Easy Dutch Oven Low Country Boil for Camping

A low country boil is a super easy recipe that can be easily cooked at the campsite over an open fire. My family loves to cook in the Dutch Oven and over an open flame (we have boys, lol).

This meal usually only takes about 20-30 minutes to cook, so you will be enjoying your boil in no time. In ours, we use sausage, shrimp, potatoes, and corn. When we make it at home, we add an onion and lemon (sometimes crawfish), but for camping, we like to keep it simple. You can do whatever you prefer.

Tips: When we go camping, I buy frozen shrimp that’s already cooked, and I keep it in a ziplock bag inside the cooler so that my cooler doesn’t smell like seafood! I also buy the fully cooked sausage just to make sure it’s easy.

You can prep whatever you want ahead of time and store it in the cooler inside of ziplock bags.

When you are cooking over a flame, you need to have some good coals so your fire is hot. You can place your Dutch Oven directly on the coals (we don’t do this), place it on the firepit grate, or use a Dutch Oven tripod. We used our tripod for this recipe so we can adjust the height over the flame.

Always use good fireproof gloves when handling the Dutch Oven and the fire! The last thing you want to do is get burned.

So for this recipe, you will want to get

• Petite red potatoes
• Frozen corn on the cob
• Fully cooked kielbasa sausage
• Fully cooked frozen shrimp
• Old Bay Seasoning

You will need a Dutch Oven, a strainer or a straining spoon, and a knife. We usually bring what we need from the house for the meals we plan to cook. I keep a knife, cutting board, and strainer in my camper kitchen bin, but you can easily pack what you need.

First, you are going to want to cut the potatoes. The size you cut them will depend on personal preference and how fast you want them to cook. Next, you will put your water in your Dutch Oven. We lined ours with foil for the ease of cleaning, but you don’t have to.

Next, you will add your seasoning and then put the corn in, followed by the potatoes.

We let them cook over the fire until the potatoes are almost done. The corn will finish, too, since it was frozen. If your corn happens to thaw in the cooler, you can add it after your potatoes have cooked for a little bit.

The only other thing you have to do is add the sausage and shrimp. We add the sausage first and let it heat up (since it’s fully cooked), then add the shrimp. They won’t take very long, so add them last.

The final step is to take it off the flame and eat. You can add additional seasoning after. We don’t add too much while it’s cooking because Mama doesn’t like it hot, lol.

The beautiful thing about using precooked sausage and shrimp is that it really speeds up the process of this meal. We love easy meals at the campsite!

We love to use our Dutch Oven when we are camping! It makes some really delicious meals. If you are looking for recipes to use, try ours:

• Dutch Oven Chili
• Dutch Oven Nachos
• Dutch Oven Beef Stew

Good hearty Dutch Oven style meals are a great way to feed your family outdoors. You can all gather around and be a family this way.