Hobo Dinner Foil Packets
Hobo Dinner Foil Packets offer a fun and alternative method of cooking your vegetables and meat. Simply place your fresh veggies together with ground beef and seasoning in a square of aluminum foil, wrap it up and cook it over the grill!
It’s as simple as that and results in tender vegetables with flavorful juicy meat, topped with melted cheese.
Make your foil packets as big or as small as you like depending on how hungry each person is. A fun idea is to get the kids involved in making their own Hobo Dinner Foil Packets, varying the ingredients as desired!
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Cook these foil packets at your next summer BBQ, in the oven at home, or use them as convenient, no-mess camping meals.
RECIPE TIPS
- Double the square of foil if you intend to make larger food portions. You’ll just need to keep in mind that the cooking times will vary if you make larger or smaller foil packets than what’s listed for my Hobo Dinner Foil Packets recipe.
- Spraying the foil with cooking spray helps prevent the fresh vegetables from sticking to the sides of the packet while cooking.
- Place the ingredients in the center of the foil, wrapping the edges tightly together so that no food falls out.
- You could flip the packets if you want as a way to prevent the ingredients inside the foil packet from burning although I’ve found that merely turning and shaking the packets does the trick. If you do flip the packets, just be aware that your meal may come out a little less pretty.
- I prefer to use heavy duty aluminum foil when making these Hobo Dinner Foil Packets to prevent any tearing or breaking of the foil. You could also double the aluminum foil if you wish.
How to Make Hobo Dinner Foil Packets
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, mayo, Worcestershire sauce and minced onions and well combined.
- Form into 6 patties.
- Clean and cut potatoes, carrots and onion and add to large bowl.
- Drizzle with half of the oil and sprinkle with half of the Italian seasoning, stir. Drizzle with remaining oil and sprinkle remaining seasoning, stir until well combined.
- Divide vegetables into 6 packets and place hamburger patty on top of vegetables.
- Fold foil over and seal packet .Heat grill to medium heat or 325 degrees F.
- Place packets on grill and cook for 20-25 minutes turning and slightly shaking packet often to prevent burning.
- Remove when vegetables are tender and hamburger is 150 degrees F for medium well done. If adding cheese, do so as soon as burgers come off the grill.
- Serve immediately and store leftovers in refrigerator
WHAT ARE FOIL PACKETS?
- Foil packets aren’t actually anything new. In fact, they’ve been around for quite some time and as the years have gone on, numerous variations have emerged that can be enjoyed as hearty and fun meals.
- Essentially, a foil packet is a square of aluminum foil that’s filled with veggies and meat, wrapped and cooked together on the grill, in the oven, or over a hot fire. It’s a super fun way to feed the family and is a great meal when camping or outdoor grilling, even though you could also opt to make these in your oven at home.
- Kids LOVE to help put these foil packets together. Even better is the fact that the foil acts as a dispensable food plate!
CAN I MAKE FOIL PACKETS AHEAD OF TIME?
- Absolutely! You can make these the day or night before and store them in the refrigerator until ready to cook. Get the kids to help you make their own foil packets!
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Hobo Dinner Foil Packets
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons dried minced onions
- 1 pound baby potatoes or small potatoes cut in half
- 3 large carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 small white or yellow onion sliced thinly
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning divided, homemade or store bought
- 8 ounces colby jack cheese grated
- Fresh parsley for garnish optional
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, mayo, Worcestershire sauce and minced onions and well combined
- Form into 6 patties
- Clean and cut potatoes, carrots and onion and add to large bowl
- Drizzle with half of the oil and sprinkle with half of the Italian seasoning, stir
- Drizzle with remaining oil and sprinkle remaining seasoning, stir
- Divide vegetables into 6 packets and place hamburger patty on top of vegetables
- Fold foil over and seal packet
- Heat grill to medium heat or 325 degrees F
- Place packets on grill and cook for 20-25 minutes turning and slightly shaking packet often to prevent burning
- Remove when vegetables are tender and hamburger is 150 degrees F for medium well done. If adding cheese, do so as soon as burgers come off the grill.
- Serve immediately
- Store leftovers in refrigerator
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Nice recipe, sounds tasty & easy. How long would you bake these in a kitchen oven, & at what temperature, if that’s what you chose to do?
I would do 375 degrees F for about 35 mins 🙂
The picture of your foil packets shows melted cheese on the hamburger Patti but nowhere does it say when to add in instructions even though it is listed in the ingredients in the recipe. Want to make but would also love the cheese. When do you add???? Thank you for your response.
Howdy! Sorry about that lack of instructions for the cheese. I added more specific instructions to step 8 for those would like to add cheese 🙂
You will want to add it on as soon as the burgers come off the grill to allow the cheese to melt. I would reseal the foil to speed up that process as well. I hope that helps 🙂
Could I grill these burgers without making the Foil packet? I made the Foil packets last weekend and they were amazing. I’d like to try just grilling the burgers by themselves but unsure if they will hold together.
Yes, that should work out just fine Julie 🙂
Can the hobo dinners in foil be frozen prior to cooking?
Thanks
I haven’t tried freezing them before, so I can’t say for sure. Let us know if you try that!
Made this recipe when I was in campfire girls some 53 years ago and they are still good
What would you recommend for baking in oven, what temp and for how long? 🙂
I’ve fixed hobo burgers before and they are delicious