Camp Food Serving and Portion Sizes

By G.A. Anderson (Gus), on October 3rd, 2011

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How much food per person…

This Servings and Portions Chart is a modified version of the one in the Boy Scouts Handbook. *typical portions – you can adjust these based on your knowledge of campers appetites.

Meats – Poultry – Fish – *per meal

Item:	Portion:	Notes:
Beef/Steak/Roasts	6-8oz.	*pre-cooked weight
Chops	4-6oz.	*pre-cooked weight
Stew/Recipe Meats	4-6oz.	*pre-cooked weight
Hamburger	4oz.	*1 patty pre-cooked weight
Beef, canned	4oz.
Hot Dogs	4oz.	*2 hot dogs
Chicken, fresh	8oz.	1 breast or 2 legs, or 3 wings *pre-cooked weight
Chicken, canned	4oz.
Fish Fillet	8oz.	*pre-cooked weight
Fish, canned	3oz.
Ham, slab	4-8oz.	1/2 to 1 slab
Ham, canned	4oz.	sliced or chunk
Bacon	2oz.	2-3 slices
Deli meats, sliced	2oz.	2 slices

Eggs – Milk – Cheese – *per meal

Item:	Portion:	Notes:
Eggs, fresh	2 ea.
Eggs, powdered	2oz.
Milk,liquid	8oz. (1 pint)
Milk, powdered	2oz.
Cocoa, Instant	1 packet	*Hot Chocolate Mix
Cheese, sliced	2 slices
Cheese, block	2oz.
Cheese, shredded	1/3 cup
Butter	2 tbsp.

Vegetables and Fruit – *per meal

Item:	Portion:	Notes:
Apple	1 ea.
Orange	1 ea.
Banana	1 ea.
Juice, canned	6oz.
Tomato	3 slices
Lettuce	1oz.	*approx. 2 leaves
Onion, sliced	3oz.	*1/2 med. onion if chopped
Carrot, raw	1 ea.	&1/2 cup shredded/Julienne
Potatoes, raw	1 med.
Potatoes, instant	2oz.
Corn, ears	2 ea.
Vegetables, canned	4oz.
Fruit, canned	5oz.
Fruit, dried	2oz.
Soup, canned	5oz.
Soup, packet	1 ea.

Bread – Pasta – Rice – Grains – *per meal

Item:	Portion:	Notes:
Bread, sliced	2-4 slices
Bread, rolls	2 ea.	Hot dog, hamburger, or dinner
Bread, biscuits	2 ea.
Spagthetti	3oz.	*uncooked
Macaroni	3oz.	*uncooked
Noodles	3oz.	*uncooked
Ramen	1 pack	*or Insta-cup
Rice	1/2 cup	*uncooked – incl. instant
Cereals
Dry cereal	2oz.
Oatmeal, bulk	2oz.
Oatmeal, Instant	2 pk. ea..
Pancake mix	3oz.

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Tip: Be sure to check out this Camp Food & Meals – Pack Smart post for great tips to reduce your camp food storage and cooler requirements. And the Camp Menus section has complete weekend camping trip menus, including cookware and grocery shopping lists.

Notes and discussions:
You can see discussions and tips about camp meals and cooking uses in this Campfire Cooking Tips post. And for a list of basic cookware and supplies you should keep in your chuck-box -here is a campfire cooking checklist.

Here are a few pieces of camp gear that can be especially helpful with your camp meals and cookware needs.
*Note – all shopping links are my own Amazon affiliate links – which I only use to recommend good-quality camping gear – Gus

Coleman Camp Tote
This is one of the most useful totes you can find to help keep camp-meal related stuff, like; plates, cups, utensils, and other camp kitchen and camp cooking gear organized. It is big enough to do the job, but not so big as a back-breaking plastic tote. Plus, its soft-side design makes it easier to cram into that last available spot between the other camping gear.

Coleman Camp Tote

Here are some samples of other camp meal and campfire cooking gear that make outdoor cooking a lot easier. Just like the soft-side tote, once you have one of these camp tools you will wonder how you ever did without it. Especially when you see how inexpensive they are when you buy them online.