If you are intimidated by the thought of preparing an entire camping meal over the campfire, these ten dutch oven camping recipes are sure to make you the campfire cooking guru this season!
My husband and I love to watch Kent Rollins. He’s funny, country, conservative, and knows how to cook up some delicious grub right over an open campfire! Kent makes cooking at the campground look like child’s play.
The great thing about camping is the quality family time spent outside around the fire and since dutch oven campfire cooking is not a super-fast process, it’s a great way for the family to enjoy the outdoors while preparing dinner.
If you are dreaming of being known as the campground “cookie” this season, these dutch oven camping recipes will give you a head start.
What Can You Cook In A Dutch Oven When Camping?
The answer is, “What can’t you cook in a dutch oven?” As you can see, Kent loves to cook up some mighty fine cornbread in his dutch oven
But, there’s so much more you can cook in your dutch oven at the campground.
- Chili
- Cobbler
- Whole Chickens
- Beef Stews
- Dump Cakes
- Sloppy Joes
- Bell Peppers
- Potatoes
- Beer batter fish and chips
- and so much more….
If you can dream it, you can probably cook it in your dutch oven at the campground.
How Do You Cook With A Dutch Oven On A Campfire?
You may be wondering how you cook with a dutch oven on a campfire. You can actually put your dutch oven directly on a grill or over your died-down coals from the fire.
How you cook a stew in a dutch oven will be different from how you bake a cake or bread.
With a stew or casserole, you will be able to see from the top how things are going, but with something you bake, it’s hard to see how it’s doing, and you can burn it if you have the oven too close to the coals or too small of a dutch oven.
Kent and Shannon offer some great tips in this video to help you get started.
It takes time and experience to be able to judge temperatures and cooking times.
While some dutch ovens have thermometers on them now, the beauty of dutch oven cooking on a campfire is the art of learning how to know when the food is finished.
Most experienced dutch oven campfire cooks will tell you to apply the hand rule to judge temperature. If you can hold your hand over the pot for more than 5 seconds, you are probably not at 350 degrees.
10 Dutch Oven Camping Recipes
These dutch oven camping recipes are a great way to get started with your foray into dutch oven cooking at the campground.
Start off the morning with this scrumptious dutch oven french toast casserole.
Classic beef chili is a perfect dutch oven camping meal on those cooler camping nights.
How about a Friday fish fry down at the campground? What a fun way to enjoy some delicious fried fish while camping and have a good old fashioned shindig with your camping buddies.
Another delicious chili recipe with a smoky kick. What a great chance to get the most out of your electric smoker with a night of smoked brisket and another night of smoked brisket chili made in a dutch oven over a campfire.
Low Country Boil - Perfect for Large Cookouts or a Family Campout
Everyone will be stopping by your campsite when they catch wind that you are cooking a low country boil in your dutch oven.
Another hearty dish for those colder gather round the campfire nights.
Campfire Dutch Oven Recipe: Spiced Red Lentils + Spinach. Vegan Campfire Recipe!
Meatless Monday at the campground? Try these vegan dutch oven spiced lentils.
Believe it or not, you can even make pizza in your dutch oven!
Finish dinner with a delicious dutch oven dump cake or have it for breakfast or just a snack. Either way, you're gonna love it.
If you want a super easy dessert, try making brownies in the dutch oven using a mix.
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