
Most die hard campers have heard at least one horror story of something spilling all over the fridge in their RV while on the road and have either a huge mess to clean up or have even had it cause damage to the fridge itself.
Transporting liquids, especially containers that have been opened or are breakable can be tricky especially if the roads you’re traveling over are full of potholes and bumps. Eggs can be another problematic food to transport.
Here’s a few tips and tricks that other RV’ers use:
Long Foam Swimming Noodles - Yes those long brightly colored foam noodles you see all over the stores in the summer for just a couple of bucks can help keep your food in place. Cut them up into smaller pieces and wedge them between your food containers to keep them in place.
Glad Press and Seal - Wrap your containers in plastic wrap to prevent leakage and spillage. That way if a cover comes loose or if a glass jar of pickles breaks the mess is confined inside the plastic wrap. Plastic food storage bags work well too, but I like the Press and Seal because it tightly adheres to any size or shape container. I use the Press and Seal when I’m transporting food in coolers too.
Plastic Storage Containers - Use something with solid sides and bottoms such as plastic dishpans or other plastic storage containers found in the plastics aisle of your local discount store. Put your jars and bottles inside the container and then into the fridge. If something does leak or break, the mess is contained and you only have to clean up that one container instead of the entire fridge.
RV Cupboards Bars - these are tension rod style bars that keep things on the shelf you place them on. They work well in the refrigerator as well as in your RV cupboards. Here’s what they look like: 
