Hamburger foil packet dinners

Name: Hamburger foil packet dinners
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 russet potatoes; 3 carrots, peeled; 1 yellow onion; 1 lb 85/15 ground beef; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1½ tsp salt, divided; ½ tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp butter, cut into 4 pats

Seasoned patties, potatoes, carrots and onion steam together in foil for a campfire-style dinner with no dishes.

60 min total
15 min hands-on
Anyone can make this
Serves 4
About $2.43 a serving
430 calories
Gluten-free

Dolly says: Most of the time here is hands-off, so you can sit down while it cooks.

Ingredients

For 4 servings.

2 russet potatoes
3 carrots, peeled
1 yellow onion
1 lb 85/15 ground beef
2 tbsp butter, cut into 4 pats

From your pantry

1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
1½ tsp salt, divided
½ tsp black pepper

Each serving has about 430 calories, 25 g protein, 31 g carbs and 23 g fat, and costs about $2.43 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.

Missing something?

No russet potatoes? Yukon Gold potatoes work.
No yellow onions? White onions or red onions work.
No 85/15 ground beef? 90/10 ground beef works.
No butter? Ghee works.

Steps

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the oven to 400°F and tear off four 12x18-inch sheets of heavy-duty foil.
the potatoes into ¼-inch rounds, the carrots into thin coins, and the onion into thin rings.
Dolly’s tip: Thin is the trick. Thick chunks won’t be tender by the time the beef is done.
Mix the beef with the onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, 1 teaspoon salt and the pepper, and shape it into 4 patties about ½ inch thick.
Food safety: Wash your hands, the board and the knife with hot soapy water after touching raw meat, and don’t rinse raw chicken in the sink.
Pile the potatoes and carrots in the middle of each sheet and sprinkle them with the rest of the salt.
Set a patty on each pile, lay the onion rings over it, and top with a pat of butter.
Bring the long sides of the foil together over the food and fold them down tightly, then roll up the ends to seal each packet.
Dolly’s tip: Seal them well. The steam trapped inside is what cooks the vegetables.
Set the packets on a and 40 to 45 minutes, until the potatoes are tender and the patties read 160°F.
Timer: 42 min 30 sec
Dolly’s tip: Open one packet away from your face to check. The steam that rushes out is very hot.
Food safety: Ground beef, pork and lamb are done at 160°F. When it’s cooked through there’s no pink left anywhere in the pan.
Serve them right in the foil, or tip each one onto a plate.