If you're looking for campfire meal ideas that taste great and are easy to make over an open fire, on a wood stove or using conventional methods, you are in the right place!
This particular ribeye steak recipe was cooked over an open fire using techniques that are easily adaptable to other types of cooking.
Plus there are many other recipes below for side dishes, sandwiches, main meals and even desserts that lend themselves well to cooking over an open fire.
I hope you enjoy this recipe - and remember even if you learn to cook food over an open fire in your own backyard it is a great survival skill to have because you never know when the grid might go down leaving you with needing an alternative method to cook, even if it is just a temporary weather related situation such as a snowstorm.
Here is the recipe for my delicious ribeye steam recipe.
PrintDelicious Ribeye Steak Recipe Plus Campfire Meal Ideas
- Prep Time: 48 hours
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 48 hours 25 minutes
- Category: Beef
- Method: Campfire
Instructions
- Pat the ribeye dry with paper towels to remove the excess moisture. This also helps to tenderize the meat.
- Heavily season both sides of the ribeye with sea salt and the garlic pepper seasoning. Some of the seasoning will fall off during processing and cooking which is why seasoning the ribeye on the heavier side is a good idea.
- Wrap the ribeye steaks in aluminum foil and put them back in the cooler or refrigerator to rest for another 24 to 48 hours.
- When you are ready to cook them, remove the ribeye steaks from the foil pouch.
- Set the meat aside someplace safe where animals will not be able to access it to allow the meat to relax until it is soft to the touch. This helps when you are cooking it over an open fire. Season the meat again if you wish too.
- While the meat is resting, make sure the campfire is going good. Use a wood such as oak, apple or cherry to add flavor to the meat.
- Once the fire is hot place a BBQ grill grate over the top of the fire. Be sure the grate is balanced. You can use rocks, concrete blocks, green wood or anything that won't easily catch on fire to balance the grate. If you are using green wood, leave the bark on and when they do start to catch on fire, replace them before they burn up and your grate falls. It is also a good idea to keep the meat away from the wood stakes so grease does not accidentally drip on them!
- Give the grate time to get nice and hot from the fire before putting the steaks on the grate.
- Sear both sides of the ribeye steak for one minute directly on the open campfire grill to give a nice char and grill marks.
- By this time the campfire should have died down some, if not, pull the steaks and wait until it does.
- Once the campfire had died down and there are no more large flames, place the steaks back on the grill with the bone side of the steaks closest to the fire and let the steaks cook to your desired liking.
- Be sure to turn them every fifteen minutes or so to prevent them from sticking and also to make sure they cook evenly. A well done piece of meat can take anywhere from 15 minutes to 20 minutes depending on how hot the fire is and how far away the grill grate is from the actual fire.
- Using a meat thermometer is always a good idea to be certain that your meat is the doneness that you like, however do not poke a ton of holes in your meat to test the temperature because this does allow the juices to leak out.
- Remove the ribeye steaks from the grill once they are about 5 degrees Fahrenheit from their desired doneness. Sit them on a plate and allow them to rest for another five minutes. The temperature inside the piece of meat will continue to rise.
Other Delicious Campfire Meal Ideas
Some of these recipes were cooked over an open fire or campfire and some were made on a wood burning stove.
Regardless of how they were cooked in the recipe, they are all easy to adapt to a campfire.
I hope you enjoy these campfire meal ideas!
However, before you get started, I hope you will check out my Tips For Cooking On A Wood Stove.
These tips are adaptable to cooking over an open fire, especially the ones on how to judge a fire and how to cook inside a wood stove.
Campfire Meal Ideas For Desserts
- Gluten-Free Brownie Wood Stove Recipe
- Best Cast Iron Skillet Cherry Crisp Recipe
- Apple Crisp Dutch Oven Recipe
Campfire Meal Ideas For Side Dishes
Herb Roasted Cast Iron Red Potatoes Recipe
Campfire Meal Ideas For Main Dishes
- Maple Bourbon Glazed Precooked Ham In A Dutch Oven On The Grill
- One Of The Best Dutch Oven Rib Recipes
- My Easy One Pot Cast Iron Pot Roast Recipe
Campfire Meal Ideas For Sandwiches And Breads
- Homemade Dinner Rolls Recipes Baked In A Wood Stove
- Easy Wood Stove Recipe For A Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Do you have a favorite recipe for cooking over an open fire?
Or an interesting story to share about a campfire?
Feel free to leave that below in the comments section!
I highly recommend the following articles:
- Essential Evacuation Bag Contents For Everyone
- Maple Bourbon Peach Rib Sauce Recipe
- Benefits Of Using Cast Iron For Cooking
- Planning Your Family Survival Camp
- How To Sensibly Start To Live The Off-Grid Survivalist Lifestyle
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