Think about pleasant weather, summer, and outside activities, and you will soon be thinking about organizing a picnic. There's nothing like sharing food in outdoors to offer you plenty of reasons to grin.
Setting fire to the griddle for a picnic generally brings on thoughts of hamburgers, hot dogs, and grilled chicken. That's all dandy and certainly toothsome, but, rather than the usual old barbecue recipes do you want your grilled food to stand out a little from the rest? Perhaps there are ways to present well-known favorites on the griddle in new ways,or even try something totally different. Here are one or two thoughts about new methods to griddle up some summer dishes:
Sauce Ideas
One well-liked ingredient in many grilled main dishes is barbeque sauces and other kinds of glazes and marinades. There are many hundreds or possibly thousands of recipes to add more flavor to whatever you're cooking. If you have been barbecuing for years, you have probably made your own sauces or have found one or two favourites. But , maybe it is time to rethink those sauces.
Start by experimenting with a whole range of ingredients. Don't restrict yourself to the ingredients you've been using. We all know you immediately pull out the mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and honey, but what else is there to make a sauce for the griddle?
Take a look 1st in the fruit bin. Consider the lemons, limes, oranges, apples, and yes, even the water melon, strawberries, blueberries, and kiwis. Now, pull open the plant bin and grab the fresh tomatoes, cucumber, bell peppers, celery, onion, and even avocados. Turn to your pantry and take out the apple jelly, orange marmalade, maple syrup, raisins, dried cranberries, red wine vinegar, tarragon vinegar, and all the dressings, including Ranch, French, Thousand Island, and Green Goddess. And, don't forget the spice rack. There is essentially nothing off limits "grab it all.
Don't be frightened to grate, smash, or boil ingredients together that you might never have used in the same sauce before. Combine contrasting flavors "savoury with sweet, tangy with smooth, creamy with crunchy "until you've a unique sauce you can call your own.
Now, marinade, glaze, or brush the sauce onto whatever you are griddling. Try a fruity white sauce on meat; a tomato-based hot sauce on fish; or a savoury herbed sauce on fruit. Put it on the grill and see what occurs. You'll have new dishes which will perk up and surprise the taste receptors. And, isn't that what barbecuing is all about?
Main Dish Ideas
If you are used to throwing a steak on the grill, but need to play around with other cuts, try grilling full roasts. With the right preparation and setup, you can put a large meat roast or pork roast on the grill, either in a rack or on a rotisserie and surprise your folks and guests with a tender and mouth-watering roast that did not come out of the oven.
Rather than your common cut up chicken pieces, wings, or legs, try grilling an entire chicken. The juices stay in better when the chicken is entire. Undecided if you have the time for a complete chicken? You can also "butterfly" a chicken by cutting out just the spine and pushing it down flat, keeping the chicken full but providing a flattened version that cooks up in almost no time. Or try these grilled chicken cutlets in a lemon rosemary sauce.
Fish is another griddling favourite at picnics. Use fish that is firm and solid so it grills well and does not fall to pieces or become dry. Oily fish like salmon is ideal on the grill, but there are several other types of fish that work just as well. Fish grills best when you do not have to flip it with a spatula, that is the reason why you want to invest in a griddling basket which encloses the fish and you flip the basket rather than the fish itself.
Other seafood that is perfect picnic food for the griddle is shrimp, scallops, and lobster. Shrimp can be grilled unpeeled to help keep them from overcooking. Lobster can be grilled in the shell, as well. Use a tray made for the grill with smaller slots to keep smaller seafood, like shrimp and scallops, from falling through. Marinade the seafood in a variety of flavors for a different flavor each time you have a grilling picnic.
You assert your taste for a juicy grilled burger is too forceful to disregard? You Have still got tons of choices for variety at your picnic. You can dress up your burgers inside-and-out with many different flavours. Remember; meat isn't the only burger in the city! Ground turkey, pork, or. Chicken are great substitutes for those that need a different kind of burger at this year's picnic. But , do not stop there. Salmon and crab meat make great grilled patties, too.
Besides what goes into the particular pattie, think beyond typical recipes and marinate your ground meat or fish with anything from red wine to a mix of Worcestershire, soy sauce, or steak sauce, lemon juice, or balsamic vinegar. Add to the interior of the burger, or as seasonings, a selection of flavorsome cheeses, hot or mild peppers, nuts, and salsa. Rather than throwing a raw onion on top, caramelize some onions in an iron pan on top of the grill over low heat. The awesome sweetness will amaze and delight you and your guests. These are now not your grandpa's burgers!
Occasionally, you want to rethink how you prepare your main dishes at a griddling picnic to make serving easy. Think shish-kabobs and you barely even have to bring plates! These bite-size pieces are a good way to cook, serve, and eat your favourite foods easily at a griddling picnic. Alternate cut up beef, meat balls, chickens, or seafood with grape tomatoes, bits of sweet onions, peppers, zucchini, yellow crush, or mushrooms. Some foods lend themselves very well to a tropical taste, too. Include pineapple chunks or citrus with chicken or seafood for a little taste of the islands.
Other Dessert Ideas
Sure, you can serve popsicles and watermelon, but the griddle is right there, all fired up. Isn't there something you can do to put it to work creating delightful puddings? You can commence with the old stand-by and toast marshmallows, but don't stop there. Keep going and put together 'S'mores ' using the classic ingredients of toasted marshmallows, graham crackers, and a chocolate bar. Or, you can create unique variations using toasted marshmallows with things like oatmeal cookies, peanut butter cups, white chocolate, and flaked coconut as possible ingredients. You'll have lots of fun coming up with your own distinct creations here.
Expanding on the pudding theme is simpler than you might think with a griddle. For example, go on and cut up that watermelon you brought... But wait.
How about griddling it before serving? Yes, you can griddle water melon, too. Cut it off the rind, into about one inch thick pieces. Grill quickly on each side till grill marks show. Put it on a plate and drizzle a bit of balsamic vinaigrette over each piece. The saltiness of the vinaigrette compliments the sweetness of the watermelon in an impossible to believe way. Now That could be a grilled picnic pleasure!
Choose dessert classics that may be griddled, like pound cake with fruit compote or straightforward berries tossed together in a griddling basket until just lightly charred. You can make banana boats in foil filled with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips, or perhaps your preferences lean toward grilled apple slices crowned with a syrup of brown sugar and raisins. Grilled pineapple rings is another classic.
Serve these simply on a plate as they are or use them to top bits of angel food cake or pound cake with a drizzle of chocolate. As you can see, you can cook on a grill pretty much anything you wish to serve at your picnic. Whether or not you decide to serve sandwiches, why not griddle them?
When you fire up your grill for your picnic, don't limit the menu to hotdogs and hamburgers. Use your mind. If you can cook it, you can grill it!
Setting fire to the griddle for a picnic generally brings on thoughts of hamburgers, hot dogs, and grilled chicken. That's all dandy and certainly toothsome, but, rather than the usual old barbecue recipes do you want your grilled food to stand out a little from the rest? Perhaps there are ways to present well-known favorites on the griddle in new ways,or even try something totally different. Here are one or two thoughts about new methods to griddle up some summer dishes:
Sauce Ideas
One well-liked ingredient in many grilled main dishes is barbeque sauces and other kinds of glazes and marinades. There are many hundreds or possibly thousands of recipes to add more flavor to whatever you're cooking. If you have been barbecuing for years, you have probably made your own sauces or have found one or two favourites. But , maybe it is time to rethink those sauces.
Start by experimenting with a whole range of ingredients. Don't restrict yourself to the ingredients you've been using. We all know you immediately pull out the mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and honey, but what else is there to make a sauce for the griddle?
Take a look 1st in the fruit bin. Consider the lemons, limes, oranges, apples, and yes, even the water melon, strawberries, blueberries, and kiwis. Now, pull open the plant bin and grab the fresh tomatoes, cucumber, bell peppers, celery, onion, and even avocados. Turn to your pantry and take out the apple jelly, orange marmalade, maple syrup, raisins, dried cranberries, red wine vinegar, tarragon vinegar, and all the dressings, including Ranch, French, Thousand Island, and Green Goddess. And, don't forget the spice rack. There is essentially nothing off limits "grab it all.
Don't be frightened to grate, smash, or boil ingredients together that you might never have used in the same sauce before. Combine contrasting flavors "savoury with sweet, tangy with smooth, creamy with crunchy "until you've a unique sauce you can call your own.
Now, marinade, glaze, or brush the sauce onto whatever you are griddling. Try a fruity white sauce on meat; a tomato-based hot sauce on fish; or a savoury herbed sauce on fruit. Put it on the grill and see what occurs. You'll have new dishes which will perk up and surprise the taste receptors. And, isn't that what barbecuing is all about?
Main Dish Ideas
If you are used to throwing a steak on the grill, but need to play around with other cuts, try grilling full roasts. With the right preparation and setup, you can put a large meat roast or pork roast on the grill, either in a rack or on a rotisserie and surprise your folks and guests with a tender and mouth-watering roast that did not come out of the oven.
Rather than your common cut up chicken pieces, wings, or legs, try grilling an entire chicken. The juices stay in better when the chicken is entire. Undecided if you have the time for a complete chicken? You can also "butterfly" a chicken by cutting out just the spine and pushing it down flat, keeping the chicken full but providing a flattened version that cooks up in almost no time. Or try these grilled chicken cutlets in a lemon rosemary sauce.
Fish is another griddling favourite at picnics. Use fish that is firm and solid so it grills well and does not fall to pieces or become dry. Oily fish like salmon is ideal on the grill, but there are several other types of fish that work just as well. Fish grills best when you do not have to flip it with a spatula, that is the reason why you want to invest in a griddling basket which encloses the fish and you flip the basket rather than the fish itself.
Other seafood that is perfect picnic food for the griddle is shrimp, scallops, and lobster. Shrimp can be grilled unpeeled to help keep them from overcooking. Lobster can be grilled in the shell, as well. Use a tray made for the grill with smaller slots to keep smaller seafood, like shrimp and scallops, from falling through. Marinade the seafood in a variety of flavors for a different flavor each time you have a grilling picnic.
You assert your taste for a juicy grilled burger is too forceful to disregard? You Have still got tons of choices for variety at your picnic. You can dress up your burgers inside-and-out with many different flavours. Remember; meat isn't the only burger in the city! Ground turkey, pork, or. Chicken are great substitutes for those that need a different kind of burger at this year's picnic. But , do not stop there. Salmon and crab meat make great grilled patties, too.
Besides what goes into the particular pattie, think beyond typical recipes and marinate your ground meat or fish with anything from red wine to a mix of Worcestershire, soy sauce, or steak sauce, lemon juice, or balsamic vinegar. Add to the interior of the burger, or as seasonings, a selection of flavorsome cheeses, hot or mild peppers, nuts, and salsa. Rather than throwing a raw onion on top, caramelize some onions in an iron pan on top of the grill over low heat. The awesome sweetness will amaze and delight you and your guests. These are now not your grandpa's burgers!
Occasionally, you want to rethink how you prepare your main dishes at a griddling picnic to make serving easy. Think shish-kabobs and you barely even have to bring plates! These bite-size pieces are a good way to cook, serve, and eat your favourite foods easily at a griddling picnic. Alternate cut up beef, meat balls, chickens, or seafood with grape tomatoes, bits of sweet onions, peppers, zucchini, yellow crush, or mushrooms. Some foods lend themselves very well to a tropical taste, too. Include pineapple chunks or citrus with chicken or seafood for a little taste of the islands.
Other Dessert Ideas
Sure, you can serve popsicles and watermelon, but the griddle is right there, all fired up. Isn't there something you can do to put it to work creating delightful puddings? You can commence with the old stand-by and toast marshmallows, but don't stop there. Keep going and put together 'S'mores ' using the classic ingredients of toasted marshmallows, graham crackers, and a chocolate bar. Or, you can create unique variations using toasted marshmallows with things like oatmeal cookies, peanut butter cups, white chocolate, and flaked coconut as possible ingredients. You'll have lots of fun coming up with your own distinct creations here.
Expanding on the pudding theme is simpler than you might think with a griddle. For example, go on and cut up that watermelon you brought... But wait.
How about griddling it before serving? Yes, you can griddle water melon, too. Cut it off the rind, into about one inch thick pieces. Grill quickly on each side till grill marks show. Put it on a plate and drizzle a bit of balsamic vinaigrette over each piece. The saltiness of the vinaigrette compliments the sweetness of the watermelon in an impossible to believe way. Now That could be a grilled picnic pleasure!
Choose dessert classics that may be griddled, like pound cake with fruit compote or straightforward berries tossed together in a griddling basket until just lightly charred. You can make banana boats in foil filled with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips, or perhaps your preferences lean toward grilled apple slices crowned with a syrup of brown sugar and raisins. Grilled pineapple rings is another classic.
Serve these simply on a plate as they are or use them to top bits of angel food cake or pound cake with a drizzle of chocolate. As you can see, you can cook on a grill pretty much anything you wish to serve at your picnic. Whether or not you decide to serve sandwiches, why not griddle them?
When you fire up your grill for your picnic, don't limit the menu to hotdogs and hamburgers. Use your mind. If you can cook it, you can grill it!
About the Author:
Glenda Bule is an ardent collector of bbq recipes and is a contributor to the Easy Recipes For Dinner website.
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