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Walking Camping Tacos

How to make the best camping tacos for a simple and easy campfire dinner. Walking tacos in a bag with taco meat and your favorite toppings.
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Course: Camping Recipes, dinner
Cuisine: American, Tex-Mex
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 5
Calories: 741kcal
Author: Mel Lockcuff

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 medium yellow onion minced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
  • 1/2 cup salsa
  • 5 small bags Doritos or Fritos

Toppings:

  • 1 cup lettuce chopped or shredded
  • 1 cup tomatoes diced
  • 1 cup black beans drained
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
  • 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese shredded
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup salsa or Pico de Gallo
  • 2 avocados peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 cup jalapeños sliced
  • 1/2 cup black olives sliced
  • 1/2 cup green onions chopped

Instructions

  • Choose whether you'll cook on a camp stove, grill, or over the campfire. We like to cook over the fire when possible.
  • Your fire should be down to coals at this point, with a little bit of flame here and there. We prefer to use our tripod grill right above the coals. You may need to adjust the height of the grill over the fire, so the pan doesn’t get so hot that it burns the meat.
  • In a large cast iron skillet, sauté the chopped onion in a little bit of olive oil.
  • Then add the ground beef and mix it up with the onion, stirring the mixture occasionally while cooking.
  • Meanwhile, while waiting on the meat to cook, chop up the lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, and other toppings that need chopping.
  • When the meat is cooked through, go ahead and responsibly drain it.
  • Add the taco seasoning and salsa into the meat, and allow the mixture to simmer for another 5-10 minutes.
  • Then remove the taco meat from the skillet and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes while you finish putting together all the toppings.

How to Assemble Walking Tacos:

  • Open the bags of chips, crushing chips up a little bit if you want.
  • Add in a nice sized helping of the ground beef mixture.
  • Then add in a dollop of sour cream and all your favorite toppings, including shredded cheese. We add lettuce, tomatoes, and avocados.
  • Give it all a good stir with a fork, mixing it all up really well. And then it's ready to eat!

Notes

When it comes to leftovers, obviously, unopened bags of chips can just stay like they are. As for the meat mixture and toppings, we usually just combine things like meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, etc., and store it in either an airtight container or a plastic storage bag, then put it in the cooler where it will stay cold. It makes a great snack or lunch the next day, though more like a taco salad.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 741kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 57g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 25g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 127mg | Sodium: 1399mg | Potassium: 1205mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1908IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 447mg | Iron: 4mg
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