10 Camping Recipes for 5 Ingredients or less

When you go out for camping and hiking alone , there is a limit as to what you can carry. Since you're gonna have to bring the essentials yourself such as camping mattresses, camping chair, camping table, a tent, a compressible pillow and more. However, when you have multiple companions, you can carry a handful of camping cookwares, starting from cooking utensils to ingredients as an additions to other camping neccesities. That is why it becomes essential for you to learn cooking different dishes with a minimum number of items.

That is how you can have different dishes on different days without carrying too many ingredients and their weight. In this article, we will illustrate 10 camping recipes for 5 ingredients or less.

Breakfast Recipes

1. Scrambled Eggs

Scrambled egg serves as a great breakfast. An egg is the source of protein. It will make you feel full till lunch. Moreover, it will provide your body with the necessary energy for further exploration.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Place the cooking pan on fire and heat it to medium-low. Make sure it does not get too hot.

Step 2 – 

Take a bowl and crack the eggs and pour into the bowl. Add a tablespoon of water or milk for 4 eggs. If you have more or fewer eggs, adjust the measurement accordingly.

Step 3 –

Add a pinch of salt in the bowl as per your estimate. Whisk the mixture thoroughly for a minute with a spoon or fork.

Step 4 –

Add cooking oil or butter so that the surface of the pan has a thin layer of oil or liquid butter.

Step 5 –

Wait a few seconds for the oil to heat up and pour the egg mixture into the pan. Use a spatula or a spoon to distribute the mixture thoroughly throughout the pan.

Step 6 –

Once the liquid mixture has overcome its fluidity, use the spatula to push the egg from the edges to the center. Therefore, the egg will become like a wave in the center.

Step 7 –

 It is time to scramble the egg gathered in the center of the pan. A spatula is perfect for scrambling. You can use two tablespoons for the same.

Step 8 –

Turn off the fire when eggs are almost cooked. Make sure it is not fully cooked. Else, pieces will become hard.
Furthermore, sprinkle pepper and shredded cheese and finish your breakfast with delight.

2. Spanish Omelet 

If you are tired of eating scrambled eggs and salads for breakfast, you should try out a special type of omelet.

Ingredients 

Preparation 

Step 1 – 

Heat a pan to medium heat and spray oil such as it covers the pan completely.

Step 2 –

Crack the eggs, add salt, and make a mixture by whisking it. Pour mixture into the pan.

Step 3 –

Spread the egg across the pan so that it covers the entire pan.

Step 4 –

As the egg cooks, add beans, onion, and cheese on one side of the omelet.

Step5 – 

Fold the other side over the filling and serve on a plate. Furthermore, sprinkle pepper before serving.

3. French Toast Sandwich

Carrying eggs and bread while camping is quite common, and there is nothing better to eat than a sandwich.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Set up six slices of bread and spread the cream cheese. Then add jam or jelly or mayonnaise, whatever available, and cover them with another set of slices of bread.

Step 2 –

Crack the eggs and add salt and whisk them. You can add milk or water if you want.

Step 3 –

Take the pan and heat it to medium. Add cooking oil to the pan. Dip the pair of bread in the egg mixture and place them on the pan. Toast each side for a couple of minutes until it turns golden brown.
Repeat the process and sprinkle pepper before serving.

Lunch Meal

4. Fried Rice

A lunch meal should make your stomach feel full, and fried rice is perfect for the same. Moreover, cooking fried rice is not as difficult as you think.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Heat up the frying pan to medium and add cooking oil till the pan is full. Once the oil heats up, add all the chopped vegetables you have.

Step 2 – 

Medium fry the vegetables and add washed rice into the pan. Keep cooking until the rice and veggies become slightly brown. Add some soy sauce for flavour if you want to.

Step 3 –

Now, crack the eggs in a bowl and add salt. Whisk thoroughly for a minute. Take a clean pan and heat it to medium-low, and add cooking oil.

Step 4 – 

Pour the egg mixture into the pan and spread it across. Scramble the eggs immediately and keep doing the scrambling work until the egg s cooked.

Step 5 – 

Pour the egg bit pieces on the almost fried rice and add salt and pepper as per taste. Furthermore, cook it for a few minutes and serve hot.

5. Bacon-Cheese Hotdog

Well, you may think of it in the breakfast, but it is better as a lunch meal because it is heavy and may dose you off to a sleep.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Split the hotdogs 75% horizontally. Do not split it fully.

Step 2 –

Put the strips of cheese into the slits of hotdogs as per your taste.

Step 3 –

Wrap the hotdogs with slices of bacon and fix toothpicks in them for fastening.

Step4 –

Roast the wrapped hotdogs in the open flame so that the bacon becomes crispy and the interior gets enough heat.
You can add some butter on the exterior as well as inside if you prefer. Serve with pepper and sauce as available.

6. Blue Cheese Burger

Just like hotdogs, burgers are great for lunch when you are camping so that you do not feel too heavy, and preparation takes little time.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Mix the ground meat with garlic powder, garlic powder or flakes, and steak or soy sauce if available.

Step 2 –

After mixing thoroughly, you should form patties to fit inside buns.

Step3 –

Place crumbled blue cheese on the patties and cover them with other patties. The layer should have a patty at the bottom, blue cheese in the middle, and a patty on top. Fasten them with a toothpick

Step 4 –

You can cook on a pan with oil or on a bed of hardwood coals as applicable. Take your time to cook the patties perfectly.

Step 5 –

Take out the toothpick and place them inside the buns. Add salads, salt, sauce, and pepper as available.

7. Veg Noodles

Noodle or Chowmein is great for a heavy lunch meal, and you can prepare it very easily with whatever available.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Unpack the noodles and boil them for some time. Transfer the wet noodles from the hot water to a bowl.

Step 2 –

Rinse the noodles with cold water multiple times and apply oil and mix well.

Step 3 –

Take a cooking pan and put it on medium heat. Spray cooking oil and fry the chopped veggies.

Step 4 –

Once they turn slightly brown, add noodles and spray oil and cook them well with high flame.

Step 5 –

Add salt and soy sauce as per your taste and keep frying until the noodles are well cooked. Moreover, serve by sprinkling pepper and chopped salads if available.

8. Pancakes

Pancakes are something everyone loves especially the fluffy ones, and you can have them with anything starting from sauce and honey to fresh fruits. Here's the ultimate guide to how to make fluffy pancakes with no milk or butter.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Take a bowl and crack eggs, and pour milk. Whisk them thoroughly and keep adding Flour until the batter becomes smooth and slightly thick. You can add powdered sugar for taste.

Step 2 –

Heat a non-stick pan to medium-low heat and spray some cooking oil. Furthermore, pour half cup of batter on the pan and spread it evenly with a spoon or spatula.

Step 3 –

Once you start seeing bubbles forming on the top of the pancake, flip it and wait for it to turn golden brown.
Once done, transfer to a serving plate, and you can serve with maple syrup, fresh chopped fruits, honey, or any other topping as per your preference.

Snacks

9. Caramel Apple

Every camping guy takes fresh fruits with them. However, eating fresh fruits will not fill your stomach. If you can cook them in a slightly different manner, things can change for tastier.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1 –

Take a bowl and mix butter, sugar, and cinnamon. It is better if sugar is in powder form.

Step 2 –

Cut off the center of the apple from the top such as there are no seeds present. Furthermore, stuff that part with the caramel.

Step 3 –

Apply the butter mixture to the entire surface of the apple.

Step 4 -

Wrap the apple with the foil twice for a thick layer.

Step 5 – 

Place it in hot coals for 15 minutes, or you can place it in open flame.

10. Fried Banana

Don’t have chips to munch? Never mind because you now have the next best thing.

Ingredients

Step1 –

Heat a pan on medium-low flame.

Step2 –

Spray cooking oil on it though butter is better.

Step3 –

Peel off the bananas and slice them thin.

Step4 –

Put the slices of banana on the pan and fry them.

Step5 –

Add powder sugar and cinnamon when the bananas turn brown.
You can also serve them with sauce like French fries.

Conclusion

Apart from these, there are various other recipes you can do with fewer ingredients. But the ones we have listed will be ready in short time and you will not get exhaust cooking. All the items will provide you enough energy during your camping session. Moreover, you can keep your taste buds alive till you hit home.