Fave grilled veggie dish?

[jjdbike]

Hey everyone,

Smoking some beef plate ribs for guests.
I’d like to grill (on my Weber charcoal kettle) some fresh summer veggies as a side to complement the ribs.

Please share your fave veggies & techniques.

Thanks in advance!
JD

[Jim White]

Squash or eggplant cut in 3/4 in slices, hit with Hank's KC Royale and grilled fairly hot is always a hit.

Of course, corn is always a winner.

[ofelles]

Hey, did you have a secret connection for Hanks?

[Jim White]

ofelles I wish!

[texastweeter]

Grilled asparagus

[Davek8282]

+1 on the asparagus, grilled using olive oil and a touch of balsamic vinegar

[smokin fool]

I go with fresh lemon juice over balsamic

[texastweeter]

Davek8282 & smokin fool just olive oil and chef Paul predenhomes vegitable magic here. Char them a bit.

[Whiskeyman53]

Grilled red and green peppers, peel the charred skin,let them come to room temperature then mix them in oil, vinegar, salt and black pepper. Serve on the side or eat with sliced Italian bread.

[Finster]

Note to self...
Self, try this

[RickyBobby]

What a great question. I need to eat more veggies and love grilling them, but usually just kind of guess/throw something on the grill with no real technique or recipe that I follow. That said, I’m a big fan of zucchini and squash lightly tossed in olive oil and grilled in a basket. For seasoning I have tried everything from just S&P to some kind of fancy mass produced seasonings. Actually, Memphis dust and a little salt is really good, too! Typically I use my gasser and fill up the smoke box with wood chips, but have had success on my kettle as well. As mentioned above, can’t go wrong with corn or asparagus either! I usually just leave the corn in the husk and let it do it’s thing. I do asparagus in the basket also, usually lightly tossed with olive oil, a touch of soy sauce, and then garlic powder with some pan fried bacon bits thrown on top for service. Never had any complaints….. or left overs.

[cruiseplanner1]

What a great idea using the basket. I use it for grilling my salmon but never thought about how convenient that would be for grilled veggies. Thanks for the tip

[CaptainMike]

I did kabobs with zucc's, shrooms, red onions, and cherry tomatoes lightly tossed in evoo, S&P&GP, oregano and basil tonight that were pretty dang tasty.

[smokin fool]

Now we’re talking

[Jerod Broussard]

Cauliflower and carrots.

[bbqLuv]

Like them both, Cook at different rates?
Post recipe please. TX U

[Jerod Broussard]

bbqLuv just slice and grill. Not too thick.

[bbqLuv]

Glad you posted this. I just bought a SS BBQ basket for veggies. Worked great for cubes potatoes.
It really is time to up my BBQ game with veggies. Brussel sprouts are my next try.

[holehogg]

Haven't done many different veggies but one of my favourite is butternut on the kettle.
Scrub the skin clean. Poke a few holes in the skin all round and let it ride for a couple hours. I have no problem with going 3 or more hours @250-275F becomes really soft and sweet. Cut in half remove pips add a dollop of butter and let it ride for half hour or so in the smoke before serving. Eat the skin too.

[das85]

Interesting will try this!

[hoovarmin]

Love butternut squash

[smokin fool]

Use the same method for sweet potatoes and yams too.

[SheilaAnn]

Cut zucchini or summer squash the long way. Olive oil, salt and pepper!

MIL used to grow these pale zucchini that were big as footballs. I sliced thick rounds and grilled them up.

not in season, but Brussels in a grill tray are delicious, too.

[ssandy_561]

100% agree on the zucchini with olive oil and salt and pepper. Best grilled vegetable ever.

[smokin fool]

Really like the yellow zucchini grilled like that but green holds its own too

[DogFaced PonySoldier]

Done a few different things in the past.

Large foil packet with chunked yellow squash, red onions, quartered mushrooms, lots of garlic, S&P a few large portabella caps, maybe some zucchini in there, too, some Italian dressing. Steams up real nice. We like to throw in some Tony Chachere's cajun seasoning in the packet, too.

Grilled corn (dehusked) and slightly charred with a tarragon butter for basting. I'd never done taragon before, but I think I got it off the free side, one of Meathead's recipes.

Asparagus - place in gallon Ziploc for a couple of hours with olive oil, S&P, lots of crushed garlic - then take out and grill up 'till tender.

I'll have to think on some of the other things we've done...

Haven't done much of this the last couple of years, as my BBQ game has gone downhill, and it's just so danged HOT outside. Looking at the forecast for the next ten days, it looks like lots of 105s, 106s, even a 108 in there.

[Dadof3Illinois]

You know….there isn’t too many veggies that can’t be grilled. Right now the choices are endless and my go to’s are corn and shishito peppers. The peppers are easy…a little olive oil and blister them in a hot pan with salt and pepper….maybe 2 mins.
The sweet corn I char over hot coals, 6 ears, then cut off the cob and milk each cob with the back of the knife….this step is very important.
Now a pat or two of butter in a pan over med high heat. Cook down some onion and red bell pepper. Now add the corn with the liquid off of the cobs and add salt, pepper, cumin 2-3 oz of cream cheese and 1/4 cup of cream. Reduce and adjust the seasoning to what you like.

[rlozinak]

Some interesting ideas for veggies. I will try some. All I have done is takes broccoli and tossed in evoo and then cooked in the pellet pooper until done. Did them at 350.

[Finster]

Grilled broccoli is very good 😋

[Finster]

Sliced zucchini with olive oil and SPG. Mushrooms brushed with italian dressing. Asparagus. Sliced pepper and onion medley..

[MBMorgan]

Red bell peppers, stuffed with 'shrooms, various seasoned veggies, cheese chunks or shreds, and pre-cooked basmati rice.