RV Cooking: One-Pot Meals to Warm You Up

Experiencing adventures on the open road this winter should be a fun, carefree experience. And, when it comes to RV cooking and meal preparation, the same theory is true: work smarter, not harder. Toss some ingredients into a crock pot and let it do the work for you. Create some hobo packets for over a campfire. Utilize an electric skillet for easy meals. For easy to make, one-pot meals to warm you up, consider these four recipes. 

Steak and Potato Hobo Packets

For those unafraid to grill outdoors in the winter, or for those who opt to use a portable indoor grill, this hobo pack recipe is sure to shake off the cold. With a prep time of 15 minutes and a cooking time of 45 minutes, this could be the best hour spent of the entire day. 

Here’s what you will need: 

• 2-3 pounds steaks, cubed (ribeye, sirloin or flat iron steaks)
• olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced or sliced
• 2 large russet potatoes
• 2 cloves garlic, minced 
• 8 Tablespoons (1 stick) salted butter
• salt and pepper, to taste to taste
• your favorite steak seasoning
• aluminum foil

After you have all the ingredients listed above, head over to The Country Cook’s website for the full recipe. This recipe provides four servings and takes one hour, start to serve.  

Crock Pot Creamy Ranch Chicken

Making a stop at the local grocery store before leaving, or upon arriving at your destination, is the first step in making this incredibly easy, and totally satisfying chicken meal. 

Life in the Lofthouse shares this recipe, listing it as a delicious creamy ranch chicken, potatoes and carrots slow cooked in the crock pot’. Sounds like the perfect meal on a cold winter’s day. With a prep time of 15 minutes, and a cook time listed as five hours, this is one of those ‘dump and go’ recipes that will be ready at dinner time. 

Can’t resist the need to add this to your next winter outing? Get the full recipe here, on Life in the Lofthouse’s website. 

Simple And Delicious Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork

Clint Cantwell has created a crock pot recipe for easy and tasty pulled pork sandwiches. With a quick prep time of ten minutes, and a cooking time of seven hours, this meal can easily be started before the day’s drive or the start of an all-day adventure and be ready when you are ready for dinner. 

With just a few staples and a few preparations, this meal can be in the crock pot and ready to cook in a few minutes. In addition to combining most ingredients in a mixing bowl, the excess fat should be cut from the pork butt and then lightly coated with mayo and some of the BBQ dry rub.  Slice off the sides of the apples and use the remaining apples as a base stand in the bottom of your crock pot as a way to keep the pork out of the braising liquid. Let all that cook, then shred the meat, sandwich it and enjoy!

Ingredients

Braising Liquid

• 1.5 cups of chicken broth
• 3 tablespoons your favorite store-bought BBQ sauce, preferably one with liquid smoke as an ingredient like KC Masterpiece Hickory Brown Sugar
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon your favorite store-bought BBQ dry rub

Pork Butt

• 1 bone-in pork butt (approximately 8-9 pounds)
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup of favorite BBQ dry rub
• 5 apples
• hamburger buns
• additional BBQ sauce for serving

If this sounds easy, you will appreciate the ease of the full recipe, along with notes and tips from the recipe creator. Access the full recipe at Amazing Ribs.com

Tender And Juicy Slow Cooker Or Instant Pot Ribs

Another juicy recipe from Meathead’s Amazing Ribs website, this one might not be for everyone, but for those who don’t mind picking up a few extra ingredients, it’s an easy and tasty recipe for the busy days on the road. 

Shared by Meathead, the founder of the Amazing Ribs website, and is a great one-pot meal to chase off the cold winter blues. While this recipe features longer prep time and cooking time, the result is some amazing BBQ ribs. 

Here’s the ingredient list for the crock pot or instant pot meal:

• 1 slab St. Louis cut or spareribs
• 2 teaspoons Morton Coarse Kosher Salt
• 1 large onion
• 4 carrots
• 2 medium potatoes (it is OK to substitute sweet potatoes)
• 1 crunchy apple
• 1 cup Kansas City style tomato-based barbecue sauce or teriyaki sauce
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke

For the full recipe along with the recipe creator’s notes and tips, head over to this page on the AmazingRibs website. 

RV Cooking Products for Easy Meals and Cleanup

13-in-1 multicooker

This four-quart, nonstick multicooker can quickly and easily prepare up to 16 cups of rice. While normally, most RVers won’t need that much rice, this appliance can also make soups, stews, risotto, and chili. Perfect comfort foods to warm you on a cold winter outing. Learn more about this amazing product on their website. 

Air Fryers

These compact yet mighty appliances are a great addition to any RV. West Bend has a great selection of air fryers in a range of quart size and functions. 

Stylish and with little space taken, these black and silver kitchen appliances are just as handy in the RV as in the house. Find your perfect model here. 

Indoor Electric Grill

For those times when the weather is gracious enough to allow for outdoor grilling, be sure to tote this appliance along. 

Compact enough for a counter, the Kenyon City Grill can reach temps of 550 in less than five minutes. This is a great addition to any RV, as it allows for year-round grilling. 

Winter travel can be an adventure, and these recipes and appliances will help ensure mealtimes are just as much fun. Stay warm with these simple one-pot meals!