Camping Chicken Foil Dinner (or Grill at Home)
Make this easy chicken foil dinner before your next camping trip and your first meal will be ready to be grilled at the campsite - easy to make ahead and grill at home, too.
Servings: 4 packets
Calories: 286kcal
Ingredients
- 4 large pieces of heavy duty or double-thick aluminum foil
- oil
- 4 small potatoes chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 ears corn cut in half (frozen cobs are okay)*
- butter melted
- basic spice rub or spices of choice
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs if using breasts, pound the thickest parts flat
Instructions
Assemble Packets:
- Lay out the pieces of foil and oil the centers of each.
- In the center of each piece of foil pile the potatoes and onions.
- Brush corn cobs with melted butter and place next to the potatoes. Sprinkle everything with your basic spice rub (or spices).
- Lay the chicken atop the potatoes and onions and sprinkle with more spice rub.
- Seal the edges all nice and tight, but leave a little room for steam. If taking camping, put the pouches in ziplock baggies in case of leakage (which did happen).
- Cook right away or freeze to take camping (use in the first 1-2 days).
Cook Packets:
- Cook thawed packets** 5 inches from the fire-coals, 15 minutes on one side and 15 minutes on the other.
- If they are closer because of stationary grate at the campsites, just turn them a little more often and move them to avoid hot spots. In this case, they might cook closer to the 20 minute mark, so you'll have to be checking after 15 minutes.
Notes
*Alternatives to corn on the cob: green beans, sweet peppers, or broccoli.
**It's okay if the packets are still partially frozen when you cook them as they seemed to cook the same amount of time over the hot campsite fire.
Make Ahead Tip: You can make the packets a few hours or days ahead, whatever works for your schedule. You can even freeze them in advance and cook partially thawed at the campsite, like mentioned.
How to Grill At Home:
Place the foil packets directly on the grates over medium heat. Turn the packs with tongs every few minutes, cooking for about 20-30 minutes or until the vegetables and chicken are cooked and have nice browning on them.
Nutrition
Serving: 1packet | Calories: 286kcal | Carbohydrates: 42.8g | Protein: 10.3g | Fat: 9.9g | Saturated Fat: 3.2g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 62mg | Fiber: 6.6g | Sugar: 5.2g
