Tag Archives: foil

Cooking Rice in Foil Dinners

January 3, 2009

I like rice in my foil dinners.  But it requires some moisture.  Usually I make up the foil packet, leaving one end open, and then pour 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water in open end and then seal that end up. Unfortunately, it seems like my foil packet is never quite air (or water) tight [...]

12 Ways to Spice Up Foil Dinners

December 4, 2008

Foil dinners are a long time favorite over the fire.  They are easy to make, easy to cook, and you can eat them right in the foil, so there isn’t much to clean up. My standard dinner includes hamburger, potatoes, carrots, onions, and rice.  You probably have a standard foil dinner as well.  Here are [...]

Onion Flavored Foil Potatoes

March 22, 2008

6 medium baking potatoes 1 package envelope dry onion soup mix 1/2 c soft butter (or margarine) Scrub the potatoes but do not peel them. Cut each in three or four slice, lengthwise. Blend the butter and soup mix and spread on slices. Reassemble the potatoes. Wrap each potato in square of foil, overlapping ends. Bake until [...]

Foil Cooking Tips – How to Cook with Foil Over the Campfire

August 13, 2006

Foil is easy to use to cook over the campfire. It is light-weight, inexpensive, widely available, can be used to cook a variety of meals, and cleanup is extremely easy. Just roll the foil up and toss in the garbage. You can even eat right out of the foil packet if you want. Here are [...]

Chicken-in-the-Garden

August 7, 2006

For each person, tear off a 40-inch length of aluminum foil and fold in half.  Place 2 or 3 pieces of chicken, 1 peeled potato, 1 tomato, 1 sliced onion, and 2 green pepper rings in center of the foil.  Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons instant rice, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, dash of salt and pepper.  [...]

Pepper Stew

July 15, 2006

1 lb. beef stew meat 1 package marinade sauce (your favorite flavor 1 each green, yellow, red peppers, cut into small pieces 1 medium onion, chopped 4 carrots, sliced Marinate beef, saving the marinade. When ready to cook, take a large piece of foil and add all ingredients, with 1/2 cup of marinade sauce. Fold [...]

Tex-Mex Foil Dinner

July 14, 2006

1 can corn, drained cooked rice Carving Board Chicken Strips 1 can black beans, not drained tomato salsa salsa verde, green salsa shredded cheddar cheese Mix all ingredients, spoon and seal into aluminum foil packets. Place over the grill or campfire to heat. These can easily be made in advance and stored in Ziploc bags [...]

Foil Chicken – Great Tasting Chicken Recipe Cooked in Foil

July 13, 2006

2 cups minute rice 1 can cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup 1/2 cup water 2 large boneless chicken breasts Mix soup, water, and minute rice together. Lay out two pieces of heavy-duty foil for each packet and pour half of soup mixture onto each foil packet. You can cut chicken into strips [...]