Dutch Oven French Fries / Chips

Oven cooking French Fries in a Dutch Oven over a campfire is almost identical to using a convential oven at home.

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1 30

Course Camping Kids Meals, Camping Meals

Cuisine American, Scottish

Servings 2 people

Set and light a fire using wood, charcoal or coal.
Place the Dutch Oven next to the fire so it can warm up. Rotate every so often to get an even heat throughout.
Wait for the fire to die down until you have some nice hot coals to cook on.
Place your oven chips / French Fries / waffles / chicken nuggets etc... in the Dutch Oven and place in the coals.
1 pack Ready-made Oven Chips / Frozen French Fries etc...
Wearing fireproof gloves, pick up some hot coals and place them on the top of the Dutch Oven. This provides heat from the top down.
Cook your food for as long as you would normally. Replace the coals on the top periodically with fresh, hot, coals from the fire bed. Try not to open the Dutch Oven too often as the heat will escape.
Once everything is cooked, remove the coals from the lid and remove the Dutch Oven from the fire. It will be very hot, use fireproof gloves and keep kids away from it. Serve and enjoy your food!
Once the Dutch Oven has cooled, clean with cooking oil on a paper towel, cleaning with washing up liquid & water is not normally necessary.

Dutch ovens can be placed directly in the fire, hung from a tripod or positioned on a grill. Use whatever option you prefer.

If using a tripod, you can control the heat by moving the Dutch Oven up or down.

Keyword camp cooking families, camp cooking for kids, dutch oven recipes