Ooey gooey melty cheesy with no strings attached {as in no dirty dishes to clean!}. What else do I gotta say {she drops her mic, brushes her hands off, turns around and walks away}. These simple and tasty potato slices are tossed in a layer of cheeses and sweet onion, sprinkled in paprika, parsley, and some “heat”, loaded onto some tin foil and kissed on the grill till tender; crispy on the outside, and melty everywhere else. If stringy melty cheese gets to your heart, you will easily fall in love with these easy sizzlin’ campfire taters.
Whoa yo! This past weekend went by waaaay too fast. The Hubster and I went on another road trip to visit my best friend at her summer cottage and had a weekend of boating, fishing, sunset-watching, and a lot of really really good eating. Our last night there, we had some amazing grilled meats and some delicious cheesy potatoes that reminded Hubby and I of our previous camping road trip just weeks before, where we grilled up these amazing campfire taters.
These look and taste fancy and all, but they aren't. A few simple ingredients were packed in our camping gear like potatoes and a sweet onion, cheeses and some delicious spices, and with a few quick minutes of easy prep work, the grill did the rest! {easy peasy nice and cheesy} The hard part is letting it cook and having to sit and smell it {#torture #TheStruggleIsReal}.
Campfire Taters
Ingredients
- 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 3 medium potatoes, thinly sliced
- 1 medium sweet onion, sliced
- ¾ cup of shredded cheese, sharp cheddar or colby-jack is perfect!
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional, for spiciness)
- 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- tin foil
Instructions
- Preheat your grill over med-high heat.
- Place a large piece (about the size of a baking sheet) of tin foil on a flat surface. Drizzle the foil in the olive oil.
- Combine all other ingredients on the middle of the tin foil and mix thoroughly.
- Place a second piece of tin foil (same size) on top of the potatoes and pinch the upper and lower foil pieces together with your fingers.
- Tear a small hole in the very top of the foil to use as a steam vent.
- Grill the foil packet for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender and cheesy. Enjoy it mesy!
Perfection!! Potatoes .. cheese... ooey gooey.... it gets no better than this!
I COMPLETELY agree Heather!! 🙂
These are gorgeous and drool worthy !
Your cheesy campfire taters look so good! I will have to try these the next time we’re camping!
What a cool idea, my kids would love these!
Cheese makes everything better. These potatoes look amazing!
Our kids will especially love this one, they love anything we can make in the fire pit at our lake cottage and if it has cheese in it, well that's even better! Thanks for sharing this one!
I love the no dish to wash. Love making side dishes on the grill along with the meat. A must try.
Yummm! We're building a bon fire out back tonight and I am INSISTING we make these!!
Wow how utterly filthy (in a good way of course), we have a load of autumn wood to burn in the coming week or so, I'm sure this will have us scrambling around for more to burn 😉
This is such a great appetizer or snack. Looks delicious and easy.
These look like they would be great for a football bbq. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks like a wonderful accompaniment at a bbq.
Yummy! My husband and I keep talking about taking a camping trip. I'm going to have to save this recipe away for when we finally do!
What a delicious looking and sounding recipe, the perfect combination. These are a must make.
I love a good snack, preferably something cheesy! Thanks for this great recipe.
I am all about cooking outdoors and campfire cooking and this is a win for me!!
I love tin foil potatoes and this recipe looks amazing. The cheese!!! 🙂
This sounds good! We used to make something similar with out the cheese and red pepper but this one sounds very temping! Great share!
This looks so good! Now, how do I build a camp fire on my balcony? 🙂
you conquered me with no dirty dishes. looks amazing!
I seriously need to make these!! In fact, I will very soon, as I'm visiting my grandkids and I have no doubt they'll love these!!! Pinning 🙂
These look great! I'll have to add them to the menu the next time we're camping!
We have our own version of this and I am super hungry -- your potatoes look delicious. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my gosh! These looks delicious.
I think I could eat that entire pan of cheesy potatoes by myself. Adding the red pepper flakes balances the richness of the cheese. Spicy potatoes and cheese go together like peas and carrots, except they taste better. Yum!
Love cooking in foil and having no clean up! I bet these were awesome. Food tastes even better when cooked over a grill (or campfire)!
Love this super-simple idea. I've used the method for vegetables, but hadn't thought about the possibilities for potatoes and cheese. Nothing like digging into a hot, messy pile of potatoes and cheese!
Potatoes and cheese...what's not to LOVE!! These look delicious and will likely end up on my Labor Day weekend menu!!
Ohhh these look amazing!! Definitely need to try these!
Cheesy and no clean up involved.....say no more I'm sold! It doesn't get any better than that!