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What’s for dinner? The eternal questions that’s on everyone’s minds, especially when you’re on a camping trip! After a long day of being outdoors, there’s nothing better than sitting down together to enjoy a nice warm meal.
To us, the ideal camping dinner should be fun-to-make, difficult-to-screw up, and easy-to-clean. Something that really adds to the experience of the trip!
So we’ve searched through all the of camping recipes we’ve developed over the years, and whittled them down to our 16 favorite dinners. If you’re meal planning for your next camping trip and wants some inspiration on what to make for dinner, check out the list below!
Best Camping Dinner Ideas
Sausage and Tortellini Soup
Cheese-filled tortellini and spicy Italian sausage floating in a rich, luxurious broth, this quick and easy tortellini soup is one of the coziest meals we’ve ever made! It comes together so quickly and tastes so much better than any store-bought soup.
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Dutch Oven Red Beans and Rice
Grab your favorite Cajun spice blend! This smoky, spicy, and deeply satisfying dinner is a camp-friendly adaptation of red beans and rice. Best of all it can be cooked entirely in one pot!
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Chipotle Grilled Chicken Tacos
Tacos are one of our favorite camping dinner! These chipotle grilled chicken tacos are a great way to capture those warm, care-free summer camping vibes. A slice of lime, a cold beer, and these tacos, what could be better?
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Chicken Pineapple Kabobs
These Chicken Pineapple Kabobs are one of the easiest meals to cook over a campfire. Just chop ingredients into pieces, skewer with a stick, and place over the fire! With bright, tropical flavors, these Pineapple Chicken Kabobs are an easy, fuss-free camping meal perfect for summertime grilling.
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One Pot Chili Mac
Blending the best of both worlds, chili mac combines the smoky and spicy flavor of chili with the rich and creamy texture of mac & cheese. It’s an all-American camping classic. Our recipe combines the process, allowing you to make it using just a single pot!
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Using a quick citrus marinade, these grilled chicken tacos offer a blast of summer flavor. So pick up a couple of limes, invite a few friends over, and get the camping taco party started!
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Tzatziki Chicken Skewers
These Greek-inspired grilled chicken skewers with tzatziki sauce can either be a quick grab-and-go appetizer or the centerpiece of a full dinner spread. Grilled up some extra veggies, put out some pita chips and hummus, and you’re in business!
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Shrimp Boil Foil Packets
Shrimp, smoky sausage, buttery corn, and zesty lemon, this Shrimp Boil Foil Packet is one of our all-time summertime favorites.This is the perfect campfire meal for your next camping trip or backyard BBQ.
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Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers
These vegetarian burgers are packed with black beans, sweet potatoes, and spices for a super flavorful and healthy veggie burger recipe perfect for camping trips, tailgating, or an easy weeknight meal at home.
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Campfire Grilled Fish Tacos
Grilling fish over a campfire is great, but turning it into fish tacos is even better. This is a great dinner to kick off a camping trip. Not only does it make a great first impressive, but it also gets the fish out of your cooler first thing.
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Dutch Oven Enchiladas
Cheesy, spicy, and oh so filling – these veggie-stuffedDutch Oven Enchiladasare one of our new campfire favorites. All you need is a Dutch oven to get yourself that oven-baked taste right at the campsite.
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Grilled kielbasa, potatoes, and onions all tossed together in a honey mustard sauce and grilled to perfection! This foil packet recipe is such a satisfying camping meal and it is an absolute cinch to make!
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Dutch Oven Vegetable Stew
Loaded with mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, and onions, thisDutch oven vegetable stew is our vegan-friendly take on stew. It’s a great one pot camping meal to keep you warm all night long!
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Grilled Beer Brats
Here’s our trick to perfectly juicy grilled beer brats: simmer them first in beer and sauerkraut, and then finish them on the grill so they brown up and take on some of that delicious smoky grilled flavor!
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Grilled Everything Burgers
If you love the charred, smokey flavor of grilled burgers, then why stop at the patties? For this Grilled Everything Burger, we grill the buns, tomato, onions, and even the lettuce!
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Hungry for more? Check out these other camping recipe roundups for more ideas!
- 18 Camping Breakfast Ideas
- 27 Easy Camping Meal Ideas
- 11 Camping Desserts
Fresh Off The Grid
Megan & Michael are the creators of Fresh Off The Grid, a blog dedicated to helping you fuel your adventures by sharing camp cooking recipes, backpacking meals, and outdoor travel guides. Their recipes and outdoor cooking expertise have been featured in Backpacker Magazine, Outside, REI Co-Op Journal, Food & Wine, and New York Times Cooking.
