Simple Campfire Beef Noodle Skillet Recipe

I not too long ago got here again from an prolonged tenting journey with associates within the north woods of Maine the place we took turns making dinner. I made a beef noodle skillet recipe over a campfire the evening I needed to cook dinner. This text covers that recipe and the cooking course of. It fed two hungry adults with loads of meals left over.

I selected this recipe for 3 causes: 1) it’s simple, 2) I may cook dinner it over the campfire, and three) who doesn’t like beef and noodles!?

This recipe doesn’t push the envelope with unusual elements or obscure flavors. That makes it good as an all-purpose crowd pleaser, and nice for youths with choosy tastes. You gained’t win any culinary awards with it, however you should use it to supply a dish that can feed hungry folks with out grievance. I had a number of servings myself. It does the job.

Why this Dish is so Simple

This beef noodle skillet dish is straightforward as a result of in need of boiling the noodles, it may all be made in a single forged iron skillet. I used a 12″ Dutch oven to cook dinner the noodles over the fireplace after which used a 12″ skillet (and the lid from the 12″ oven) to complete the recipe. Should you don’t have a forged iron lid or a skillet, you should buy them collectively after which simply use any pot you need for boiling the noodles.

The few cooking instruments wanted means clear up can also be simple. Actually, the one factor you’re cleansing up is the plates/bowls/utensils used and the skillet itself, and cleansing forged iron is simpler than many individuals suppose. Should you use paper plates and plastic silverware, that’s even much less to scrub.

This dish can also be simple as a result of most youngsters will get pleasure from it. Mother and father know all too nicely the challenges of feeding choosy children. Happily, most youngsters love pasta, and this beef noodle skillet dish has a lot. They’ll simply pick the inexperienced pepper and onions if you happen to reduce them large enough or you’ll be able to go away them out altogether!

Few Substances

There are solely eight elements to this recipe (not counting pepper and salt to style). You want floor beef, an onion, pepper, garlic clove, egg noodles, can of tomato soup, can of corn, and a few sharp cheese. That’s it!

Packing the elements for tenting is straightforward and solely one of many gadgets (cheese) requires chilly storage temps, leaving extra room in your cooler for different meals (like beer).

Single Easy Skillet Cooking

Should you cook dinner your egg noodles at residence prematurely you may make cooking this within the subject even simpler, however assuming you don’t, you’ll need a method to boil your noodles. As I discussed, I did this over the identical campfire through the use of a forged iron tripod to hold my Dutch oven from.

Additionally, you will want a cooking grate of some kind to set your skillet over the fireplace. See my article on constructing your individual campfire cooking package to be taught extra.

Campfire Beef Noodle Skillet Recipe

The complete recipe is offered under. Print it off to take with you. In case you have cooked it, or are cooking the same dish, let me know what you suppose within the feedback part.

Bon appetit!

Substances

• 1 lb floor beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium inexperienced pepper, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1 16oz bundle egg noodles
• 1 11oz can tomato soup
• 1 15oz can whole-kernel corn
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheese

Directions

1. Cook dinner the egg noodles in a pot or Dutch oven over your campfire.
2. Brown the bottom beef in 12″ skillet.
3. Add the chopped onion, inexperienced pepper, and garlic (I additionally season with salt and pepper).
4. Drain the noodles when achieved and add to the skillet. Combine nicely.
5. Unfold cheddar cheese throughout the highest, cowl, and look ahead to cheese to soften.
6. Serve and luxuriate in!