Scorching canines with a aspect of canned beans, the quintessential camp dinner! Whereas I’ll admit I’ve eaten my share of this custom fare, my choice for what sort of meat is on the top of my roasting stick held over the fireplace is an effective slice of steak!
It’s not a lot what alternative of meat you select (going for the dearer, extra tender cuts is at all times most well-liked) however extra to the way you put together it to your caveman delicacies expertise – fastidiously cooking a portion over the glowing embers of a campfire marshmallow-roasting fashion.
The stick methodology works finest when skewering a strip of steak onto a sharpened stick with type an “S” when impaled. A skinny strip about 5 inches lengthy and an inch broad is an effective dimension for each even grilling and consuming. The cooking course of is just holding the “S” over the fireplace and turning the stick till the steak reaches the extent of doneness you might be looking for (trial and error). Usually as soon as the meat begins to drip from heated juices, it’s able to be chowed down.
Prepping the strips of steak at residence provides you an opportunity to use your favourite taste enhancers akin to rubs or marinades. These strips can then be saved in a freezer-strength zip-loc bag and packed within the camp cooler – seasoning proper as much as threading them onto the skewer stick.
Cooking time relies upon the depth of your coals. It’s necessary to rotate the stick with guarantee the meat is cooked evenly on all sides (the skinny strips take just a few brief minutes, particularly in the event you like your steak juicy and medium uncommon). And since you might be mainly making a type of shish kabob, including slices of inexperienced pepper, onion, tomato or different veggies actually helps you to cook dinner your total meal on the top of a stick!
Backpackers can maintain the packet of marinade/rubbed steak within the automotive cooler to the final minute earlier than they hike – utilizing the steak on a stick methodology to have fun their first evening’s meal out on the path.
