12 Foil Packet Dinner Ideas You Have to Try

It's a time-worn technique for a reason.

12 Foil Packet Dinner Ideas You Have to Try Cooking food wrapped in foil is a classic French method, often called en papillote. But lots of cultures have their own version of this moist-heat cooking technique. The wrapping may vary—sometimes it's banana leaf or corn husk, other times it's parchment paper or aluminum foil—but the method remains the same. There are tons of advantages to cooking food this way. First, it keeps whatever is inside moist and tender. Second, you can cook and customize individual portions. To us, the best part is the minimal cleanup. READ MORE More Tips to Try The Unexpected Ingredient That Makes for Extra-Moist Meatloaf See More You Already Have This Knife Sharpener in Your Kitchen See More How to Bread Chicken Perfectly Every Time See More Is It Safe to Eat the Rind on Brie Cheese? See More The Spruce Eats on YouTube What Makes Chili, Chili? Watch & Learn More From The Spruce Greek Egg-Lemon Chicken Soup Biscuit Mix Drop Dumplings for Stew Seaweed Egg Drop Soup Did somebody forward you this email? Sign Up for Cooking School by The Spruce Eats Newsletter! Have feedback? Send us an email at contact@thespruceeats.com, subject line: Newsletter Feedback. Follow us:   You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to Cooking School by The Spruce Eats newsletter. Unsubscribe © 2021 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10005