Onion Bombs Campers Can Write Home About

Looking for an onion bombs recipe that you can grill on the campsite barbeque? What about hearty enough to satisfy your hungriest campers after a long day of adventuring outdoors? 

I’ve got you covered, on both counts, with my pizza onion bombs. They’re sweet, spicy, and a whole lot of fun. 

This post is all about the onion bombs campers can write home about.

Whole Grilled Onion

Onion bombs are basically whole grilled onions, filled with a meat mixture of your choice. The onions caramelize during cooking, making them soft, sweet, and luscious… a nice complement to the savory goodness inside.

How to Cut Onions for Grilling

Cut a thin slice off both the top and bottom of the onion. Cutting the bottom of the onion makes a flat surface so the onion will sit upright during grilling. While cutting a slice off the top makes hollowing out the middle easier.

Try to keep the bottom intact so it makes a bowl to hold the meat mixture. 

While the grill preheats, gather and prepare other ingredients.

Really, anything goes here… whatever sounds good, or needs to get used before it goes bad in the fridge.

In this case, I had a hankering for pizza onion bombs, so I used sausage, black olives, and pepperoni slices.

Mix ingredients to combine and season to taste. I used red pepper flakes and a house spice of equal parts salt, pepper, Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, and garlic powder.

Stuff the hollowed-out onions with the meat mixture.

Wrap onions with bacon slices.

Grill until cooked through and the internal temperature reads 160-165 degrees Farenheight on a meat thermometer.

Mine took about 45 minutes.

Add sauce and cheese to melt:

Dinner is served!

New to the Weber gas grill? Check out my post on Barbecue Spatchcock Chicken for the skinny on why this little gas grill is a must-have camping essential.

This post was all about the onion bombs recipe campers can write home about.