Wrap it up: Fajita fun around the campfire!

Spice up your campfire cooking skills with 'Campfire Fajitas'! Scouts will prepare and cook this delicious meal over a campfire, learning teamwork, food safety, and outdoor cooking techniques. It’s a flavourful adventure that brings everyone together for a shared meal in the great outdoors.

Before you begin

• Don’t forget to make sure all young people and adults involved in the activity know how to take part safely
• Make sure you’ll have enough adult helpers. You may need some parents and carers to help if you’re short on helpers

Preparing to cook on a campfire or barbecue

• Make sure the campfire has been built outdoors in a clear, open area, with plenty of ventilation
• Remember to have a hand washing station and take extra hygiene precautions when handling food
• Make sure you have all the ingredients ready

Build a fire

• Build and light a fire before starting this activity
• You’ll use the hot embers to cook on, so the fire will need enough time to die down before cooking. This gives the best cooking heat.

Getting ready to cook

1. Gather everyone together and tell them you’re going to make Campfire Fajitas.
2. You may want to run a safety talk or show people how to use the equipment safely, such as cooking on a campfire or chopping ingredients.
3. Ask everyone to wash their hands before cooking, then collect the ingredients.

Get cooking!

1. If they haven’t already, everyone should wash their hands.
2. Wrap the tortillas in foil. With adult supervision, using heatproof gloves and heatproof tongs, carefully place the tortillas on the side of your fire to heat through.
3. One person should finely slice your chicken breasts and place them in a mixing bowl, then wash their hands, the knife and the chopping board.
4. Next, a Patrol should finely slice the onion, the chilli and the capsicum. When chopped, put them into a separate mixing bowl.
5. Sprinkle your fajita seasoning over the ingredients, then add in your lime juice and olive oil.
6. Using a wooden spoon, mix everything well, making sure all the chicken and vegetables are coated in the seasoning.
7. Next, with adult supervision, heat your pan until it is smoking hot. When ready, with an adult, gently and carefully add the chicken and vegetable mixture into the pan. Remember to wear heatproof gloves and use heatproof tongs.
8. Thoroughly wash the bowl that the raw chicken was in.
9. Keep moving your mix around the pan until you get a nice, charred effect.
10. When it’s ready, take a clean serving bowl. With adult supervision, wear heatproof gloves and use heatproof tongs to take the cooked mixture off the fire and place it into the bowl.
11. Again, with adult supervision and wearing heatproof gloves, use heatproof tongs to remove the tortillas and place them on a baking tray to cool down. The foil will be very hot.
12. People may want to prepare any other items, such as lettuce.
13. Allow the tortillas and fajita mix to cool before serving.
14. When ready, serve with your warm tortillas, fresh salad and tomato salsa.

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