Hobo Foil Packet Dinners

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds ground beef, 80/20
• 2 medium russet potatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick
• 3 carrots, sliced into coins
• 1 large onion, sliced into rings
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 tablespoon neutral oil

Before you cook

• Tear four sheets of heavy-duty foil about 18 inches long and brush the centers with oil.
• Slice the potatoes into quarter-inch rounds and the carrots into coins.
• Cut the onion into thick rings and separate them.
• Mix the ground beef with the Worcestershire, half the salt, the garlic powder and onion powder.
• Shape the beef into four flat oval patties.
• Divide the potato slices among the four foil sheets and season them with the remaining salt, the pepper and thyme.
• Lay a beef patty on each bed of potatoes and top with carrots, onion rings and a tablespoon of butter.
• Bring the long edges of the foil together, fold them over twice, then fold in the ends to seal each packet.

Steps

1. Burn the campfire down to a deep bed of coals with no open flame.
2. Rake a level cooking area of coals off to one side of the fire ring.
3. Set the packets seam side up directly on the coals.
4. Cook for 12 minutes without moving them.
5. Flip each packet over with long tongs.
6. Cook the second side for 10 to 12 minutes.
7. Pull one packet out to the edge of the fire and open a corner away from your face.
8. Poke a potato slice with a fork; it should give with no resistance, and the beef should be browned through.
9. Reseal and return any packet that is not done for another 5 minutes.
10. Let the packets rest closed for 5 minutes, then open them flat and eat straight out of the foil.