added the onion soup mix to the recipe and it was flavorful. I think I cut my potatoes too big and I used the mini carrots and didn't cut them so they never got soft, both of which I'd do differently next time.

5 stars for the inspiration below. My Nephew asked for “Hobo stew” for a camping trip where I was cooking on a campfire for 30 and I didn’t have a clue what he wanted. I only had a tri-pod and needed to go with individual foil packets, for speed and cleanliness. I wanted these to cook faster, so I did prep work at home. I pattied the hamburgers and threw them on my gas grill and par boiled the veggies. I threw a grilled hamburger, the veggies, salt, pepper and a few tablespoons of cream of mushroom soup in a single serving foil packet. I switched to the cream soup instead of the onion soup to make up for the juices lost from grilling. It only took about 10 minutes or so on a very hot campfire with the tri-pod dropped to just a few inches off the flame, turning once. Very simple, but it was the hit supper of the week! Thank you for the idea!

This is a family favorite. I have made it a few times now and always as a beefy onion soup mix (Lipton's) to the meat before making the patties. Then I make some kind of gravy to pour over the entire dish. I have used all kinds of veggies as well. Everything works great, so delicious!!

This is a favorite in my house. Easy too make, delicious to eat, and supper easy to clean up. Only made even better with gravy.

I like to add more flavor, like in Paula Deen's Hobo Burgers. She adds egg, cracker, cheese, green pepper, salt, black pepper to the patties. Layers with the onion, potato, carrott, and bacon. Each serving is individually wrapped. My family loves it!

Well I can't argue with the ease of cleanup! I thought they were tasty, but after reading the reviews of blandness, I seasoned both sides of the patties with Emeril's Steak Rub, then sprinkled Seasoned Salt on after adding the veggies. A little greasy from the meat, but maybe you could put pieces of bread under the meat to soak up some of the fat?? Everything came out very tender and yummy - I'll make again! May even try camping since I've never had them like that before.

After adding some ingredients as others suggested I found this was pretty tasty. However I don't think aluminum foil is the best choice to contain a family sized meal (though probably okay if you do individual portions). The juices leaked out and I found myself scrambling to add foil so it didn't dry out. In the future, I use one of those easy to seal oven bags.

I make these quite often and my recipe is very similar to this. I took the advice of this recipe and added some carrots and they were pretty yummy. I usually add a little bit of soy sauce just to add a bit of flavor and use the extra lean ground beef.

My dad used to make these for us when we were kids. I now use turkey burger and then season it with a garlic powder, salt and pepper mix. I then add approximately a 1/2 a can of cream of mushroom soup per hobo and then the onions, carrots, celery and potatoes - wrap it up in foil, put it in the oven and bake as directed in this recipe - my hubby loved it!

This is a very good meal. My only suggestion is to use lean meat and add butter to it before baking. I also season my meat to our liking before cooking. It also works to cook this on the grill, but you have to pay more attention to it and flip quite often. I grew up on this recipe as my dad would make it everytime we went camping (usually 2 or 3 times on each trip) making it over an open fire. It's been one of my favorites since I was 7 years old.

This was very simple to throw together. Taste wise it was okay, like another cook said it needed gravy. I probably won't make this again.

This is great and easy recipe! My Mom used to make these for a no-mess Wednesday night dinner before Bible study. I always make the ground beef patties with Lipton's Onion Soup Mix before putting them in with the rest of the veggies. Makes them taste AWESOME! :)

A very quick and easy to get ready dinner dish. We did as some others said and added some beef granuals for added flavor. We also added some sliced mushrooms to the dish. We will make this again.

We make these into individual packets and cook on the grill. We also add a few spoonfuls of cream of mushroom soup straight from the can to make a nice gravy. I also add 1 Tb. minute rice and 2 ice cubes with the soup instead of potatoes for hubby who does not like potatoes. (The ice cube is easier to wrap than the water.)

I must say... what a SIMPLE and DELICIOUS recipe for ground beef! Hubby and I loved it and will make again soon!

Very tasty if a little underseasoned for my preferences. I did substitute baby carrots and I added some seasoning to the meat to make it even more flavorful.

This recipe is very good and sooo simple to make! You can season it how you want and make it to your liking. I love making it because I always have the ingredients in my house and I can put it in the oven, go pick hubby up from work and dinner is done when we get home! Thanks for sharing this!! I always use Eskimo Joes Fry Seasoning on the meat, potatoes and carrots and it tastes great! I have made it probably 5 times in the last two months. Hubby requests this all the time.