Campfire Walking Tacos
Seasoned taco beef spooned into individual chip bags with cheese, lettuce, salsa, and toppings. Fun, easy campsite dinner with almost no cleanup — kid-friendly camping meal.
🍽 6 servings
⏱ Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook: 15 min
⏰ Total: 30 min
📊 Easy
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb Ground beef
- 2 tbsp Taco seasoning
- 1/2 cup Water
- 6 bags Individual corn chips or tortilla chip bags
- 1.5 cups Shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups Shredded lettuce
- 1 cup Salsa
- 1 Tomato, diced
- 1/2 cup Sour cream
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium camp stove or campfire heat. Add ground beef. Cook while breaking into small pieces until browned. Ground beef must reach 160°F.
- Drain excess grease if necessary. Add taco seasoning and water. Stir thoroughly.
- Simmer approximately 3–4 minutes until the liquid reduces.
- Prepare toppings while the beef cooks.
- Gently crush each unopened bag of chips once or twice with your hands to create bite-size pieces without turning them into crumbs.
- Carefully open the bags across the top.
- Spoon hot seasoned beef directly over the chips. Add shredded cheese.
- Add lettuce, salsa, tomato, and sour cream. Add optional toppings as desired.
- Serve immediately with forks.
Nutrition
520 cal/serving
28g protein
40g carbs
26g fat
Chef's Notes
SERVING: Use sturdy individual chip bags that can safely stand upright. MAKE AHEAD: Chop lettuce and tomatoes at home and keep them chilled in separate containers.