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Home » Blog » Camping » Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Foil Dinner

Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Foil Dinner

Jun 27, 2012 · Modified: Jan 4, 2024 by Lisa · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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We had a two day camping trip this last weekend to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was awesome and a little to breathtaking for poor John, aka: Safety Dad! Since we were going to be there two nights and getting there right about dinner time I wanted to make a foil dinner ahead of time. Since our typical foil dinner has potatoes in it, I thought I would try this one I have seen around the web. It was delish! We will definitely be adding this to our normal camping cuisine! This recipe made 5 foil dinners.

Ingredients:

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, thawed – I cut mine into bite sized pieces because they cook better and who wants to dirty extra knifes while camping.

1 package Stuffing mix

1 ¼ cup water

fresh broccoli, washed and cut into bite sized pieces

1 cup cheddar cheese, grated

6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

4 Tbsp Ranch dressing

Lay foil out on counter. I do all of mine at once, its like one big assembly line. Spray with nonstick cooking spray (which I never remember to do, so don’t sweat it if you forget). Mix stuffing and water and then divide onto foil. Add chicken and broccoli pieces over stuffing. Then sprinkle the bacon crumbles. Then top with the cheese. Lastly, pour 1 Tbsp of Ranch over the top. Seal dinner up.

After I seal my dinner up there is always one side that has more protection because of the foil being folded over.

I always lay that down on a second piece of foil with the flaps down.

Then I fold that foil again. That way no matter which side is closest to the coals there is a good layer of foil between the coals and the food. It really cuts down on burnt food.

Then I put our dinners in a big Ziploc bag and throw them in the cooler, all ready for as soon as the fire is going, Which in our case turned out to be never! There was a complete burn ban – no fire – no charcoal. So I cooked ours on cast iron on our stove.

And this is my new preferred way of cooking a foil dinner! They were perfect. And just in case you wondered about s’mores, we made those in the oven when we got home!

They only need a minute or less in the oven. If you leave them too long the chocolate is too melted and it will get everywhere – EVERYWHERE! Not that I would know of course 🙂

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  1. Heather Weston

    September 24, 2017 at 2:46 pm

    We don’t cook the chicken before putting everything in the foil to throw on the grill? How long on the grill?

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  2. Jamie

    October 02, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    I want to try this at home but was curious as to whether or not it would be ok to use frozen broccoli?

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    • Lisa

      October 02, 2012 at 7:54 pm

      (Lisa) I’m not sure because I haven’t tried it, but I’m sure it would be fine. Maybe just a little more mushy if anything..

      Reply
  3. Sara

    October 02, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    How long does it take to cook the Chicken & Broccoli Foil Dinner on the burner?

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    • Lisa

      October 02, 2012 at 2:09 pm

      I would say about 15 minutes on each side.

      Reply
  4. johnlisa02

    July 03, 2012 at 9:34 pm

    Only about a minute. No they don’t get crispy on the outside they just get soft enough to smoosh!

    Reply
  5. Cara

    July 02, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    How long would you cook that in an oven?

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  6. Barbararizona

    June 27, 2012 at 7:27 pm

    We live in central eastern AZ, so we, too, have no outside fires.  Interested in how the marshmallows react in the oven.  Do they get wonderfully gooey on the inside and crispy brown on the outside like they do over an open fire?

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