Grilled Carrots

[mcg0958]

I need help here. My wife likes grilled carrots. I cant find a good way to do this. Should I use a veggie grill pan or just straight on the grill? Is there any prep work or just grill them right out of the fridge?

[MBMorgan]

You might want to have a look at this: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2...ze-recipe.html

[Gayette]

I grilled carrots a few times last summer. Usually I coated them in a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper, then threw them on indirect heat. Like I would do if I roasted them in the oven, basically. Maybe have an extra carrot in there for testing so they aren't too crunchy or too soft when you pull them. It's mostly personal preference.

I tried them directly on the grates and in a veggie pan. I prefer the grates because I could fit them off in a corner and not have a veggie pan taking up space where I wanted to cook steaks or burgers. They also got a bit more smoke flavor on the grates.

Also that recipe above looks pretty good. I'll put that on my list for this summer.

[lschweig]

I do grilled carrots and grilled asparagus periodically. I leave them whole (as less chance of falling through the grill), put them on the indirect side with a little EVOO salt and pepper, or maybe Italian dressing. If I use baby carrots I use a veggie pan and periodically shake the pan instead of all the tedious moving around individually.

[bcostlow]

10 years ago one of my daughters asked me to grill zucchini. I'd never thought of it before ... But because it was my little girl, I bought a grill basket and sopped the zucchini in teriyaki sauce and never looked back. Vegies gain a lot of personality when you add smoke.

[bcostlow]

I grilled carrots a few times last summer. Usually I coated them in a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper, then threw them on indirect heat. Like I would do if I roasted them in the oven, basically.

Absolutely - there's no difference between your grill and your oven if you set things up right. Below is what I cooked for superbowl. Potatoes, carrots, onion and sweet pepper roasted for about 90 minutes and then you take sausages and pierce the skins a few times with a fork, allowing the fat to render. Sausages need to cook for about an hour, depending on your temps. I generally like getting the sausages a little more browned but the game was started and guests were demanding food ...

[jgreen]

What temperature did you cook at? That looks really good!

[JCBBQ]

Francis Mallmann's recipe is excellent:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/burnt-carrots-with-goat-cheese-parsley-arugula-and-crispy-garlic-chips-354729

[Michael Brinton]

I've got his Mallmann on fire book, he really does some incredible stuff.

[bcostlow]

What temperature did you cook at? That looks really good!

Cooked it at around 400. I've also found my family seems to prefer root vegetables cooked longer than normal - They cook down (shrink) a bit but have a lot more character.