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15 Must-Have Recipes for Your Next BBQ

By A Cultivated Nest Team

There’s nothing better than a delicious summer barbecue! Whether it’s for a holiday like the Fourth of July, a friendly get-together, or just a fun family dinner, a good BBQ can become a treasured summer memory! To help you have your best BBQ yet, here are 15 Must-Have Recipes for Your Next BBQ!

Have your most delicious BBQ yet with some of these 10 must-have recipes for your next BBQ! There are so many yummy hot and cold recipes to choose from!

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Whether you’re cooking up your BBQ on a small portable charcoal grill or on a massive 6-burner gas grill, these recipes will be perfect for your BBQ! Consider adding a delicious homemade drink to your menu for an even tastier time!

15 Must-Have Recipes for Your Next BBQ

  • Soak your skewers. Soak your skewers for 10-30 minutes before you cook on them. This will keep them from cooking alongside your food and possibly catching on fire.
  • Preheat your grill. Just like your oven, warm your grill before you start cooking. This ensures safe food practices and a nice hot surface for faster cooking times.
  • Let your meat rest. After you are done cooking, let your meat rest. This helps the meat be juicer and more tender.

1. Hawaiian Huli Huli Chicken

Hawaiian Huli Huli ChickenDoesn’t this chicken look delicious! Follow Chew Out Loud’s recipe to make this Hawaiian Huli Huli chicken for your next BBQ!

2. Hawaiian Ham and Pineapple Skewers

Hawaiian Ham and Pineapple SkewersI love the flavor combo of ham and pineapple! So putting them together on a skewer sounds delicious to me! If you like the idea of it too, then you’ve got to make The Recipe Rebel’s Hawaiian ham and pineapple skewers!

3. Pizza Pasta Salad

Pizza Pasta SaladNot every dish at a BBQ needs to be hot off the grill. For a change in temperature, try The Girl Who Ate Everything’s pizza pasta salad!

4. Spicy Grilled Watermelon with Crème Fraîche

Spicy Grilled Watermelon with Crème FraîcheYour grill isn’t just for cooking up meat! Instead, during your next BBQ, try making Floating Kitchen’s spicy grilled watermelon with crème fraîche!

5. Grilled Salmon with Mango Salsa

Grilled Salmon with Mango SalsaIf you’re looking for some healthy recipes for your next BBQ, you can’t go wrong with a salmon recipe! Check out Creme de la Crumb’s yummy recipe for grilled salmon with mango salsa!

6. Asian Pasta Salad

Asian Pasta SaladThis pasta salad looks so delicious! It’d be a perfect side dish or main meal at a BBQ party! Follow Life in the Lofthouse’s recipe to make your own yummy Asian pasta salad!

7. Grilled Mexican Corn

Grilled Mexican CornThis corn looks so good! This would be a great way to use up any fresh corn you had growing in your garden, too! Check out how Boulder Locavore made this yummy grilled Mexican corn!

8. Asian Salmon Kabobs

Asian Salmon KabobsI love a yummy grilled kabob! For one with some Asian flavor, try making Damn Delicious’ Asian salmon kabobs!

9. Strip Steak with Onion Sauce

Strip Steak with Onion SauceSteak is a barbecue classic! For a delicious steak recipe to try at your next BBQ, take a look at Mantitlement’s strip steak with onion sauce!

10. Chipotle Honey Chicken Skewers

Chipotle Honey Chicken SkewersThese skewers both look delicious and are healthy! Recipes don’t get better than that! You have to try Skinny Ms.’ chipotle honey chicken skewers!

11. Sesame Garlic Grilled Sweet Potato Fries with Yogurt Curry Dip

grilled sweet potato fries

These sweet potato fries look so yummy and the sauce would be so cool and refreshing on a hot day. Find the recipe at Ambitious Kitchen today.

12. Grilled Bananas A La Mode

Grilled bananas

Not everything has to be savory off the grill. Try grilling your dessert with this bananas a la mode recipe from A Couple Cooks.

13. Grilled Shrimp Skewers

Grilled shrimp skewers

Make some delicious grilled shrimp for an appetizer or your main meal. Placing them on skewers makes it easier to grill and less likely you lose one in the grill grates. Grab the recipe from A Couple Cooks.

14. Grilled Lemon-Herb Lamb Kabobs

silver platter on wooden pier with lamb and vegetable kabobs

Meme Inges shows you how to make lamb kabobs and helps you realize lamb isn’t so hard to cook after all!

15. Grilled Tofu

Grilled tofu

Need a plant-based meal option? Try this grilled tofu from Love and Lemons for a yummy option.

What’s your favorite thing to eat at a BBQ?

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Comments

  1. Sophie says

    July 6, 2016 at 8:55 am

    Thank you! Your chipotle chicken gives all the taste of going to the restaurant at home, I will have the try the full variety.

  2. Sandra Garth says

    July 13, 2016 at 11:06 am

    All of a sudden I am hungry!

  3. Laura Ingalls Gunn says

    July 14, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    Oh I think I need to make huli huli chicken tomorrow. Thank you so much for joining the gathering at Thoughts of Home on Thursday.

  4. Shirley Wood says

    July 17, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    YUM! Thanks for stopping by and sharing with us at Merry Monday. We look forward to your new projects at the new party starting tonight!

  5. Emily says

    July 18, 2016 at 1:43 am

    These all look so good, but those salmon kebabs and strip steak – Oh my!

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