Cheesy Ranch Foil Grilled Potatoes

Closeup of finished potatoes covered in melted cheese.

Cheesy Ranch Foil Grilled Potatoes

Foil grilled potatoes are a simple summer side dish. The potatoes cook to perfection on the grill in a matter of minutes and stay hot for quite a while. They're perfect for cookouts, camping, and tailgating!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 271kcal

Author Marye Audet-White

Equipment

Grill

Ingredients

1 ½ pounds baby potatoes Yukon Gold or red potatoes
1 cup onion chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil or melted butter
1 ounce Ranch seasoning mix
6 garlic cloves peeled but left whole
½ teaspoon kosher salt use ¼ teaspoon if using regular table salt
½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
1 ½ cups Cheddar or Pepper Jack, shredded

Instructions

Step one

Preheat the grill to medium high heat.
Wash the potatoes and cut any bigger ones in half.
Spray a rectangle of aluminum foil with no-stick cooking spray.

Step two

Put the potatoes and onions into a large mixing bowl.
Add the olive oil and the Ranch seasoning, plus salt and pepper if desired.
Mix with your hands until all the potatoes are covered with the olive oil mixture.

Step three

Divide the potato mixture evenly between the six sheets of aluminum foil.
Place some of the cheese and a garlic clove on top of each.
Bring the foil packet up to cover the potatoes and fold on all sides to seal completely.
Repeat until all the potatoes are in foil packets.

Step four

Place packets on the grill, seam side down.
Cook for about 5 to 10 minutes depending on the size of the potatoes.
Using tongs, flip the packets over and cook on the other side for 10 minutes or until done.
Remove from grill and set aside until ready to eat. Be careful when opening - they are hot!

Oven instructions

Prepare the grilled potato packets as above.
Preheat the oven to 425°.
Place the packets on a baking sheet, seam side down.
Bake for 10 minutes then flip and cook for 10 to 15 minutes more.
Remove from the oven and serve.

Video

Notes

Expert Tip: Be very very very careful when opening the foil packet. The potatoes are hot and there will be a lot of steam. You could easily get a steam burn so be cautious.

The heavy duty foil works best for this technique but you can use two layers of regular foil in a pinch.
Use the baby Yukon Gold or other thin skinned potatoes. It saves time because there's no need to peel them. If you use russets you'll need to peel them and dice them.
If some of the potatoes are larger than the others cut them in half to keep all of them as close to the same size as possible.
Foil grilled potatoes are so perfect for camping because you can put the packets right in the coals of the fire.
Assemble these up to 2 days ahead of time and keep in the refrigerator until they're ready to grill.

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