Dinner - Car Camping - Camper’s Taco Pie

Camper’s Taco Pie

This recipe uses a Dutch Oven in the fire but could also be made as a “hobo pack” in the fire.

Ingredients

1 Lb of ground beef (could use turkey or just vegetables)
Small onion
Small green pepper
1 can of corn
1 can of black beans
2 cans of Rotel (canned tomatoes with chili peppers)
Grated Cheese

Enchilada Sauce: Can take a packet of McCormick’s with you and make at the camp site with water and a can of tomato paste or make your own enchilada sauce.
My Sauce: One 12 ounce can of tomato paste, one packet of McCormick chili mix, one can of milk (12 ounce can from tomato paste) and one can of Portobello Mushroom Soup by Imagine (12 ounce can from tomato paste) This makes a very thick enchilada sauce.

1 package of soft corn tortillas (make sure that they are GF) I use La Banderita

Assemble the Pie

1. Cook the ground beef, onions and green peppers together before you leave on your camping trip. Freeze in a zip lock back and the packet will thaw as you are driving to your camping location.
2. Open the corn, black beans and rotel and mix together
3. I make my enchilada sauce at home and keep in a cooler but you can quickly mix-up the McCormick sauce at the camp site
4. Put a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of the Dutch oven to keep the first layer of corn tortillas from sticking. (same for hobo packet)
5. Layer a corn tortilla, veggie mix and meat mix and cheese as if you are making lasagna. End the “stack” with a tortilla, sauce and then cheese
6. Put the lid on the Dutch oven and place in hot coals with hot coals on top of oven. (or close up your hobo packet by wrapping it in an extra layer of heavy-duty foil)
7. Since the meat is already cooked, you are really just heating the pie up at the camp site. I have even eaten this cold the next day. Also the un-used corn tortillas make a great snack with a can of re-fried beans, salsa and cheese the next day—or for breakfast as egg wraps.

Note: The pie will heat up very fast as a hobo packet. I suggest placing the packets on a grate over the fire and not directly in the fire.

Thanks, Kim Chappell, for submitting this recipe and photo! It looks great! Maybe we'll try it veggie hobo style ;-)