Hobo Dinner

Our hobo dinner is the ultimate comfort food. A perfect summer meal made over the campfire (or in the oven) Wonderful in fall as the nights get cooler.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword foil packet dinners, foil packet meals, hobo dinner in oven, hobo meals, tin foil dinners

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 584kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef 80/20
salt divided
black pepper divided
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar packed
4 tablespoons butter cut into cubes
3 medium Russet potatoes peeled and diced
1 medium yellow onion cut into cubes
2 large carrots peeled and diced
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup low sodium

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
In a bowl, mix together the beef (1 pound), 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, garlic powder (1/2 teaspoon), onion powder (1/2 teaspoon), chili powder (1/2 teaspoon), and brown sugar (1/2 teaspoon) until the spices are evenly incorporated.
Form beef mixture into 4 equal-sized patties. Set aside.
Spread out 4- 12-inch sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Stack a 1/4 of each vegetable in a layer in the center of each sheet of foil. Sprinkle the vegetables generously with salt and pepper and dot the top with 1 tablespoon of cubed butter.
Top the vegetable layer with a beef patty then top with 2 tablespoons cream of mushroom soup.
Seal foil packets well and place them on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until the beef patty reaches an internal temperature of 160 °F, and the vegetables are tender about 30-40 minutes.
Bake in preheated oven until the beef patty reaches an internal temperature of 160 °F, and the vegetables are tender for about 30-40 minutes.

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