Amazing Foil Packet Dinners
Here are Amazing Foil Packet Dinners, and most of these can be cooked on the grill, in the oven, or even over a campfire. And this post has 10 Tips for making Foil Packet Dinners that turn out perfectly every time!
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This round-up of Amazing Foil Packet Dinners has tasty low-carb dinner ideas wrapped in sheets of foil and cooked. And for most of these you can cook the foil dinner on the grill, in the oven, or even over a campfire!
These wrapped-in-foil dinners are sometimes called Tin Foil Dinners or Hobo Dinners. They’re great when you want an easy meal without much clean up! And foil dinners are easy to personalize so every family member ends up with the ingredients they prefer. Even if you’re someone like me who uses foil sparingly, I think foil packet dinners are a fun idea to make occasionally.
Some foil packet dinners featured here are a complete meal wrapped in foil, and some are a main dish. But all the recipes are easy, fun to make, and delicious! And all the dinners are a low-carb meal, or very simple to adapt to make low in carbs; enjoy!
10 Tips for Making Foil Packet Dinners:
- Wrapping ingredients in a double layer of foil is best, whether you cook on the grill, in the oven, or over a campfire. Heavy Duty Foil is preferred.
- Spraying or brushing the inside piece of foil with olive oil or non-stick spray will keep food from sticking.
- Put ingredients that take longer to cook at the bottom of the packet and quicker-cooking ingredients on top.
- Cut things that take longer to cook in smaller pieces. For best results, don’t make foil packets too big.
- Season food well before you seal the foil packet. Add oil, butter, or liquid to keep ingredients moist inside the foil.
- Lay out two pieces of foil and add ingredients. Lift the inside piece to the center and make short folds to seal foil shut. Make several short folds on each end to seal. Repeat the same process with the outside piece of foil.
- You can cook foil packet dinners on the oven grates or grill grates. For cooking over a campfire, you can cook over coals that have burned down if you’re careful to turn the dinners often. Or use those standing grill grates some campgrounds have.
- Timing for foil packet dinners will depend on ingredients. Generally cooking time will be the same for the grill or the oven, and slightly shorter for a campfire.
- For most recipes, add cheese after the foil packet is opened.
- You can make foil packet dinners ahead and refrigerate until you cook. Let them come to room temperature before you cook.
I made this Low-Carb Foil Packet Dinner from Kalyn’s Kitchen for years when we had the Denny Family Campout. No one thought about low-carb in those days but everyone loved it. And aluminum foil was called tin foil then, so we called them tin foil dinners back in the day!
I love the flavors in these Shrimp Foil Packets with Zucchini from Recipes from a Pantry, and any shrimp fan would love this dinner.
Baked Salmon with Pesto and Tomatoes from Kalyn’s Kitchen is a recipe I’ve made many times for guests, and it’s has always been a hit.
Dara from Cookin’ Canuck says these Caprese Chicken Foil Packets can be cooked on the grill, in the oven, or over a campfire. This sounds like a dinner anyone would like!
Sausage Foil Packets with Vegetables from Kalyn’s Kitchen have autumn ingredients like cabbage and carrots, but you can eat this any time of year. Use fewer carrots if you want lower carbs.
Another foil packet dinner that sounds great is these Sausage, Cauliflower, and Green Bean Foil Packets from Step Away from the Carbs.
Greek Chicken Foil Packets from Kalyn’s Kitchen have those Greek chicken flavors I love, with melted Feta cheese, yum!
Use the veggies you prefer for this Fish and Vegetable Foil Dinner from Real Housemoms, but the recipe has some great low-carb veggie choices.
This Baked Fish in Foil with Pesto and Tomatoes from Kalyn’s Kitchen can be made with any mild white fish. If you serve with cauliflower rice this is great for a low-carb meal!
Asparagus and Salmon Foil Packets from Spend with Pennies sound easy and amazing, and I love any dinner with salmon and asparagus!
These Salmon Packets with Tomatoes and Olives from Kalyn’s Kitchen are a recipe I’ve enjoyed for years! If you don’t have saffron; this will be delicious without it!
More Foil Packet Dinners to Try:
- Chicken Fajita Foil Packet Dinners from FoodieCrush
- Sausage and Veggie Grill Packets ~ The View from Great Island
- Cheesy Chicken Foil Packet Meals ~ Cupcakes and Kale Chips
- Keto Salmon in Foil Packets with Pesto ~ I Breathe I’m Hungry
- Pork Chop Foil Packets ~ Glue Sticks and Gumdrops
- Asian Style Fish and Bok Choy in Foil ~ Cookin’ Canuck
- Chicken Sausage and Vegetable Foil Packet Dinner ~ Nutmeg Nancy
- Parmesan Chicken Foil Packets ~ Spend with Pennies
- Miso Butter Cod Foil Packets ~ Table for Two
- French Onion Chicken Foil Packet ~ Dinnerly
- Steak Fajita Foil Packets ~ Life Made Sweeter
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2 Comments on “Amazing Foil Packet Dinners”
I use my toaster oven exclusively and have read that aluminum foil should not be used in it. Do you have a suggestion for an alternative? Perhaps parchment paper?
I didn’t know that about toaster ovens but I googled it and it did confirm what you said. I don’t think these dinners will cook in parchment, but I’m not that experienced with it. But if you have a small casserole dish with a lid, I can’t see any reasons why you couldn’t just assemble the ingredients and cook it in that. Or cook on a grill if you have one, or on a grill pan on top of the stove. Hope that helps.