Campfire Hamburger Hobo Foil Packets

By Sprig Originals ✓ · with credit

Adapted from thissillygirlskitchen.com

Seasoned beef patties steam on top of potatoes, carrots and red onion inside a sealed foil pouch, finished with a slice of melting Colby Jack. It's a whole dinner per person with no pot to scrub — just coals, foil and about 45 minutes.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 packet dried onion soup mix
• 6 slices Colby Jack cheese

• 1 1/2 pounds baby gold potatoes, quartered
• 12 ounces frozen crinkle-cut carrots
• 1 medium red onion, large diced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

Instructions

1. Build your fire early so you have a bed of glowing coals with no flames by the time you cook — you want steady medium heat, roughly the same as a 350°F oven. If you're on a camp stove or grill instead, set it to medium.
2. Mix the ground beef with the onion soup mix in a large bowl until the seasoning is evenly worked through, then divide into 6 equal portions and shape each into a patty. Set them aside on a plate.
3. In another bowl, toss the quartered potatoes, frozen carrots and diced red onion with the olive oil, garlic powder, salt, pepper and smoked paprika until everything is glossy and coated.
4. Tear six 12x18-inch sheets of heavy-duty foil and grease the centre of each with cooking spray or a smear of oil. Pile one-sixth of the vegetables in the middle of each sheet, set a patty on top, then bring the long edges of the foil together and fold to seal into a snug pouch with a little air space inside.
5. Set the packets directly on the coals or grill grate and cook 45 to 50 minutes, turning them once halfway with tongs, until the potatoes are tender and the patties register at least 160°F. Open carefully away from your face, lay a slice of Colby Jack over each patty, fold the foil loosely back over and give it 5 minutes for the cheese to melt before serving.

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