Potatoes on the fire - a favorite treat on a hike at a halt. For its preparation, a cauldron or a grate is not needed. It may seem that there is only one way to bake it, but experienced tourists know more than one recipe for a smoky dish. How to bake potatoes on a fire in different ways?
simple recipe
Before baking potatoes, you need to let the fire burn for at least an hour so that enough coals and ash are formed. When red coals are formed, and the flames become small, it is necessary to make a hole in the center of the fire, put the tubers into it, put red coals on top and bake.
How long are potatoes baked? It depends on the size of the tubers, and on the heat of the coals. To check readiness, you need to pull one potato out of the fire and pierce it with a stick. If it breaks, then it's ready.
Eat baked potatoes hot, with salt and green onions
in foil
Recipe 1
When going on a hike, it is easy to put foil in your backpack. It is useful for cooking potatoes on a fire.
Tear the foil into pieces according to the number and size of tubers. Each piece can be lubricated with oil if desired, but you can not lubricate. Wash potatoes and wrap each in foil. You can also put garlic in there. Wait until the fire burns out, the fire goes out and smoldering coals remain. Put the wrapped tubers in the fire and sprinkle coals and ash on top. Leave for 40 minutes. Eat hot, sprinkle with salt and bite onion feathers.
Even an empty potato baked in a campfire is very tasty.
There is always an opportunity to make it more spicy and rich. For example, cook potatoes with garlic and cheese. For 10 tubers, you will need 0.2 kg of cheese, four cloves of garlic, ground pepper and coarse salt to taste. The tubers need to be washed and cut into two halves, crush the garlic. Put a slice of cheese and garlic on each half of the tuber, pepper and salt, wrap in foil, bury in coals and bake for half an hour.
Recipe 2
For this recipe you need to take:
- 6 young small tubers;
- 200 grams of fat;
- four cloves of garlic;
- salt and other seasonings to taste.
Procedure:
- Rinse the potatoes, dry thoroughly, cut each tuber, not reaching the end of about 2 cm.
- Cut the salo into very thin slices.
- Mix chopped garlic and spices (pepper, bay leaf, etc.) without adding salt.
- Grate the potatoes with the prepared mixture and leave for 20 minutes.
- Put lard into the cuts of the tubers, wrap each in two layers of foil.
- Make a depression in the center of the fire, place the potatoes there, cover with coals and ash and bake for 30 minutes.
Salt the finished dish while eating
Tip: do not throw garbage into the fire where the potatoes will be fried, especially plastic items that, when burned, can release toxic substances. For garbage, it is recommended to kindle a fire separately.
Recipe 3
First, they put the potatoes in a warm fire, and while they are baking, prepare the filling.
This will require:
- grated cheese;
- butter;
- dill.
All this is taken into account. Butter, grated cheese and finely chopped dill are kneaded with a fork, mixed and cleaned in a cool place. The finished potatoes are taken out of the fire, cut from above, not reaching the bottom, pushed apart, crushed the pulp, a portion of the filling is placed and the halves are connected. When all the tubers are stuffed, put back in the fire for a couple of minutes.
Can be fried differently. Cut a large potato into two halves, make indentations in each with a spoon or knife and fill with stuffing. It can be minced meat, cheese with garlic, mushrooms, herbs and more. Fold the halves and wrap tightly in foil. Bake in the coals of a fire.
For the filling, you can take other ingredients, for example, mushrooms, onions, lard, herbs, garlic
Recipe 4
This dish is called accordion. In addition to potatoes, you will need any products: cheese, meat, chicken, lard, brisket, bacon, vegetables, herbs, onions, garlic, mayonnaise, spices, butter.
Prepare the potatoes: wash, dry and make cuts along the entire length, but do not cut through. Put the chosen filling into the cuts: thin slices of brisket, cheese or circles of vegetables. Top with oil or grease with sour cream, sprinkle with spices, chopped garlic, chopped herbs.
Each stuffed tuber should be properly wrapped in foil and put in a fire.
On skewers
Shish kebab is prepared not only from meat. To cook potatoes on skewers on a fire, you need cheese and boiled pork. Peel the tubers, rinse and cut into circles 2 cm thick. String potatoes, slices of boiled pork and cheese alternately on skewers. Wrap the kebab in foil and set over the embers of a fire. As a support, you can use pieces of wood or stones found in the forest. If the potatoes are young, you can pre-boil them until half cooked.
If you want to get a golden crust, you need to fry skewers without foil
If there is no fire
It is impossible to make a fire, but you want potatoes with smoke and a delicious peel. Then you need to cook it, like on a fire, but in an ordinary stove. It's simple, but there are a few secrets.
Procedure:
- Rinse the unpeeled potatoes thoroughly, you can even go over each tuber with a brush. Do not wipe.
- Mix a small amount of flour with salt and roll each potato in this dry mixture.
- Put on a baking sheet and place in the oven for an hour at 180⁰C. If you need it faster - under the grill.
- There are ready-made potatoes with butter, herbs and garlic.
At a picnic, there is nothing better than a baked potato in a fire. The simplest recipe, familiar to every schoolchild, can be successfully diversified, the main thing is not to be lazy and fantasize.
