r/CampfireCooking

Looking for cast iron recipe suggestions for an upcoming camping trip.

Looking for cast iron recipe suggestions for an upcoming camping trip.

Hey all,
I am really excited to join this group and even more to try my hand at some cast iron cooking this weekend.

Recipe Search 1 Anything involved with a cast iron Dutch Oven -with a longer cook time preferred.

I have usually been the recipient of cast iron cooking by my dad. Growing up there have been many camping trips and many meals cooked in a cast iron pan. Fast forward through the years and my dad is now elderly. He is basically relegated to being 'campfire manager' and given a poking stick. But I would like to add to that a cast iron dutch oven recipe so that he has something to keep him occupied. He might already have one in mind but I would really love all suggestions especially if it takes longer to cook.

Recipe Search 2 Advice/recipe suggestions on foolproof campfire biscuits.

I basically learned the 'biscuits and sausage' recipe from Kenji .
I followed that recipe and really liked it. The sausage and gravy bit is easy and foolproof. While I did follow the recipe on the biscuits I felt it was lacking, largely because I baked it in an air fryer/oven. I would really like a biscuit recipe that is foolproof and can be cooked in a cast iron skillet.

May thanks in advance.

PS The photo attached is my dad cooking the one and only time I remember him doing a 'Dutch Oven' cook.

u/RedLance68 — 1 day ago

My kind of winter sport

Pulled chicken. Can’t go wrong with some chicken breasts cooking away in a Dutch oven.

u/MaasBBQ1870 — 3 days ago
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u/LuckyGrapefruit3180 — 6 days ago

Give me your fav camp meal preps!

Hey everyone, sorry if this has been asked before. l've never been a super hardcore camper but this year my husband and I are going entirely off grid with just a cooler for food.
What are your go-to ideas for meal preps that maybe you'd wrap in tinfoil and put over the fire?
Or even your different spins on the classics like s'mores! I'll take any of ur favourite camp foods, but I’m not as talented a chef like some of you on here so go easy on me 😂
Thanks.

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u/SadBoyHoursAllDay — 9 days ago

Black layer on food - help!

Hello! My husband and I got a ton of firewood off of FB marketplace. A LOT of it. We built this really cute fire pit and upgraded our grilling grate. We’re so excited to cook more on this fire but a problem has been occurring (even before the grate upgrade, ever since we got this fire wood). Our food gets a pretty nasty black coating on it. Like black smoke deposits. Food tastes fine but I’m not happy at the thought of eating it. We also had a fire with friends for hours one night where one girl had black deposits on her face from sitting too close for a long time. I’m not sure if all of this wood now is a no-go for cooking, or if there’s anything we can do to salvage it. We don’t have the wood covered which concerns me as it may never get fully dry (but we do live in Arizona where it’s very dry and rarely rains so we didn’t really worry at first).

One other major concern, we have a newborn baby. I don’t want to hang out by the fire with the baby if this is what’s happening to the inside of his lungs!!!

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u/ApostrophePolice7 — 10 days ago