Grilled Potato Hobo Packs
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Recipe: #10343
August 19, 2013
Categories: Dinner, Side Dishes, Vegetables, Potatoes, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Make-Ahead, One-Pot Meal, Quick Meals, Brunch, Fall/Autumn, Father's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Mother's Day, Picnic, Summer, Sunday Dinner, Weeknight Meals, Grilling (Outdoor), Diabetic, Gluten-Free, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Sugar-Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch more
"These potatoes are a nice side that is fast and easy to prepare. I sometimes add caramelized onions to the mix. To keep the packs from tearing, use heavy duty aluminum foil or two layers of regular foil. This recipe came from Cook's Illustrated."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (231.9 g)
- Calories 188.8
- Total Fat - 3.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.5 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 36.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 36.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.5 g
- Sugars - 2.6 g
- Protein - 3.9 g
- Calcium - 24 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 21.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step 1
Place potatoes in large bowl and wrap tightly with plastic wrap.
Step 2
Steam or microwave until edges of potatoes are translucent, 4 - 7 minutes, shaking bowl (without removing plastic) to redistribute potatoes hallway through microwaving.
Step 3
Carefully remove plastic and drain well.
Step 4
Gently toss potatoes with oil, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper.
Step 5
Cut 4 10" x 14" sheets of aluminum foil.
Step 6
Working with one sheet at a time, spread one quarter of potato mixture over half of foil, folding foil over potatoes, and crimp edges tightly to seal.
Step 7
Place packs on preheated grill, cover until potatoes are completely tender, about 10 minutes, flipping packs halfway through cooking.
Step 8
Cut open foil and serve.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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