Karen's Red Hot Campfire Potatoes

This recipe is a must for your next camping trip--potatoes, onions, and bacon are cooked directly on the campfire in foil packets.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 208 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• aluminum foil
• Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 6 slices bacon, divided
• 8 small red potatoes, or more to taste, halved
• 1 red onion, quartered and slightly broken apart

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Build a campfire and allow the fire to burn until hot.

Step 2

Cross two 1 1/2-foot long pieces of aluminum foil so the centers are overlapping. Place 3 strips of bacon in the center of the foil.

Step 3

Combine potatoes, onion, red pepper flakes, and chili powder in a bowl. Season generously with salt and pepper. Place potato mixture on top of the bacon slices and top with the remaining bacon slices.

Step 4

Fold the opposite ends of the foil inward to create a packet, making sure that all open spaces are sealed.

Step 5

Throw the packet directly on the campfire. Cook, turning as needed so the contents do not burn, until potatoes are tender and edges of the foil blacken, 45 to 60 minutes. Open packet very carefully.