The best hobo dinner recipe
I simply just love recipe and it truly the best hobo dinner recipe. It is a classic that I grew up with and am excited to share that with my kids now. The best part is you can cook the on a campfire, cook them on the grill, or even bake them in the oven. No matter where you are you can enjoy a super delicious hobo dinner foil pack meal.
Ingredients you need:
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 1 can of green beans, drained (or frozen green)
- 1 can of corn, drained (or use frozen)
- 4 small potatoes, peeled and sliced
- 4 tablespoons of butter
- salt and pepper
- heavy duty foil
Product you need:
- heavy duty foil
- mandoline slicer for easy slicing of the onions and potatoes
How to make The Best Hobo Dinner Foil Packet Meal:
- You will want to use heavy duty foil for a foil pack so it won’t break when you are grilling. You can use regular foil but I recommend you double wrap it to avoid it breaking oven.
- Take a 4 slices of foil. Spray with non stick spray.
- Place one potato (peeled and sliced) in the middle of each foil. I use a mandoline slicer to quickly slice my potatoes. I love it!
- Place about 1/4 of the green beans and a 1/4 of the corn on each pile of potatoes.
- Divide the ground beef into four patties and place the patties on the pile of the veggies.
- Top each foil packet with the sliced onions, a tablespoon of butter, and season liberally with salt and pepper.
- Fold up the sides of the foil. Then fold up the other sides to make a foil pack.
- Place on the grill (or a campfire) for approximately 30 minutes or until the hamburger patties are cooked through.
- Open the foil packets carefully and enjoy dinner!
How to make hobo dinners in the oven:
You can easily make this delicious hobo dinner foil packet meal in the oven. I would assemble the hobo dinners like normal but instead of placing them on the grill I would place on a cookie sheet and back at 375 degrees F for around 30-35 minutes.
Make this Hobo dinner foil packet meal tonight!
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We love this simple Hobo Dinner Foil Packet Meal for the grill and campfires. It is the best hobo dinner recipe for Summer dinners and warm nights.
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 1 can of green beans (drained (or frozen green))
- 1 can of corn (drained (or use frozen))
- 4 small potatoes (peeled and sliced)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- salt and pepper
- heavy duty foil
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You will want to use heavy duty foil for a foil pack so it won't break when you are grilling. You can use regular foil but I recommend you double wrap it to avoid it breaking oven.
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Take a 4 slices of foil. Spray with non stick spray.
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Place one potato (peeled and sliced) in the middle of each foil. I use a mandoline slicer to quickly slice my potatoes. I love it!
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Place about 1/4 of the green beans and a 1/4 of the corn on each pile of potatoes.
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Divide the ground beef into four patties and place the patties on the pile of the veggies.
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Top each foil packet with the sliced onions, a tablespoon of butter, and season liberally with salt and pepper.
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Fold up the sides of the foil. Then fold up the other sides to make a foil pack.
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Place on the grill (or a campfire) for approximately 30 minutes or until the hamburger patties are cooked through.
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Open the foil packets carefully and enjoy dinner!
Enjoy this mean on a campfire, cook them on the grill, or even bake them in the oven!
Laura Bruce says
this looked great and I love to cook something new
wayne says
looks yummy. can this be preped but then frozen until you want to use later ??
Beverly starr says
Dinner tonight !!
Carrie says
Wayne, I haven’t done that before. I don’t like the way potatoes freeze so I don’t usually freeze them. Thanks!
Phil says
4-20-2019. I ran into your recipe by accident while looking for something else online last night, so today i bought all the ingredients i needed to make the Hobo Dinner. WOW! It came out fantastic. It will now become a regular meal for my household. It was easy to make and full of flavor. Thanks for posting.
Carrie says
Phil – I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!
Brenda says
I made this and we loved it but I don’t know what happened but the potatoes keep burning what am I doing wrong
Carrie says
Brenda – Try reducing your cook time. Some potatoes will cook faster based on how thick they are cut and grill heat. I’m glad you all loved them!
Anne says
Can this be done in an airfryer?
Carrie says
Anne – I’m not sure. I’m just now learning the air fryer so I haven’t tried it yet. Please let us know how it turns out if you try it. Thank you!
Gladys says
I tried this and I really liked it looking forward to trying another one like the Shrimp hobo dinner.
Carrie says
Thanks for sharing.
Brenda says
Can this be done in oven for how long
Carrie says
Yes, you can bake in the oven at 350 for 35-45 mins until the potatoes are done. Thank you.
Denise says
Boyscouts would put a cabbage leaf then the rest of ingredients so to protect the food from burning
Carrie says
Great tip! Thank you so much for sharing!