Frunk Cooking Recipes

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Here’s your recipe thread, @cyure. I decided to make the title related to the vehicles, but I don’t think the contents have to be.

We’re going camping this weekend. So, we are having camping have tacos.

Camping Tacos with soft flour tortillas

Taco seasoning
(makes a lot more than you’ll use in this recipe):
6 Tbsp smoked paprika (a lot of people mistakenly believe paprika is spicy—it is not, but it is yummy)
4 Tbsp onion powder
4 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp black pepper
1 Tbsp lemon pepper
1 Tbsp ground cumin
1 Tbsp dried powdered parsley or cilantro
1 Tbsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp chili powder (more if you like it spicy)
1/2 tsp cayenne powder (more if you like it spicy)

Mix the dry ingredients before you leave home. Put this in an airtight container. Pack with the rest of your camp kitchen.

Taco meat
1 pound ground meat or sofritas. The meat should be no more than about 85% lean.
2-4 cloves fresh garlic crushed or finely chopped
1 small red onion, diced
2 Tbsp olive oil or similar oil
1 lime cut into quarters
Your favorite salsa
Your favorite cheese and other toppings
If you want rice and, or beans, those are additional recipes

Make sure there’s power to the frunk outlets
Plug in your induction cooktop to the frunk outlet.
Place cast iron skillet on induction cooktop. Set cooktop to high.
After a minute or so, you should be able to feel the heat radiating off the skillet when you hold your hand about 4 inches from the pan
Put the olive oil into the pan
Lower the heat to medium
Add the diced onions
Stir for a couple of minutes
Add ground meat or sofritas
Cook until just beginning to brown
Add the crushed garlic
Cook for another minute
Add 1-2 Tbsp of the taco seasoning
Cover
Cook, stirring occasionally until done.
While the meat is cooking, put a second skillet on the other induction element and turn to medium heat. Wrap your tortillas in a nearly-dry damp paper towel put into the pan and cover, heat for a couple of minutes
When the meat is done, remove both skillets from the heat.
Turn off the cooktop

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Here’s your recipe thread, @cyure. I decided to make the title related to the vehicles, but I don’t think the contents have to be.

We’re going camping this weekend. So, we are having camping have tacos.

Camping Tacos with soft flour tortillas

Taco seasoning
(makes a lot more than you’ll use in this recipe):
6 Tbsp smoked paprika (a lot of people mistakenly believe paprika is spicy—it is not, but it is yummy)
4 Tbsp onion powder
4 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp black pepper
1 Tbsp lemon pepper
1 Tbsp ground cumin
1 Tbsp dried powdered parsley or cilantro
1 Tbsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp chili powder (more if you like it spicy)
1/2 tsp cayenne powder (more if you like it spicy)

Mix the dry ingredients before you leave home. Put this in an airtight container. Pack with the rest of your camp kitchen.

Taco meat
1 pound ground meat or sofritas. The meat should be no more than about 85% lean.
2-4 cloves fresh garlic crushed or finely chopped
1 small red onion, diced
2 Tbsp olive oil or similar oil
1 lime cut into quarters
Your favorite salsa
Your favorite cheese and other toppings
If you want rice and, or beans, those are additional recipes

Make sure there’s power to the frunk outlets
Plug in your induction cooktop to the frunk outlet.
Place cast iron skillet on induction cooktop. Set cooktop to high.
After a minute or so, you should be able to feel the heat radiating off the skillet when you hold your hand about 4 inches from the pan
Put the olive oil into the pan
Lower the heat to medium
Add the diced onions
Stir for a couple of minutes
Add ground meat or sofritas
Cook until just beginning to brown
Add the crushed garlic
Cook for another minute
Add 1-2 Tbsp of the taco seasoning
Cover
Cook, stirring occasionally until done.
While the meat is cooking, put a second skillet on the other induction element and turn to medium heat. Wrap your tortillas in a nearly-dry damp paper towel put into the pan and cover, heat for a couple of minutes
When the meat is done, remove both skillets from the heat.
Turn off the cooktop

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Sounds great. I’m obsessed with smoked paprika. Love that stuff.
 
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Sadly I cook a lot but generally don’t follow recipes so not much to offer. I’ll think of something
I don’t follow recipes either. I made that one up while writing it. The taco seasoning is key, and lot of paprika is key to taco seasoning; I use about twice what I put in the recipe. You’ll find a lot of taco seasoning recipes online that are just gussied-up cayenne or chili powder. That’s not only uninteresting, it’s (from my experience with my friends and family of Mexican descent) inauthentic and, from my own taste buds, BORING.

Put some flavor in there!

Smoked paprika is my base spice for most meals that call for any kind of peppery flavor.
 
I don’t follow recipes either. I made that one up while writing it. The taco seasoning is key, and lot of paprika is key to taco seasoning; I use about twice what I put in the recipe. You’ll find a lot of taco seasoning recipes online that are just gussied-up cayenne or chili powder. That’s not only uninteresting, it’s (from my experience with my friends and family of Mexican descent) inauthentic and, from my own taste buds, BORING.

Put some flavor in there!

Smoked paprika is a base spice for most meals that call for any kind of peppery flavor.
That and cumin. Those two work great in hummus and several African dishes I’ve had. Smoked paprika works well with a bit of cinnamon as well but you have to be light handed.
 
That and cumin. Those two work great in hummus and several African dishes I’ve had. Smoked paprika works well with a bit of cinnamon as well but you have to be light handed.
I wrote, “a” and meant “my” in my post. I didn’t mean to project my preferences on others.
 
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The 85% lean GB is kind of a bummer for me. Anything under 90% lean and I have to count Weight Watcher points.

;)
You can use whatever leanness you want, really. It’s just that my experience is that too lean and the meat gets dry. If you want to go leaner, add a touch of water and a 1/4 tsp or so salt to the meat as you’re cooking. You can also use less olive oil. Add a tsp or two of water or vinegar to the pan as you’re cooking the onions.
 
I don’t follow recipes either. I made that one up while writing it. The taco seasoning is key, and lot of paprika is key to taco seasoning; I use about twice what I put in the recipe. You’ll find a lot of taco seasoning recipes online that are just gussied-up cayenne or chili powder. That’s not only uninteresting, it’s (from my experience with my friends and family of Mexican descent) inauthentic and, from my own taste buds, BORING.

Put some flavor in there!

Smoked paprika is my base spice for most meals that call for any kind of peppery flavor.
I’m going to try that. And I use my taco meat mixed with black beans and make taco salads.

The dressing is
Olive oil
Lemon juice
Salt
Pepper
diced tomatoes
Diced avocado
Sliced black olives

Toss that with lettuce, taco meat, black beans and cheese. Then throw some crumbled tortilla chips on top for crunch. Delicious.
 
You can use whatever leanness you want, really. It’s just that my experience is that too lean and the meat gets dry. If you want to go leaner, add a touch of water and a 1/4 tsp or so salt to the meat as you’re cooking. You can also use less olive oil. Add a tsp or two of water or vinegar to the pan as you’re cooking the onions.
I find chicken stock as a splash or two with lean meat helps
 
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My favorite camping treat is a throwback to my girl scout days...Using a pie iron, it's a modified Fluffernutter. Put marshmallow fluff on one piece of bread, peanut butter on the other. Sprinkle in M&Ms and sandwich together. Butter the outsides, put in the pie iron and cook over the fire until nice and grilled and melty!
 
My favorite camping treat is a throwback to my girl scout days...Using a pie iron, it's a modified Fluffernutter. Put marshmallow fluff on one piece of bread, peanut butter on the other. Sprinkle in M&Ms and sandwich together. Butter the outsides, put in the pie iron and cook over the fire until nice and grilled and melty!
Mmmmmm- lunch
 
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This is a great one for camping trips.


We have made them ahead of time in the past though.
 
This is a great one for camping trips.


We have made them ahead of time in the past though.
That stuff is addictive.
 
Whenever I go to a BBQ I bring S’mores fixings. With the caveat being I make my own marshmallows. Once you have them you will never go back to store bought again.

The only thing I do differently in this recipe is I use a 9x9 inch cake pan that’s deep so I get really thick marshmallows.

I have been making these for 16 years.


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