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Camp Oven Cooking
Main Meals

Smoked Chicken
Ingredients:
1 camp oven
1 chicken
1 cake rack
1 tbl spn rum
1 tbl spn honey
course salt
sawdust or wood chips

Method:
Place the sawdust into the bottom of the camp oven so it covers the whole bottom of the oven about half an inch thick. Place the cake rack in the camp oven (sawdust must not touch the cake rack) Rub the chicken with coarse salt Mix the rum and honey together and paint the chicken with a brush all over. Place the chicken on the cake rack and put the lid on the camp oven. Sit the camp oven on hot fire (do not lift the lid for at least 15 minutes).

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After 15 minutes baste the chicken with the remaining marinade and leave for another 15 minutes. Remove when cooked and enjoy!

Irish Stew
Ingredients:
1 Kg of boned mutton
sprigs of parsley
4 large potatoes
2 cups of water
2 large onions
Salt and pepper
3-4 medium carrots

Method:
Cut the meat into one inch cubes. Peel vegetables and slice thinly. Chop parsley. Place the ingredients in your camp oven starting with the meat and layer with the vegetables and layer the potatoes on top. Add water and salt and pepper. Cover with lid and cook on low heat for 2 1/2 hours or until meat is tender. If you use lamb instead of mutton then cooking time is 1 1/2 hours.

Creamed Garlic Prawns
Ingredients:
1 medium Onion cut into wedges
1 dstpn of crushed garlic
1 dtspn sesame seed oil
1/2 kg peeled green prawns
1/2 tspn sugar
1/2 tspn corn flour
1/4 cup cream

Method:
Cut prawns down the back and remove the intestine track. Give a good cut so the prawns will butterfly when cooked. In the lid of the camp oven or frying pan place the garlic, sesame seed oil and onion on the hot lid. Stir until just about cooked then add the prawns. Stir until the prawns are well coated with the garlic. Add sugar and cream. When the prawns go white, mix the cornflour with a little water adding a little at a time until a nice sauce forms. This dish only takes about 7-8 minutes from start to finish and it won’t break the budget.This dish can be served with Rice or Pasta.

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Beer Stew How to cook a stew when you don't have water
Ingredients:
1 can BEER
1kg diced STEWING BEEF
2 chopped ONIONS
1 tblspn SUGAR
1 tblspn FLOUR
1 large tin MIXED VEGIES
1 small tin PEAS
1 tblspn TOMATO SAUCE
1 tspn HOT SAUCE
2 tblspn BUTTER OR OIL

Method:
Place butter meat and onions in the camp oven and slowly brown. Then add the sugar flour salt & pepper and now slowly pour in the beer stirring all of the time to make sure no lumps form. Add the tin of vegies and peas. Put the lid on the camp oven and sit it on a hot bed of coals. Let it simmer for 30 - 35 minutes or until steak is tender.

Fish & Chips
Ingredients:
2 fillets of fish
1 egg
breadcrumbs
camp oven
cake rack

Method:
Remove bones from fish fillets Place fillets into beaten egg and then into breadcrumbs With the cake rack on top of the sawdust in the camp oven, place fillets on rack Place lid over camp oven and onto a hot bed of coals Cover lid with hot coals and depending on the heat of the camp oven Cook for 20-25 minutes By placing the required amount of oven baked potato chips on a sheet of alfoil beside the fish fillets and cook until golden brown You should be able to have Fish & Chips completely fat free!

Explorer Fried Chicken
Ingredients:
1kg chicken pieces
1 tsp salt
˝ cup flour
1 tsp black pepper
Ľ cup water
cooking oil

Method:
Mix flour, salt and pepper, Roll chicken in flour mix. Brown in camp oven in oil. Add water (careful to avoid spattering). Continue cooking over low heat until tender. Turn occasionally. Try a batch before tinkering with the recipe -- you'll like it. But if you still want a bit more spice, add 1 tsp powdered onion and 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper powder to the flour mix. Serves 6-8.

Stuffed Capsicums
Ingredients:
500g minced beef
440g pizza sauce
1 medium onion
2 cup water
8 green capsicums
1 tsp salt
2 cup Minute Rice
1 tsp black pepper

Method:
Prepare rice according to instructions and set aside. Brown beef and chopped onion. Remove core stem and seed core from capsicums creating a cup-shaped capsicum. Mix beef, onion, rice, salt, pepper, and pizza sauce. Fill capsicums with rice mixture and place in 12-inch camp oven. Bake until done (about 30 minutes). Serves 6-8.

Salmon-Cheese Casserole
Ingredients:
2 440g cans salmon
1 440g can sliced mushrooms
4 eggs, beaten
1 small onion, chopped
3 cup bread crumbs
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 cup cheddar cheese, grated

Method:
Flake fish onto 24-inch square of heavy aluminum foil. Add all remaining ingredients and mix well. Fold and loosely seal foil around mixture. Place package into camp oven and bake until done (about 30 minutes). Serves 6-8.

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