Favourites on the BBQ

The BBQ season is here again :D . My favourite BBQed items are marinated lamb kebabs and seafood skewers but I'm looking for new ideas.
Please inspire me - what do you like to chuck on the barbie?

here is my honey-soy marinade recipie
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup soy sauce (I use salt reduced so if you use the saltier stuff you might want to use less)
3 or 4 cloves crushed garlic
1 tbsp fresh grated ginger.
Mix everything up together and pour over the meat. Let it sit for at least an hour before cooking.
Its delicious on chicken or lamb. If you brush a bit over the meat as its cooking it makes a really nice glaze.
You can use it for chicken wings in the oven too (just spoon a tiny bit over each wing before baking in a medium oven for 30 minutes turning often then boost it to hot until the chicken is well glazed and tender)

I am a fan of BBQ pork ribs.......so the meat just falls off the bone and is all crispy and sticky on the outside.........

I love BBQing veges like capsicum, zucchini etc. Sooo yummy (and healthy!!).

Another fave is chicken kebabs. Just make them up however you like with plain chicken thigh or breast then coat with lemon pepper seasoning... yummo!

Garlic and chilli prawns - soo soo yummy!

You get some shelled green prawns (1/2 - 1kg), and marinate them for a few hours or overnight in 2 tbs sweet chilli sauce, 2 tbs crushed garlic, 1/2 cup lemon juice and chopped fresh coriander. Except, don't add the lemon juice until about 1 hour before cooking as it will start to cook the prawns. Then just cook them on the barbie, or skewer them and cook.

I do BBQ garlic prawns similar to Bon.... but my favourite is BBQ lamb fillets which I serve over a salad.

1/2 cup OJ
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tsp oregano chopped
2 tbsp (or a good splash) red wine

Put lamb in marinade for an hour & pop on the BBQ, slice & serve over salad of spinach, BBQ'd veggies like capsicum, zucchini and tomato.

Thinly slice up a few SWEET POTATOES and chuck 'em on. Wow, they are ridiculously yummy.
I have friends who do pancake bbq's in the park every few Saturdays......now that's a fantastic idea.

MMM yum... sweet potato... I'll have to give that one a go!

oh yeah!!! BBQ sweet potato is beautiful!! We brush ours with olive oil....mmmm

Ooer I love sweet potato but haven't BBQed it before.

I just love snags on the BBQ with potatoes!!

wow i never tried a lot of these things! Im happy with home made hamburgers...yum!

Although i do like chicken thigh skewers with onion and capsicum marinated in a honey soy dressing. My recipe is the same as above, but I add a bit of garlic and golden syrup :)

bbq'd ribs - yumm (either beef or pork) - best to wet roast em at about 150-180 degrees for 90-120mins ahead of time, then onto the bbq when ready. If doing Pork ones, stand em on the rind to cook that properly too

thinly sliced potato makes good chips too

I make skewers with chicken cherry tomatoes, pineapple & red oinio in turn on skewers & then make a home made Satay sauce!!!

I also marinate beef in teriyaki & add a bit of chilli too & skewer these up with onion, tomato, mushrooms etc... Yummy

Also thinly sliced sweet potato..... mmmm yummy!

Marinated steaks any sort & nay marinade I throw together...

I also make hommade burgers & sometimes pack surprises into the centres, like brie cheese, or mozzarella, or something & snags need to be burnt, not a par cooked snag, it's gotta be WELL done!!!

MMM I love BBQ's it's my favourite!!!

I love a good BBQ! We've been using ours heaps lately. I love;

Lamb steaks
Fruit kebabs (can caramlise them by brushing with a little sugar before throwing them on)
Fish
Prawn skewers
Corn on the cob (YUM!)
Chicken wings
Meat and Veg skewers (prefer pork or lamb)
Yabbies
Pork ribs - the real rib ones!

And of course you can't have a BBQ without potato (sweet potato is great!) or onions!

Well we just went all out and bought replacement grill plates for our BBQ got stainless steel as I was over the rusting flaking cast iron ones. And I am sooooo happy! Not only are they easier to clean but it tastes better I swear!

We had bbq ribs the other night and omg they were good, tonight we're having honey soy steak, and tomorrow I'm making honey mustard chicken to have with spring onion mash for lunch :D

I'm in a bbq'ing frenzy bought this AWESOME bbq book and I'm very happy!

So bring on the BBQ tips. I think I'll make this a sticky ;) I'll post the chicken recipe later!

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Cailin

Hello, we get these huge zucchinis that we call lurkers (on account of how they lurk under the leaves until they're enormous) and we slice them into thick chunks, brush with olive oil and grill - yum!!

The other sooper dooper BBQ trick *looks around for culinary spies* is to bone out a leg of lamb , butterfly it out flat, then marinade and cook slowly on the grill. YUM - roast lamb in summer, it's always a hit!!
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yup bbq vegies are a favourite here to, we just roughly cut up capsicum red, green and yellow, zucchini, eggplant etc and just fry them in a bit of olive oil - very yummy

mmmm i think i will have to get dh to do the sweet potato sounds delicious

Honey Mustard Chicken:

1/2 cup honey
2 tablespoons flat parsley
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons oil (vegetable olive oil can burn on bbq)
1/4 cup dijon mustard (we do 1/8 wholegrain and 1/8 dijon)
black pepper
1kg chicken thighs or 1.8 kg pieces (we use thighs)

mix marinade together reserve 1/4 cup for basting, pour into bag with chicken seal and leave in fridge overnight (or for 4 hrs)

Preheat a covered or Kettle BBQ to medium indirect heat and cook for 20-30 minutes or until they are cooked through Baste the chicken with the reserved marinade for only the last 5-8 minutes otherwise it will burn.

Serve with Spring onion mash (or whatever you fancy).

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Cailin

hey .. I do bbq veg ie thin sliced zucchini and eggplant, capsicum, mushroom, red onion, sometimes v thin sweet pot slices, marinate them for a little while like 5mins to half and hour in a good splash of balsamic , olive oil , fresh ground pepper and salt. These also taste v g cold in salad next day!
xx
Annie .... who should be writing school reports... damn whoever invented A-E reporting!

Well tonight we had the chicken and it was oooooohhhh soooo good :)

Tomorrow the bbq is getting a night off, but the night after that we're having hamburgers (yum), we've also got some wings so I'm going to try a buffalo wing recipe. Some lamb chops thinking of doing them greek style. I'm going to do some Portuguese Chicken later in the week toooooo... So keep the recipes coming!

When you cook vegies do you cook on the grill or flat plate?

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Cailin

Dach

My recipe for chook on the BBQ is very similar to yours..

I use free range or organic skinless chicken breast... it tastes far nicer...

I marinade the chook over night in

Lime juice (fresh of course)
Grated ginger
Low salt soy
Crushed garlic

If we are wanting to add a little spice we throw in some fresh chilli also....

I don't measure anything just chuck it into a jug mix and throw it on... to easy!

Leis xx

Oh another thing i forgot about.. I LOVE HOLUMI (spelling) cheese.. i cut it up and cube it and put it onto skewers, with vegeis, such as capsicum, mushies, zuchinies, anything i have lying around. Holumi is salted, but in small amounts on the BBQ with vegies it is just delicious, but it needs to be really browned to taste yummo..

leis x

Here's an easy one for the barbie:

chop up an onion
chop up a capsicum
chop up mushrooms
add ABC sauce (sweet soy).
Mix with a little oil.

Chuck on the BBQ. Its so tasty and so simple.

My brother and his wife first did this simple recipe. Bring on summer!

Caz;)

Hi I dont know if this has been done already or not but since the weather is heating up we tend to use the BBQ alot and I need some yummy BBQ ideas. Things like marinades and side dishes. Thanks

Something that we love on the BBQ is corn with a bit of butter with herbs in it (a bit like they do at Nandos).

Or chargrilled veggies, chop up your veggies like zucchini, eggplant, squash, capis, tomato mushroom etc and do those on the bbq, always tasty.

I have just found another thread on the same topic here

lol I just merged them so the link brings you back to the same thread....

we just rainchecked a hooded bbq!! i am so excited, i cant wait. Gotta get the rotisserie and then I'll be driling you all :D

We've been doing fajitas on the BBQ like when I was in Mexico.

Chop up into thin wedges:
1-2 capsicums
1 onion
1-2 tomatos
Chicken meat (whatever your fancy) chopped like stir fry chicken

2 tsp garlic mince
1 tsp tabasco
1 tbsp lemon or lime juice (we prefer lime)
1 tsp sugar
salt & pepper

Mix everything together in a bowl & put in the fridge for 20 minutes to marinate. chuck on a BBQ plate and grill until the chicken is cooked. YUM!

Serve with guacomole, beans & rice and tortillas.... we also add fresh salsa and lettuce. Oh! don't forget the sangria....*drool*

Oooh, yum Christy - those fajitas sound really good!

We finally got a bbq - one of the clients of the company I used to work for was a BBQ manufacturer and we got a hooded BBQ for 1/2 price!! YAY! What I'm really waiting for is for my first rare fillet steak after I give birth. Not much longer...!

Seafood on the BBQ is awesome, especially in foil parcels if it's really delicate and won't cope with being grilled. Put in whatever fish/seafood along with whatever vegies and /or flavourings - leeks, capsicum, lemon/lime, herbs, wine, butter, lemongrass, chilli, etc, etc - whatever kind of flavour you like really! Also baked potatoes are tops, but I always parboil them first otherwise they're still crunchy inside. Mmmmmm...

I do my lamb roasts on the bbq (my bbq has a rotisserie which is brilliant) - I poke some holes in the leg of lamb with a knife and then squish in some chopped garlic and rosemary leaves - yummo and I put some water and more garlic and rosemary in the drip tray at the bottom and catch the juices from the meat to make the gravy.

My other fave bbq is corn on the cob like Ali...I brush sweet chilli or normal chilli sauce over the corn and bbq it - yum!

Fried rice tastes great cooked on the BBQ.
So does fresh asparagus spears wrapped in prosciutto.

How is fried rice done on the BBQ rosehannah? Sorry, this may seem like a really dumb question, but do you put the rice straight onto the hot plate, or put the wok on the hotplate. I am guessing the former, but I could see it being messy perhaps? I am intrigued...!

(And mmmmm on the asparagus spears and prosciutto!).

Fried rice cooked BBQ style: DH does it the best!

3/4 cook rice as usual and drain
Arc up the BBQ and spread some oil
Slice up meat eg. bacon, ham, chicken prawns, what ever you want our leave out if vego. fry up then put aside
Dice up or use frozen veg. eg. carrot, peas, corn, capsicum, onion( What ever grabs your fancy),put aside
Beat two eggs and fry like an omelette, put aside
Spread out the rice on the BBQ fairly thinly so that the steam can escape
Add the other ingredients and drissel with soy sauce or the like push around the plate for a bit to mix up, but in bowl to serve, yum!!

Thanks rosehannah - that sounds delicious! Now I know what to do with my leftover rice!

Left over rice is good if its been sitting in the fridge because it isn't to soggy like fresh boiled rice can be if it is cooked too long.

Hi Everyone,

I'm having two couples round for dinner - 6 adults, no bubs as yet ;) and i was thinking of doing a casual BBQ. Just wondering what everyone's favourite things for a BBQ dinner are, including salads and accompaniments. Preferably not too unhealthy (weight loss prior to TTC for me).

Thanks in advance for your brilliant ideas!

Ruth

I love marinated chicken kebabs and rissoles
Just a nice tossed salad
and sorry but for me it has to be potato bake

my fave salad is lettuce tomatoe cucumber bacon mango avocado cheese with ceaser dressing!!mmmm

i like any thing bbqed

Chicken bits or kebabs marinated!
Lamb is always yummy - steaks carved into slices can be added to a salad or you can serve with pita bread and tzatziki(mmmmm interesting spelling :P) and make souvlakis!
Roast pumpkin salad :D
Skewers of vegies - eggplant, zucchini, capsicum, anything else you like!
Fresh crusty bread.