Hamburger and Veggies in Foil

Submitted by Dwight Coles

The Basic Skills program usually prepares a quick dinner when out on an overnight campout at our Long Term camp. This dinner is a foil-wrapped pocket-meal cooked over an open campfire. Here's the recipe we use for the foil-pocket meal:

heavy-duty foil, about 72" long, folded over to make a four layer sheet about 18" by 18"
one frozen hamburger patty
two heaping tablespoons chopped potatoes (skin on)
one heaping tablespoon chopped celery
one heaping tablespoon chopped carrots
one heaping tablespoon chopped onions
two tablespoons salad dressing (Caesar flavor is great) or two tablespoons margarine (prevents sticking and burning)
salt, pepper and other spices to taste (try a tablespoon of A1 sauce!)

Fold foil up to meet over the food, then fold a seam at the top over TWICE and TIGHTLY seal, so you get a finished seam about 3/4" wide, double folded. Then fold and seam-seal the two ends in the same manner. Using a frozen piece of meat helps keep the whole package fresh for at least six hours - plenty of time to hike to the camp site, build a fire, and start cooking without worrying about spoilage.

When you have a nice bed of coals from a campfire, place the foil dinners on the coals (not an active fire!). After 15 minutes, turn over and cook other side. Remove after 30 minutes. Be careful that no steam burns you when you unwrap the dinner. Enjoy!

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Last Updated: 1998 -08-08