These Campfire Potatoes are the perfect side dish when you’re grilling or cooking over a fire. Since they are cooked in a foil packet, clean up is a snap.
Our family gets together at the cabin my dad built at the back of our farm as much as we can when the weather is nice. It usually has to happen after a rain in the spring or fall because otherwise my dad and brother-in-law are in the fields.
There’s no electricity or running water (there’s a rain barrel at the back of the cabin to wash grubby hands) but we do have a fire pit and a couple of fryers so we’ll either have a fish fry (yum) or grill hamburgers and hot dogs over the open fire.
These Campfire Potatoes are a perfect side dish for our cook outs at the cabin. They beat a bag of chips any day! Just remember that potatoes take a while to cook so be sure to throw them on the grill/fire first thing. If they are done before your meat, they’ll stay warm in the foil packet for quite a while.
Add a foil packet of fresh asparagus in the spring or other fresh vegetables any time of the year and you have one great meal.
Campfire Potatoes
This recipe came from the Pot O’ Gold Cookbook from the St. Patrick Altar Society of Imogene, Iowa. Those Iowans know how to cook!
Even though the name has “campfire” in it, you can definitely do these on the grill or even in the oven.
Here’s what they look like before they are cooked. Look at all that butter and cheese…yum!
Be sure to tear off a nice size piece of aluminum foil. Use heavy duty foil if you have it. If you don’t, you might want to do a double layer of foil just so it doesn’t tear while on the fire.
These Campfire Potatoes are the perfect side dish when you're grilling or cooking over a fire. Since they are cooked in a foil packet, clean up is a snap.
- 5 medium potatoes washed
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 6 Tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 Tablespoons minced parsley
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- Peel and thinly slice potatoes.
- Place potatoes and onions on a large piece of heavy duty aluminum foil (20 by 20 inches).
- Dot with butter.
- Combine cheese, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper; sprinkle over potatoes.
- Fold up foil around potatoes to form packet; add broth.
- Seal edges of foil well.
- Grill for 35-40 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Cook times can vary based on how hot the fire/grill is. It is best to start these early. They can stay hot in the foil for quite a while.
Participating in the Weekend Potluck!!
We love making foil packet meals camping so I’m planning on making these the next time we go. Thanks for linking up your recipe to the Celebrate 365 Blog Party!
I loved this recipe so much I included it in my #Celebrate365 Grilling Bucket List: https://www.cornbeanspigskids.com/2018/06/grilling-bucket-list.html. Thanks again for linking it up!
We loved these potatoes! I was looking for a potato packet recipe that provided a little more interest than my standard recipe (potatoes, salt, pepper, butter), and I was not disappointed. We started the potatoes in the coals of our patio fire pit [because we don’t have time for real camping these days] and finished them in a 425-degree oven.
I’m planning to use this recipe all year long as a quick substitute for au gratin potatoes on busy nights.
Thanks for sharing, Angela! So glad that you loved them so much!!
can i make packet ahead of time, hrs before cooking po
i dont want potatoes to turn brown
We are afraid they would brown too if you prepped the packets way ahead of time. If you wanted to prep ahead of time, you could slice the potatoes and put them in a bowl and cover with water by at least an inch. That would cut down on some of the prep. Sorry!