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Cowboy Chicken

This is our camping and lazy-weekend meal — a big griddle pile of potatoes, chicken, kielbasa, and veggies in a smoky campfire marinade. Everything gets rough-chopped to the same size, so prep is quick and it cooks fast on the griddle. We make it ahead by tossing it all in the marinade, vacuum-sealing it, and letting it sit in the fridge overnight, then cook it over the next day or two. It feeds six to eight, and scales easily for a bigger crew.

Serves 6–8 Griddle ~30 min (plus marinating)

Ingredients

Potato mixture

  • 3 lb russet potatoes, rough-chopped (about ½-inch, same size as the chicken)
  • 1 medium white onion, chopped
  • 2 tsp garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp parsley
  • 1 tsp paprika

Meat & veggie mixture

  • 3 lbs chicken, cut into ½-inch chunks
  • 1 hoop kielbasa, diced
  • 2 medium zucchinis, cut into ½-inch chunks
  • 1 red bell pepper, cut into ½-inch chunks

Marinade / sauce

  • 2 tbsp chicken seasoning (or 6666 campfire seasoning)
  • 4 tsp garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 dash mesquite liquid smoke
  • ¼ cup oil
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1½ tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Method

Prep & marinate

  1. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, oil, parsley, and paprika.
  2. In another bowl, combine the kielbasa, zucchini, bell pepper, and chicken.
  3. Whisk the marinade ingredients together. Pour over both mixtures, toss to coat, cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Save any sauce that pools in the bag for the grill.

Camping tip: add everything to a bag, vacuum-seal, and chill overnight — then cook on the griddle within the next 1–2 days.

Make-ahead chicken: you can also cook the chicken in the marinade ahead of time and vacuum-seal it, then add it to the grill to heat through once the other items are cooked.

Griddle & serve

  1. Heat a griddle to medium-high. Add the potato mixture and flatten to almost a single layer. Cook 5 minutes, then flip it all over and cook another 5 minutes.
  2. Add the meat & veggie mixture, combine with the potatoes, and spread back out into a mostly single layer. Cook 5 minutes per side, pouring any reserved sauce from the bag over the top as it cooks for extra flavor.
  3. Remove from the griddle and let it rest a few minutes before serving. Garnish with your favorite hot sauce — or maybe a fried egg.

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