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Campfire Dinner Ideas

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When you are looking for something new to make over your fire, try some of these delicous campfire dinner ideas! They are family-friendly meals you can easily make in the great outdoors.

VIDEO: 20 Delicious & Simple Campfire Dinner Ideas

Dutch Oven Chili

Dutch Oven Chili Recipe by CampingForFoodies features a blue camp bowl filled with beef chili topped with freshly made cornbread. In the background are two camp Dutch ovens, one filled with campfire chili, another filled with jalapeno cornbread.

This is just one of the chili recipes I have on my blog. It’s my brother-in-law’s secret recipe he FINALLY shared with me. And, it’s the recipe he made when he WON the chili cookoff contest at the Grand Design RV Rally in Quartzsite Arizona!

Thai Chicken

Make-Ahead Dutch Oven Thai Campfire Chicken Recipe by CampingForFoodies

This is a great make-ahead freezer meal that you prep and freeze at home so you can just dump and cook at camp. Alternatively, you can prepare everything right at the campsite and cook immediately.

Campfire Roast Beef

Campfire Pot Roast by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron Dutch oven filled with a slow cooked beef roast surrounded by tender cubed potatoes in a reddish brown simmering liquid. The pot is set on a campfire grate next to a skillet filled with bright green, orange and yellow steamed green beans, peas, corn and carrots. The ash of campfire coals and charred firewood are in the background.

If you have meat and potato lovers in your group, try this roast beef dinner. It has a mild Mexican flavor profile that is flavorful but not too spicy.

Diablo Sandwiches

Diablo Sandwich Recipe by CampingForFoodies features a hot sandwich on a blue camping plate. The red and brown color hamburger is mixed with yellow corn, bright green cilantro and avocado slices. The plate is set on a firewood log with blue sky in the background.

This is my version of the famous sandwich that appeared in the 1977 comedy/action classic movie Smokey and the Bandit. It has become one of my family’s favorite dinner meals.

Shrimp And Asparagus Foil Packs

Shrimp And Asparagus Foil Packs by CampingForFoodies features a piece of shiny aluminum foil set on a table outside on a sunny day. The foil pack holds 6 cooked jumbo shrimp set on a stack of bright green asparagus and topped with chopped fresh parsley, on the side is fluffy white rice and two lemon wedges.

Don’t feel like washing dirty dishes? Just cook and eat right out of the foil pack! These shrimp and asparagus foil packet meals are easy to make and kinda fancy too!

One Pot Pasta

Cajun Chicken One Pot Camping Pasta by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron Dutch oven filled with chicken and pasta tossed in a creamy Cajun sauce. The pot is set on the ground next to a Dutch oven lid lifter, the lid is resting against a tree in the background.

When you make a big batch of chicken, slice it up and freeze it in individual ziplock bags. Then, it’s ready to use in campsite meals like this Cajun chicken one-pot pasta dish!

Campfire Stew

Campfire Stew In Rich Tomato Sauce by CampingForFoodies features a Dutch oven over a campfire filled with a tender beef stew in a rich tomato based sauce with carrots and potatoes ready to be served at the campsite.

This is one of the best-tasting beef stew recipes you’ll ever make! The meat is fork-tender and the rich, thick tomato-based sauce stands up to the carrots and potatoes beautifully.

Beef Stroganoff

Dutch Oven Beef Stroganoff by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron camp oven set inside a campfire ring on a sunny camp day. The golden colored pasta is mixed with the creamy sauce and browned meat, all covered with bright green fresh parsley.

I’ve create this camping beef stroganoff recipe so you can cook everything in one pot, right over your campfire. It’s a creamy, tasty, comfort food dinner you can easily prep and cook in the great outdoors!

Pesto Steak Pasta

Pesto Steak Pasta Recipe by CampingForFoodies features a blue camping plate filled with a serving of pesto steak pasta that includes bow tie pasta, cherry tomatoes and strips of skirt steak tossed in pesto then topped with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.

A great way to stretch any protein is by adding it to a pasta dish. You can use flank steak or skirt steak in this recipe, just make sure you slice it against the grain to make it fork-tender.

Trinidad Chicken Stew

Trinidad Stew Chicken Recipe by CampingForFoodies features a blue camping plate filled with white rice that is topped with deep brown stewed chicken, carrots and potatoes in a thick sauce. A green lime wedge rests on the side while a hand sprinkles bright green cilantro over the plate. A Dutch oven in the background contains more stewed chicken with the handle of a ladle resting on the edge of the pot.

The deep-rich flavors developed in this meal are amazingly simple to achieve. You’ll never look at boneless, skinless chicken breasts and think “meh” again!

Cowboy Stew

Dutch Oven Cowboy Stew by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron camp Dutch oven sitting on the ground filled with a sauce and browned ground beef, andouille sausage, potatoes and canned corn, tomatoes, green beans and green chilies.

This stew uses a lot of canned ingredients to keep it simple without sacrificing flavor. You’ll get meat, veggies and gravy in every single bite!

Dutch Oven Chili Mac

Camping Chili Mac by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron pot set on a campfire cooking grate, filled with a one pot Dutch oven chili mac recipe with ground meat, red and brown beans, tomatoes and macaroni. A single serving is set aside in a blue camping bowl with yellow shredded cheddar cheese on top.

Can’t decide if you want to serve chili or pasta? Serve them both in one dish! This warm and hearty chili mac is great on cold-weather trips. And, it cooks all in 1 pot!

Chop Suey

American Chinese Chop Suey by CampingForFoodies features a serving of chicken chop suey with carrots, mushrooms, celery and green onions over a bed of white rice on a blue camping plate with hot campfire coals in the background.

There’s no need to be craving take-out when you make this chop suey for supper! It’s packed with fresh vegetables that you can prep at the campsite, prep at home or just buy pre-prepped veggies in the produce section of your grocery store.

Dutch Oven Steak

Dutch Oven Steak by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron camp Dutch oven filled with strips of steak in a sauce with tender white and purple fingerling potatoes. The dish is topped with bright green fresh parsley. The pot is set on top of a grate that is set on the ground outdoors.

Steak and potatoes in one pot? Yep! It’s not only easy, it’s totally tasty too!

Dutch Oven Beef Sandwiches

Dutch Oven Beef Sandwiches by CampingForFoodies features a shredded beef sandwich on a hoagie roll topped with mildly spicy green peppers on a blue camping plate alongside a serving of coleslaw and dill pickles ready to be served and setting in front of a black cast iron camp Dutch oven with text over the image that reads Beef Sandwiches.

You can’t get a better 3-ingredient dinner! These beef sandwiches are so easy to make and they are super-flavorful too! If you have leftovers, wrap them in a tortilla and top them with your favorite beef burrito toppings.

Dutch Oven Chicken And Potatoes

Easy Dutch Oven Chicken And Potatoes by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron camp Dutch oven sitting on a grate in a campfire ring with a wooden log burning in the background, the pot is filled with a camping dinner of chicken, potatoes and carrots all topped with bright green parsley.

You’ll get tender meat and veggies in this dinner. I like serving a nice crusty bread and simple side salad with this meal.

Curry Chicken

Camping Curry by CampingForFoodies features a white bowl filled with yellow and orange colored curry chicken topped with red and yellow hot pepper flakes and brightly colored greed cilantro.

This curry chicken uses simple, readily-available ingredients to create a unique campsite dinner. This one-pot meal is really nice to serve with naan bread on the side for dipping into the extra sauce.

Dutch Oven Gumbo

Campfire Dutch Oven Gumbo by CampingForFoodies features a blue camping bowl filled with chicken, sausage and shrimp gumbo in a brownish red sauce and a scoop of white rice with a spoon in the bowl that is set on a chopped firewood log with green meadow grass in the background.

It takes a bit of extra work to make this gumbo but it’s totally worth it. I like making this when we host friends for dinner because I can make it well in advance of their arrival and just keep it warm till I’m ready to serve it. And, this recipe serves 10 people so if a few extra campers show up, I’m good to go!

Campfire Goulash

Dutch Oven Goulash by CampingForFoodies features a cast iron camp oven filled with goulash made with macaroni, meat, tomatoes and sprinkled with parmesan cheese. The pot is set on a grate in a campfire ring.

This goulash is ALWAYS a crowd-pleaser! Don’t be surprised if everyone asks for seconds!

Dutch Oven Pork Chops & Rice

Pork Chops And Rice Dutch Oven Recipe by CampingForFoodies features a black cast iron Dutch oven filled with a meal ready to be served at the campsite alongside a blue camp plate topped with a single serving that includes a bed of rice mixed with onions, green pepper strips and tomatoes topped with a pork chop with text over the image that reads pork chops and rice.

You get so much flavor out of using bone-in pork chops when you make this recipe. The tomatoes and bell peppers also provide tasty additions with the rice.

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Meal Planning

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Camping Menu Template Meal Planner Free Printable by CampingForFoodies features a collage of free camping printables including a camping menu planner template, a campfire stew recipe card and a healthy no cook camping salad with text over the image that reads free camping menu template, tips and recipe ideas.

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