These Beef and Vegetable Hobo Dinners are so simple, plus it won’t make any dirty pans. Make these in the oven or on the grill.
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You can make these Beef and Vegetable Hobo dinners ahead of time, making them a perfect meal option for an upcoming camping trip or for busy weeknight. Your family will love these hobo meals as everyone will get their own packet and they pack a great flavor.
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What We Love About This Beef and Vegetable Hobo Dinners Recipe
The best thing about these foil packet meals are that they are delicious meals. You do not have to sacrifice flavor for this easy meal.
- Easy Ingredients: For this easy recipe hobo foil packet dinners you will need 6 simple ingredients.
- Bring Camping: Bring these hobo dinner camping as an easy meal the while family will enjoy. Make ahead and store in a cooler and cook the grill.
- No Dirty Dishes: These hobo dinner do not create and dirty pans as everything is made, assembled, and cooked in the foil packet.
Ingredient Notes for Easy Hobo Dinners
- Ground Beef: You will need 1 1/2 lbs of ground beef, you can also use ground turkey, chicken, or pork.
- French Onion Soup Mix: For this recipe, you will need 1 packet of french onion soup mix.
- Potatoes: I used baby gold potatoes, you would could also fingerling potatoes.
- Carrots: You will need 2 carrots for this recipe. You could also use cut up baby carrots.
- Onions: You will need a medium onion. I used white onion, but you could also use yellow or red onions.
- Olive Oil: Olive oil or any other neutral oil such as vegetable or canola oil will also work or even melted butter.
Equipment Needed for Best Hobo Dinner
- Aluminium Foil
- Knife
- Cutting Board
How to Make Beef and Vegetable Hobo Meals
These are the basic steps for making Beef and Vegetable Hobo recipe. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed instructions.
STEP 1: PREPPING
Start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees. The cut up and peel the potatoes, carrots, and onions. Lay out each sheet of aluminum foil to prepare to fill.
STEP 2: LAYER THE HOBO FOIL PACKETS
Evenly split the ground beef into 4 equal hamburger patties. Lay each patty on the center of each foil sheet, season with salt and black pepper. Then add the potatoes, carrots, and onions. Drizzle a little of olive oil on top of the veggies and then sprinkle with french onion soup mix.
STEP 3: BAKE HOBO DINNER IN OVEN
Once you fold foil securely, place your hobo dinners in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Carefully remove from the oven and open the beef and vegetable hobo foil pack, then serve!
Prep and Storage Tips for Hobo Dinner Recipe
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME
To make this foil dinner ahead if time just follow the step and securely close tin foil, then store in a plastic bag in the fridge, cook within 1-2 days.
HOW TO STORE THIS EASY HOBO DINNERS RECIPE
Store any of this easy recipe leftovers in airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
HOW TO FREEZE THIS HOBO DINNER PACKET RECIPE
To freeze this recipe you can make as you would if you were making them ahead of time, store in a freezer safe bag for up to 6 months.
HOW TO REHEAT THIS BUSY MOM RECIPE
To reheat this recipe, microwave in a glass container or other microwave safe dish for 1.5-2 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions about Foil Dinner
Yes you can absolutely make these ahead of time, in face this is the perfect meal to make individual packet ahead of the time especially if you are going camping.
You can absolutely use cubed sweet potatoes chucks in place of the baby gold potatoes in these foil dinners.
This recipe can easily be doubled or halved depending on how many you are looking to make.
To make a foil dinner layer in the center of a foil sheet and layer with meat and veggies of your choice. There is an easy way to fold the foil for these dinners, see here.
Expert Tips for Making This Hobo Dinner on the Grill Recipe
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This recipe for hobo dinner packets can easily be doubled or tripled to fit desired amount.
- Add Your Favorite Vegetables: Add your favorite veggies such as fresh green beans or bell peppers to these hobo dinners.
- Hobo Dinner on the Grill: This is perfect for the summer months, cook on a 400 degrees f grill for 20 minutes, flipping halfway between.
- Seasonings: You can also add other seasonings like garlic powder, onion powder, and chili powder. You could even cook with bbq sauce.
What to Serve with Beef and Vegetable Hobo Packets
- Air Fried Cauliflower
- Air Fryer Brussel Sprouts
- Easy Caesar Salad
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Beef and Vegetable Hobo Dinners
Equipment
- 4 Large sheets of aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb. Ground beef
- 1 Packet French onion soup mix
- 1 lb. Baby gold potatoes cut into pieces
- 2 Carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 Onion sliced
- 2 Tbsp. Olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Form the beef into four evenly sized patties, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Place one patty in the center of each large sheet of tin foil.
- Add an equal amount of potato, carrot and onion to each foil packet.
- Drizzle the olive oil over the foil packet contents.
- Sprinkle the French onion soup mix over the packets.
- Fold the long sides of the tin foil sheets up and over the contents, and roll closed to secure.
- Roll up the remaining sides of each piece of tin foil to form a secure packet.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Careful open the foil packets and serve.
Expert Tips
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This recipe for hobo dinner packets can easily be doubled or tripled to fit desired amount.
- Add Your Favorite Vegetables: Add your favorite veggies such as fresh green beans or bell peppers to these hobo dinners.
- Hobo Dinner on the Grill: This is perfect for the summer months, cook on a 400 degrees f grill for 20 minutes, flipping halfway between.
- Seasonings: You can also add other seasonings like garlic powder, onion powder, and chili powder. You could even cook with bbq sauce.
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