Dutch Oven Campfire Spinach Dip
This awesome Dutch oven campfire spinach dip is one of our family’s favorite appetizers. Caution: This is one of those appetizer campfire recipes that may ruin dinner appetites! It is so yummy, it’s hard to stop eating it!
Grab some crusty bread or crackers and scoop up this cheesy goodness! Cooking outdoors doesn’t mean you have to skip the fun stuff when you have our easy camping recipes!
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Spinach Artichoke Dip Campfire Appetizer
Because this appetizer is hot, cheesy and comforting, it is one of our favorite winter camping recipes to serve at potluck parties.
Prep Ahead vs On-Site
Camp Cooking Tip: The easiest way to make this yummy appetizer at the campsite is to mix all of the ingredients at home and transport the dip to the campsite in a leak-proof container.
Then, you just spread it into your camping Dutch oven when you are ready to bake it.
On the other hand, it is simple enough to just assemble everything at your camping site so it really just depends on your personal preference.
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Recipe Steps
Step 1. Start your campfire or charcoal briquettes.
Camp Cooking Tip: When you are baking with coals from a campfire, you need to start the fire early enough so you have coals at the time you are ready to begin baking.
If you want to use charcoal briquettes, you will have a little easier job of timing when the briquettes will be ready for baking.
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Step 2. Pre-heat your camp Dutch oven to 375 degrees. Pre-heat 10-inch camp Dutch oven to 375 degrees (23 total briquettes = 16 top/7 bottom). If you are using a different oven size, check our Dutch oven temperature chart to see how many coals you need.
Step 3. Prep your ingredients. There is not much prep work for this easy campfire spinach dip. You just need to chop some artichoke hearts and garlic.
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Step 4. Mix the ingredients and spread in pre-heated camp Dutch oven.
Step 5. Bake till heated through and slightly browned on top.
Serving Options: You can serve this spinach dip with crusty bread or crackers. Use GF products and this recipe is a great gluten free camping food option.
Scaling Servings
Hot dips are easy camping meals for large groups because one pot feeds a ton of people as an appetizer. If this is the only appetizer you have on the table, it will feed about 8 adults. If you need to scale it up to feed more people, make a second batch and bake them in two different ovens.
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Awesome Hot Cheesy Spinach Artichoke Dip Campfire Dutch Oven Appetizer Camping Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (10 oz) package frozen chopped spinach, drained
- 1 (14 oz) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Serving options: Crusty French baguette and crackers
Instructions
- Completely thaw the spinach and squeeze out all of the moisture.
- In a bowl, mix the spinach, artichoke hearts, garlic, mayonnaise, cream cheese and Parmesan cheese.
- NOTE: If you are preparing this dip at home and just baking it at the campsite, after the ingredients are mixed, refrigerate them in a sealable container for transport. Then, allow the dip to get to room temperature before baking at the campsite or allow additional time for the dip to be heated through.
- Pre-heat 10-inch camp Dutch oven to 375 degrees (23 total briquettes = 16 top/7 bottom).
- Evenly spread the mixed ingredients in bottom of Dutch oven.
- Bake at 375 degrees until heated through and slightly browned, approximately 40 minutes (see note below).
- Serve it with crusty French baguette slices and crackers.
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