Tin Foil Chicken

Being married to an Eagle Scout whose dad was a Scout leader for years, I inevitably get to experience "roughing it" first hand when it comes to family vacations.

We recently came back from a trip to Yosemite National Park. Gorgeous park, by the way. Naturally, we camped in tents and cooked many of our own meals. The following dish, "Tin Foil Chicken" is super easy, actually quite tasty, and fun to make around the campfire.

A big part of good flavor comes from having good marinade. Here, Bryan's mom mixes chicken legs with soy sauce, garlic salt, and pepper.

Next, combine the chicken with chopped vegetables. In this case, we used potatoes, onions, and celery. This is quite flexible, although I think it's very important to have the onions and the celery since they provide a lot of the flavor. Other possible additions include peas, carrots, and other roots vegetables.

 

Season with some garlic salt.

 

Wrap up the foil (nice and tight - you don't want ashes getting into your food!) and throw it into the fire!

Cook for about 30 minutes.

Enjoy! My favorite part of this meal were the soft, caramelized onions. They were incredibly sweet, fragrant, and seemed to almost melt in your mouth. There's nothing like sitting down to a hot and flavorful meal after a long, strenuous day of hiking.