Our Best Grilling Recipes for an All-Star Barbecue
When the weather starts to warm up, our favorite spot to be is behind the grill. Cooking for a crowd can be stressful, but grilling allows for a more casual and interactive approach to the dinner party. Plus, it's a pretty quick way to get food on the table. You can socialize while you cook and recruit help from friends or family. Focused on developing big flavor rather than achieving perfection, grilling is an art all its own. We've rounded up over 30 of our best grilling recipes to help you master the barbecue this season.
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, from summertime barbecues to fall tailgates, these quick and easy grilling recipes are guaranteed to impress your guests. You can build a whole meal from the grill. Start with a simple appetizer like Spring Onion Grilled Pizzas, move into a main course of Beer Can Chicken or Grilled Steak, pair with a side like classic Corn on the Cob, and finish with Grilled Peach Cobbler for dessert. With plenty of recipes to choose from, there are endless combinations. Use these recipes as a guide, but feel free to get creative with your flavor combinations and create your own specialties.
Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings
Recipe: Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings
You need just a handful of ingredients to add plenty of zing to grilled wings.
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Spring Onion Grilled Pizza
Recipe: Spring Onion Grilled Pizza
Ready for an unforgettable pizza night? Skip delivery and fire up the grill instead. We love the light and bright toppings in this recipe, but feel free to swap in any of your favorites.
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Classic Grilled Corn on the Cob
Recipe: Classic Grilled Corn on the Cob
No barbecue is complete without grilled corn on the cob. Be sure to read our recipe twists for ways to elevate and spice your grilled corn.
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Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Tangy Honey Barbecue Sauce
Recipe: Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Tangy Honey Barbecue Sauce
This grilled chicken sandwich recipe is topped with a homemade honey barbecue sauce that is easy to make and will become your go-to recipe when grilling.
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Easy Grilled Salmon
Recipe: Easy Grilled Salmon
Buy the freshest fish you can find for a light and easy dinner that comes together in just 15 minutes.
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Rigatoni With Grilled Veggies and Mozzarella
Recipe: Rigatoni With Grilled Veggies and Mozzarella
Even pasta dishes can benefit from using the grill. Grilled eggplant and tomatoes give this vegetarian dish a layer of smoky flavor.
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Grilled Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
Recipe: Grilled Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
Healthy in a hurry is possible with this 20-minute lettuce wrap recipe.
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Grilled Grouper
Recipe: Grilled Grouper
Enjoy restaurant-quality fish without leaving home with this simple yet delicious recipe.
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Turkey Cheeseburgers With Grilled Vidalia Onion Rings
Recipe: Turkey Cheeseburgers With Grilled Vidalia Onion Rings
This recipe is here to prove that turkey burgers can be just as flavorful as the original.
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Easy Grilled Aspargus
Recipe: Easy Grilled Asparagus
When preparing your main dish on the grill, this recipe allows you to cook your side dish without turning on the oven. Plus, it's ready in just 20 minutes.
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Grilled Pork-and-Peach Salad With Honey-Mustard Dressing
Recipe: Grilled Pork-and-Peach Salad With Honey-Mustard Dressing
From the pork to the peaches to the baguette, every part of this fresh salad is prepared on the grill.
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Southern-Style Grilled Cobb Salad
Recipe: Southern-Style Grilled Cobb Salad
We're taking the salad prep for this Cobb salad to the grill. You'll toss the chicken, bacon, okra, and corn all on the grill for plenty of flavor.
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Grilled Cajun Shrimp Kabobs with Sausage
Recipe: Grilled Cajun Shrimp Kabobs with Sausage
Kabobs are an easy way to pack lots of flavors onto one easy-grilling vehicle. We love loading our shrimp up with Cajun seasoning for a real Southern barbecue.
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Grilled Sweet Pepper Salad With Ricotta And Summer Herbs
Recipe: Grilled Sweet Pepper Salad With Ricotta And Summer Herbs
Steaming the peppers after grilling is an important step to help infuse them with the smoky flavor and help the skins peel off easily.
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Lamb Burgers With Feta and Dijonnaise
Recipe: Lamb Burgers With Feta and Dijonnaise
Swap beef for lamb on your next burger night for a fresh take on the classic grilled dish.
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Grilled Sweet Potato Fries
Recipe: Grilled Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet potatoes are one of our favorite versatile starches, and they can be served year-round with different seasonal twists. For the summer, we love tossing these Sweet Potato Fries on the grill.
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Spicy Grilled Corn Salad
Recipe: Spicy Grilled Corn Salad
Turn your grilled corn into an elegant, spoon-able side by cutting it off the cob and tossing it with diced red onion, jalapeño, and cilantro.
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Dry-Brined Beer-Can Chickens
Recipe: Dry-Brined Beer-Can Chickens
This recipe combines two of our favorite things: chicken and beer. Inserting a half-filled beer can into the chicken's cavity before grilling helps keep the bird moist and adds a warm, subtle stout flavor.
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Grilled Baby Eggplant Parmesan
Recipe: Grilled Baby Eggplant Parmesan
Looking for a spin on BBQ night? Try grilled eggplant Parmesan for a meal that won't disappoint your crowd.
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Smashed Bacon Cheeseburgers
Recipe: Smashed Bacon Cheeseburgers
Before you get fancy on the grill, it's important to perfect the classics. Use this Bacon Cheeseburger Recipe as a base to start exploring fun flavor combinations on your burgers.
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Foil-Pack Clams with White Wine and Herbs
Recipe: Foil-Pack Clams with White Wine and Herbs
If you haven't tried grilled clams, it's time to assemble the foil pack and get to work. This summertime favorite uses white wine, fresh parsley, and plenty of butter to put a spin on a seafood classic.
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BBQ-Glazed Cedar-Plank Slamon
Recipe: BBQ-Glazed Cedar-Plank Salmon
Grilling salmon atop a cedar plank helps develop the fish's flavor without creating an overwhelming smoky taste.
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Grilled Creole Chicken and Okra
Recipe: Grilled Creole Chicken and Okra
This recipe guides you in creating a grilled Creole feast, complete with skewers of chicken, sausage, bell pepper, and okra. Naturally, it's all coated in Cajun seasoning.
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Shrimp-Okra-and-Sausage Kebabs
Recipe: Shrimp-Okra-and-Sausage Kebabs
From the crispy shrimp to the beautifully charred okra, these kebabs combine all our favorite Southern summer flavors in one. A squeeze of fresh lemon adds brightness to this well-balanced dish.
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Grilled Clambake Foil Packets with Herb Butter
Recipe: Grilled Clambake Foil Packets with Herb Butter
With shrimp, sausage, corn, potatoes, and clams, this abundant Grilled Clambake offers a little bit of everything. The dish isn't complete without a generous douse of herb butter.
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Cast-Iron Cowboy Steak
Recipe: Cast-Iron Cowboy Steak
This thick, bone-in steak will be the centerpiece of your barbecue. Cooking in a cast iron skillet on the grill helps the steak gain even exposure to heat and a perfect crust.
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Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick
Recipe: Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick
Cooking the chicken "under a brick," a technique that involves pushing the chicken flat against the hot grill, will cut your cooking time in half.
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Brined Grilled Chicken with Dipping Sauces
Recipe: Brined Grilled Chicken with Dipping Sauces
Brining your chicken before grilling is a great way to develop flavor without fussing over a thick marinade. Pair with your pick of fiery sweet dipping sauce, buttermilk-parmesan ranch dressing, or creamy honey mustard. Or try all three.
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Grilled Chicken and Corn with Charred Scallion-Lime Butter
Recipe: Grilled Chicken and Corn with Charred Scallion-Lime Butter
The key to getting the perfect grill marks on the corn in this recipe is to soak the corn in water for 30 minutes before grilling. Right before placing on the grill, make sure to shake off any excess water.
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Grilled Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice
Recipe: Grilled Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice
Sprinkle curry seasoning on chicken thighs right before you grill them. Make sure the grill doesn't get too hot while they're cooking so that the skin doesn't burn before the inside is ready.
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Greek Grilled Chicken Pita
Recipe: Greek Grilled Chicken Pita
Let chicken breasts chill overnight in a marinade of olive oil, garlic, lemon, salt, and pepper before throwing them on the grill.
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Grilled Vegetables with Chickpeas, Feta, and Couscous
Recipe: Grilled Vegetables with Chickpeas, Feta, and Couscous
Use a foil pocket to trap aromatic flavor in while grilling these veggies and grains.
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Grilled Peach Cobbler
Recipe: Grilled Peach Cobbler
Why fuss over a delicate dessert when the grill's fired up? Grilling this Peach Cobbler brings a smoky flavor to the classic Southern dessert.
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Creole Burger
Recipe: Creole Burger
Give your usual backyard burgers a company-worthy upgrade with bold creole flavors. Our Test Kitchen recommends using ground chuck for this recipe—the high fat content makes for one juicy and tasty bite.