Grilled Potato Hobo Packs
Recipe: #10343
August 19, 2013
Categories: Side Dishes, Potatoes, 5 Ingredients Or Less, One-Pot Meal, Brunch, Fathers Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Mothers Day, Picnic, Sunday Dinner, Grilling (Outdoor), Diabetic, Gluten-Free, Kosher Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Sugar-Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Dinner, Vegan Dinner, 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 by Step Method
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
No special items needed.