Category: Camping Recipes

Campfire Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes

Campfire Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes

Campfire baked potatoes are one of the easiest meals to make when you’re camping. Add a few toppings to a campfire baked potato and you’ve got a satisfying dinner.  Billy and I made campfire baked potatoes a few weekends ago while camping in Blackhawk Memorial Park.

Campfire Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes

We topped our potatoes with chili, cheddar and chives from our garden.

Campfire Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes

Begin by wrapping your potatoes in two layers of heavy-duty aluminium foil. Seal both layers well. Any gaps could lead to burning.

Campfire Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes

Then, place the potatoes over warm coals but not directly in the fire. As the potatoes cooked, our fire got bigger and hotter. Every once in a while we moved our potatoes so they were in the heat, but not in the flames.

After an hour or so has passed, check the potatoes for doneness.

Campfire Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes

Add some heated chili, cheddar and chives and dinner’s ready!

Campfire Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes

Serves 3

Ingredients:

Cookware & tools:

  • heavy-duty aluminum foil
  • tongs
  • saucepan
  • ladle or large spoon

Directions:

At home

  1. Scrub and dry potatoes.
  2. Shred cheddar cheese. Place in a storage container.
  3. Using scissors, cut chives into 1/2″ pieces. Place in a plastic bag with a piece of paper towel.

At the campsite

  1. Wrap the potatoes tightly in two layers of aluminum foil. Be sure to seal any gaps.
  2. Place potatoes in the coals of a campfire, but not directly in the flames. Allow to cook for one hour.
  3. When potatoes are nearly done, warm the chili over the campfire or a camp stove.
  4. When one hour is up, use tongs to carefully remove a potato from the campfire. Use a fork to check the potato for doneness. If the first potato is done, remove the other potatoes from the campfire.
  5. Spoon chili over potatoes. Top with cheddar cheese and chives. Enjoy!

Here are some other easy baked potato topping ideas:

  • Broccoli & swiss cheese
  • Baked beans
  • Greek yogurt & chives
  • Salsa, monterey jack cheese & cilantro

Camp Breakfast Burritos

I make these burritos every time we camp.

Veggie Breakfast Burritos. Great for camping!

They are such a treat, and they taste even better when eaten outdoors.

Veggie Breakfast Burritos. Great for camping!

I do a lot of the prep at home before our camping trip.

Veggie Breakfast Burritos. Great for camping!

At the campsite, I start by cooking the vegetables.

Veggie Breakfast Burritos. Great for camping!

Then, I scramble up some eggs.

Veggie Breakfast Burritos. Great for camping!

I roll up the eggs, veggies, cheddar, cilantro and hot sauce in a flour tortilla. Perfect breakfast, no utensils required.

Veggie Breakfast Burritos

Serves 6

Ingredients:

  • 4 bell peppers (I used red, green, yellow and orange)
  • red onion
  • small bunch cilantro
  • 8 ounces cheddar
  • cooking spray
  • one dozen eggs
  • 6 burrito-size tortillas
  • hot sauce (I use sriracha)

Cookware & tools:

  • 1 or 2 skillets
  • Spatula

Directions:

At home

  1. Chop peppers and onions, and store in an air-tight container.
  2. Wash cilantro and remove leaves from stems. Discard stems. Put cilantro leaves in a plastic bag with a paper towel.
  3. Shred cheddar and place in a plastic bag

At the campsite

  1. In a skillet over high heat, cook the peppers and onions.
  2. Spray a skillet over medium heat with cooking spray, then scramble the eggs.
  3. Divide all ingredients among the tortillas, with hot sauce to taste.
  4. Roll up burritos and enjoy.

Veggie Breakfast Burritos. Great for camping!