Name: Cast Iron Chicken Breast With Balsamic Vinegar, Mushrooms & Tomatoes Camping Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves; Salt and pepper (to season); Approximately 2 tablespoons olive oil (enough to generously coat bottom of large cast iron skillet); 1 onion (thinly sliced); 2 garlic cloves (minced); 1 8 oz package fresh mushrooms (sliced); 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes; 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar; 1 teaspoon dried basil*; 1 teaspoon dried rosemary*; 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme*; 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano*; 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes*; 4 large fresh basil leaves (torn)

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When I set out to create super-simple camping dinner recipes, I don’t want to sacrifice flavor. This Cast Iron Chicken Breast recipe is almost-gourmet and makes its own pan sauce! Round out this chicken with balsamic vinegar, mushrooms and tomatoes with a side of rice and fresh steamed broccoli and you have a warm and hearty meal that is (shhhh, don’t tell anyone) healthy too!

Balsamic Chicken Cast Iron Camping Recipe by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron skillet filled with chicken breasts that are cooked in a pan sauce with balsamic vinegar, mushrooms and tomatoes ready to be served at the campsite with text over the image that reads Balsamic Chicken Cast Iron Camping Recipe

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Prep To Make This Recipe

Your prep work will be quick with this meal because you only have to slice a bit of onion and mince some garlic. I use pre-sliced fresh mushrooms because they are easier but if you want to purchase whole mushrooms, you’ll need to slice those too.

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Camp Cooking Tip: When you have lots of dried herbs and spices in a recipe, do your measuring and mixing at home. That way the work is already done and you won’t have to unpack a bunch of spice jars when you get home. For this recipe you can pre-mix the dried basil, dried rosemary, dried thyme, dried oregano and red pepper flakes … then transport the mixture in a small, sealed food storage container.

Methods Of Cooking Cast Iron Skillet Chicken Breasts

If you are making this as one of our easy campfire recipes, you’ll need to get your fire going in order to cook over hot coals. You will be fluctuating the heat throughout the cooking process, starting with medium, then going to high, then back down to a medium-low heat. So you’ll be adding and removing coals to change the cooking temperature.

If you want to make this as one of our camp stove recipes you’ll need to have enough fuel for about 30 minutes of cooking. You’ll want to get your stove ready for cooking on a level surface.

Steps To Make Balsamic Chicken Skillet

Step 1. Prepare your ingredients as directed.

Step 2. Prepare your heat source and cooking equipment. You’ll want to use a large cast iron skillet that has a tight-fitting lid. Alternatively, you can use aluminum foil to create a make-shift lid.

Step 3. Season the chicken. Liberally apply salt and pepper to both sides of each chicken breast.

Step 4. Heat pan and oil. You’ll start by getting your cast iron pan heated then pour in enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan.

Step 5. Brown the chicken. Flip the chicken in the hot oil to brown all sides of it. You are just browning here, not cooking. As soon as it is browned, you’ll remove it from the skillet and set it aside.

Step 6. Sauté the veggies. Now it’s time to add onion, garlic and mushrooms to the cast iron skillet and cook them until they’re tender.

Step 7. Cook chicken, create the sauce and serve. Here’s when you are going to fully cook the chicken. You’ll add it back to the skillet then top it with the tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, dried basil, dried rosemary, dried thyme, dried oregano and red pepper flakes.

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Cover the pan and let the chicken simmer in the sauce until it is fully cooked. Then top with fresh basil for serving.

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What To Serve With Balsamic Chicken Breasts

This is a yummy gluten free camping food option. If you’d like to keep it gluten free, add some potatoes and green beans on the side.

I also like to serve this chicken with a side of rice and fresh steamed broccoli.

Similar Recipes

A few more easy camping meals you might want to try include:

This Dutch Oven Lemon Chicken makes it own sauce by combining garlic, onion, fresh rosemary and lemon.

This Dutch Oven Mustard Chicken creates a creamy and tangy pan sauce by combining sour cream and Dijon mustard to make a flavorful meal.

You’ve gotta love one pot camp meals! This simple Dutch Oven Chicken And Rice Camping Recipe combines chicken, rice and frozen veggies to make a classic comfort food taste without using canned soup. It gets its creamy texture from cream cheese.

If you’re looking for a meal with a Mexican flavor profile, look no further than this Cast Iron Skillet Chicken Breast Recipe. It gets protein and fiber from boneless, skinless chicken breasts and canned black beans. The tasty additions of avocado, corn, cumin and garlic take it over-the-top!

Oh my, this meal is so easy and yummy! It is another one pot meal that combines meat and veggies all in one pot. You’ll find chicken, potatoes and carrots are spruced-up with a bit of bacon, onion and garlic to create this delicious Dutch Oven Chicken And Potatoes Camping Recipe.

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