Campfire Cooking Recipes - Creole Sausage and Rice

Campfire cooking and your favorite camping recipes is easier and better when you use cast iron cookware like a large cast ion skillet or Dutch oven. You will get the best camping food ever with the least effort - leaving more time for you in those folding camping chairs.

You can use Coleman camping stoves, or other gas cookers, but nothing really beats open campfire cooking. And for that you need good camping cooking equipment.

This Creole Sausage and Rice Camping Recipe works especially well for open campfire cooking as long as you have the right camping cooking equipment, like cast iron cookware.

Serves 6 - 8 *can be increased for more campers

Cook time: 30 - 40 minutes

Camping cooking equipment needed:

• Lg. cast iron skillet w/lid or Dutch oven
• Spatula
• Lg. serving spoon
• Chopping knife
• Cutting board
• Measuring cup/Spoons
  

Main Ingredients:

• 11/2 lbs. Kielbasi Sausage
• 1 lb. Spicy breakfast sausage, bulk - not links
• 1 Red Bell Pepper - diced
• 1 lg. Spanish onion - diced
• 4 Ribs of Celery w/tops - cut
• 2 cans (14-16oz), Stewed tomatoes - undrained
• 2 pkgs. Lipton Spanish Rice mix
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp Black pepper
• 1 tbsp. crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 4 cups water

Note: For milder flavor, omit crushed red pepper flakes and use mild or medium breakfast sausage.

Creole Sausage and Rice is easy to make with these simple campfire cooking instructions.

1. Dice onion and Bell pepper - set aside
2. Chop celery w/tops into medium-size chunks (approx. 1/2")
   
3. Slice kielbasi sausage into 1/2" diagonal slices - set aside
   
4. Crumble breakfast sausage into hot skillet or Dutch oven, add 1 tbsp. olive oil and brown over high heat until done. Drain and set aside
   
5. Saute Kielbasi, Bell pepper, onion, and celery, (no tops), in same pan
6. Add all remaining ingredients - except breakfast sausage - and spices, and celery tops, and water, stir to mix well and bring to a simmer over medium heat or coals
7. Cover and simmer over low heat 10 minutes - uncover, add crumbled breakfast sausage, stir to mix well and simmer 5 more minutes to let excess liquid boil off.
8. Remove from heat and let sit 5 minutes before serving
   

Use these Smart Campfire Cooking Tips to make this camping food recipe easier and quicker. You can pick and choose which tips to use to lighten the load of the camp cook when these campfire recipes are made.

1. You can save time by dicing and chopping the veggies at home and putting them in a Zip-Loc freezer bag.
2. Slice the Kielbasi at home, put in a freezer Zip-Loc and you won't need a cutting board for this camp meal
   
3. Put the spices and dry ingredients, (pre-measured) in Zip-Loc sandwich bags and you can leave the bulk containers at home to save weight and space.

The smartest campfire cooking tip is to be organized, You will be surprised how much easier it is when you use collapsible coolers like those on the right.

You can keep camp food for meals separate from your main hard-shell coolers, meaning less foraging through them to find your ingredients. And they collapse when empty meaning much less bulk and weight to pack out of camp.

More Outdoor Camping and Cast Iron Cookware Resources you might like:

• Campfire Cooking with a Dutch Oven
• Cooking with Cast Iron Skillets
• Dutch Oven Heating Chart and Cooking Tips
  
• How to Build a Key-hole Campfire for Cooking
• Buy Cast Iron Skillets, Griddles, Cookware Sets
• Buy a Dutch Oven Lid Lifter Online
• Best Prices for Cast Iron Cookware on ebay Now

GA Anderson has been outdoor camping and campfire cooking for over 35 years. You can see more of his camping articles, camping checklists, and campfire cooking tips at his outdoor camping blog: Camping with Gus

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