CampRecipes Classic Archive
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Original Date: 2003-09-02
Serves: 5-6
Prep Time: 1-30m
Difficulty: easy
Backpacking: No
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 pound ground beef (chuck or less fat is ideal but hey use what you have)
- 1 bag frozen Veggies (I get what ever looks good)
- 1/2 stick of butter
- Toni's Creole Seasoning
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions
Keep it simple is the key here. Lay flat a nice size piece of foil. Put the frozen veggies in the center.Crumble up the ground beef right on top of the veggies. Place pats of butter over the top. Season as desired. Close top and sides to make foil wrap. If cheaper brand of foil is used wrap an extra layer over the wrap.
Now her is the trick. The meat will cook with the veggies. You will need to poke wholes at the ends so that the juice can run off. Don't make giant wholes but small ones like with a fork. This will help the meat to cook through with the veggies. If your cooking over a fire poke holes away from fire or if over coals on a grill but coals in center and poke holes so it runs away from coals. The water that condenses from the veggies will keep it from catching on fire so your pretty safe but you don't want it to put the fire out either.
Can I spell out S-I-M-P-L-E here? This is one of my kids favorite dishes. The veggies are steamed and the meat absorbes all the spices. Again I use Toni's Creole Spices because we like the kick but I have also used a beef stew mix to give it a different taste. It's super easy and delicious or trust me I wouldn't make it. 🙂
Enjoy!
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