Mountain House Mexican Style Rice & Chicken

Fan since I was a kid Mountain House reminds me of backpacking with my dad when I was 10 through high school (I’m 28 now). So, when I convinced my girlfriend to come backpacking with me, I told her freeze-dried food was part of the experience and picked up a variety of these. While there are a few brands to choose from, Mountain House has always been the standard for me because:1. They actually taste fantastic2. They’re very easy to make3. They’re surprisingly affordableWhen its…

Awesome flavor! This was my first time eating a freeze dried meal and I couldn’t be more happy with what it offered. We went on an early season backpacking trip for one night to get all of our gear dialed in before larger trips and had this meal for dinner. It cooks very easy with no mess, just boil the water and add it to the pouch and in ten minutes you have a meal. I only added about 1 and 1/4 of a cup of water rather than the two cups reconvened and it was still fairly runny. I had this meal for my self…

Tasty We love in a rural area with a several mile drive to any food. So we are busy and can’t get out to eat. Sometimes no time to cook. And we host tent campers lol. Sometimes we have just enough time to let the water boil and soak a package. These were a great upgrade to the MREs. We got the cans as the packages are just out of our league pricewise. So we haven’t figured out the ratio of product and water. But this far we’ve run the gamut between watery and almost done but still tough pieces. My…