8 Delicious and Easy Campfire Meal Ideas

Camping is one of the most beloved vacation ideas. It also can involve a lot of packing and planning, especially meal planning. With a few simple tweaks to your everyday recipes, you can enjoy filling breakfasts and delicious dinners. The next time you decide to go on a camping adventure try out these delicious and easy campfire meal ideas and recipes. Camping coupled with your prepared simple recipes, are all you need to have a fun and delicious camping trip.

Granola

You could certainly cook granola before heading out camping. However, when you cook it fresh and over a campfire, you infuse it with flavor, scent, and texture.

Start by warming up a cast-iron skillet. Toss in and swirl your nuts. As you mix them, remove the pan from the heat to avoid charring. Once they get a pleasant nutty aroma, add the rolled oats. Allow everything to cook slowly over low heat until they turn brown and nutty.

Remove the pan from the heat and add maple syrup and vegetable oil. Add more or less syrup, depending on your preferred consistency. Toss everything together, and once mixed, place it in a bowl. Serve it hot with dried cranberries.

Pull-Apart Bacon and Cheese

Gooey, toasty, and made with butter! This tasty pull-apart provides an excellent way to start the day, leaving you warm and satisfied for hours! Get some dinner rolls and cut them in halves.  Roll the dinner rolls in the butter, coating them well, and arrange them nicely in a pan. Sprinkle some cheese and bacon (or as desired) on the rolls. After garnishing, cover the pan with foil. Check whether they have risen and doubled in size before removing them from the flame. Serve them hot.

Scrambled Eggs

Although scrambled eggs are a cliché and not everyone’s favorite—some perceive them as drab, flavorless mounds of regret and disappointment—with a good recipe, they can be a delight.

Use unsalted stick butter to prepare the perfect eggs since it gives you control of your recipe’s overall flavor. Remember to use one tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of water for each egg.

And so, start by placing your ingredients in a pan. Initially, keep the egg yolks intact. However, it’s okay if one breaks when cracking. Next, stir to combine the egg whites and water, away from the fire. Then, place the pan over the fire.

Once the eggs are warm, separate the yolks and mix the eggs. Take the eggs off the fire for 30 seconds and back on for 15 seconds, several times, until all the butter starts melting. When the butter has melted, remove the pan from the heat and continue to whisk until your eggs begin to come together.

Although they may appear undone, please don’t return the saucepan to the fire; the excess heat in the pan will cook them to perfection.

Egg and Potato Scramble

This filling breakfast is a terrific way to kick start the day.

First, melt one tablespoon of clarified butter in a cast-iron pan. Spread it around when it has melted. After that, add the peppers, potatoes, and onions. Some people prefer chunky potatoes with chopped onions and peppers, but it’s all up to you. Cook these until the potatoes, peppers, and onions are soft and tender. It takes roughly 20 minutes, depending on the size of your fire.

Third, add the remaining tablespoon of clarified butter and, after melted, the eggs. The eggs will fill all the gaps between the onions, potatoes, and pepper. However, cover the pot with tin foil or a lid to ensure an even cooking time, and simmer until the eggs are done. Serve them hot.

Hot Dogs and Beans

Beans usually contain many nutrients. For instance, they contain decent amounts of protein, carbohydrates, iron, folate, phosphorus, calcium, fiber, and fat. They also contain vitamins B6, K, and B1. Therefore, you should consider preparing quick cast-iron beans with hot dogs when you are out there camping. Preparing this meal is easy, and it will leave you feeling full for several hours.

You will need to use a cast-iron skillet and a grill to prepare this meal. You will also need onions, white beans, hot dogs, red wine vinegar, olive oil, canola oil, hot dog buns, and Worcestershire sauce. The other ingredients you will need are molasses, garlic, tomatoes, salt, and black pepper.

After collecting all these ingredients, set up your grill for indirect and direct cooking, and then oil it with canola oil. Then, place your skillet on the grill and add oil to it. You should use this oil for cooking your onions until they are tender. After this, add garlic, tomatoes, molasses, and beans to the skillet, and then season them with pepper and salt. Transfer this skillet to the indirect heat section of your grill, and continue cooking the beans until they get cooked. At this point, add Worcestershire and vinegar to the cooked beans and then stir the mixture. Grill your hot dogs and then serve them with the cooked beans.

Black Beans Nachos and Chicken

Eating chicken can offer you many benefits. It can help build your muscle strength and help you have healthy bones. Therefore, the next time you think about going on a West Virginia State Park camping trip, think about how you will prepare your protein.  The park’s historic bridge, river, and trees will have you up and active. So, you will need food and protein to give you energy.

 A black beans and chicken recipe will help prepare a delicious nachos meal that will keep you fueled. To prepare this meal, you will need shredded chicken, onions, tortilla chips, red enchilada sauce, salt, and black pepper. You will also need pepper-jack cheese, corn kernels, and black beans. After collecting these ingredients, set your grill for indirect cooking. After doing this, put your chicken, onion, enchilada sauce, beans, cheese, corn, salt, and pepper in one bowl and mix all these ingredients. Place this mixture together with cheese in aluminum foil pieces and then grill these packets until all the cheese gets melted.

Campfire Veggies

Campfire veggies are the perfect campfire meal that you should prepare if you are watching your weight. These veggies are easy to prepare, and you will not require many ingredients when preparing them. The ingredients you need are; zucchini, bell pepper, red pepper, corn, paprika, sriracha drizzle, and olive oil. After collecting these ingredients, chop your corn, bell pepper, and zucchini. Mix all these ingredients and then top them off with red pepper, paprika, sriracha drizzle, and olive oil. Place this mixture in your skillet and then let it cook. You should remove the vegetables from the fire after noticing that they have become tender and attained a bright brown color.

Blackberry-Glazed Chicken

To prepare blackberry-glazed chicken, you need blackberries, drumsticks, kosher salt, parsley, pepper, water, chicken thighs, and sugar. You also need white wine vinegar and cold butter. After collecting the ingredients, add vinegar, white, sugar, and blackberries to a saucepan and then mash them together. Do this for at least 20 minutes, and then add your whole-grain mustard and butter to the mixture. After doing this, season your chicken thighs with black pepper and kosher salt, cover them with aluminum foil, and then grill them for around 12 minutes. Remove them from the grill, dip them in the previously made blackberry glaze, and continue grilling them until they are cooked.

To ensure that you have a good time when you are out there camping, you need to think about good meals that you can prepare. Undoubtedly, these recipes are simple to prepare. They only require a few ingredients—so you can pack and travel light. And so, feel free to add your own flair to each recipe. But remember, you can tweak some a little bit to delight your taste buds.