ChiChi's Famous Grilled Potatoes

ChiChi's Famous Grilled Potato's

Cheesy Potato Chunks

Submitted by: ChiChi
Recipe Source: Karen's Own Recipe
Keywords: grilled baked cheese easy

Ingredients:
Russet Potatoes, peeled & chunked

     -or any potato

Butter, sliced
     -approx 2 Tbsp per potato

     -or use Margarine

Garlic Cloves, minced
     -approx 1 clove per potato

     -or use Garlic Powder

Fresh Mushrooms, sauteed

     -or use canned mushrooms

Fresh Onions, diced
     -approx 1/4 onion per potato

     -or use Onion Powder

Velveeta Cheese, for thick sauce

     -or Cheese Whiz, for thick sauce

     -or Cheddar Cheese, Grated

     -or American Slices

     -or any cheese of choice

Fresh ground Pepper & Sea Salt

     -or regular S & P

Real Bacon Bits
     -approx 1 Tbsp per potato

     -Homemade

     -Hormel in a jar

     -Oscar Meyer in a Ziploc pouch

Heavy Tin Foil

    -or double up reg foil

Preheat Oven to: 

Preheat the Grill or Charcoal.

Directions:

If using fresh vegetables:

Put the sliced mushrooms and diced onions in a skillet. Saute with olive oil on low-med heat until tender. Set aside. 

Make Foil Packets:

You can make individual foil packets or larger ones. 

Peel, rinse and cut up potatoes into chunks. On a rectangular sheet of foil, add the diced potatoes in a long shallow mound. Do not over stuff. Add the sauteed mushrooms and onion. Sprinkle bacon bits on top. Top with garlic, salt and pepper seasonings and several pats of butter.

Bring the two long sides up together and start folding down to make the pouch. Make 3 or 4 folds to ensure a good seal. Fold the ends in the same manor.  

The Grill:

Place the packet(s) on the top rack of a gas grill, or over indirect heat on a charcoal grill.  Cook for about 15 min and flip the packets over.  Cook for another 10 minutes.  If your grill is really hot, you may need to turn more often to prevent scorching the bottom.  

Add the Cheese:

Remove from heat and unroll the packet. Check for doneness with a fork.  If the potatoes are soft, then add the cheese and loosely roll the foil back up. Let sit a few minutes to steam melt the cheese. 

Service:

Serve small packets individually in the foil or put large packets on a platter for service. 

Special Tips or Information:

If you roll the foil instead of folding, then it will be harder to open and re-close the piping hot packet to add the cheese at the end. 

Use leather work gloves or oven mits to turn the hot packets. This will prevent accidentally puncturing a hole in the tin foil using tongs, which all the butter will drains out and not only causing a flame up on the grill, the potatoes will still and burn to the foil.

Additional Comments: These packets could also be baked in the oven. Or put in a casserole dish or individual dishes. 


Quantity: as much as you want

Prep Time: 5-15 min
Cooking Time: 25 minutes