Usually everyone brings a different dish to potluck dinners, so no one person has to prepare everything. But potluck can take on a whole new meaning when camping with friends or family. Huddled around the campfire at the end of a long weekend, staring at last night’s coals, facing a meager breakfast of leftovers, you too can discover the perfect potluck breakfast.
Warm up a 12” deep dish Dutch oven near the coals, then set it over 15 briquettes and have some fun. Everyone contributes the food they have left. Stir in a couple pounds of cut up bacon, a couple of thickly diced onions, and sausage. Cover the lid with 15 briquettes, stirring frequently until the bacon and sausage are browned. Now add a layer of potatoes, whatever you have, frozen hash browns, spicy diced frozen potatoes, sliced baked potatoes left-over from last night, and simmer, stirring occasionally until cooked through. You can leave the briquettes on the bottom, but replace the ones on the lid once the meat is browned.
On top of this add your left over vegetables: one or two small cans of green chilies, sliced or diced fresh tomatoes, the sliced remains of a green pepper, then crack two eggs per person on top, cover the Dutch oven and pile coals on the lid. When the egg whites are cooked, you can leave them poached, or stir into the mixture. Sprinkle cheese over all, replace the lid without the coals, remove from the heat, and wait impatiently.
This is truly potluck turned into luck of the pot! The ingredients may vary, but it is always delicious.
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