When you mention grilling, most people think of hot dogs and hamburgers. But the grill is for more then that. You can create delicious and mouth-watering meals on your grill.
Below are some delicious grill recipes you can prepare today:
1. 20 Minute Hamburger Skillet Stew
Ingredients:
- 1/4 lb Lean ground beef
- 1 lg Onion, sliced wafer-thin
- 4 Carrots, sliced wafer-thin
- 2 Potatoes, halved, sliced wafer-thin
- 3 Ribs celery, sliced wafer-thin
- 1 c Boiling water
- 2 t Beef extract OR bouillon
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1/4 t Dried thyme Salt OR garlic salt Pepper
- 1/4 c Dry red wine OR tomato juice
- 2 T All purpose flour
Directions:
- Use melon baller and shape meat into tiny meatballs.
- Brown in skillet.
- Discard any fat.
- Stir onion into skillet and cook 1 min.
- Add boiling water or broth and extract or bouillon.
- Add remaining veggies, seasonings. Cover, cook over low heat, 15 mins until vegs are tender.
- Combine wine or water and flour in covered jar.
- Shake and stir into skillet.
- Cook and stir until sauce is thick, 4 mins
2. Antiguan Charcoal Baked Bananas
This Caribbean dessert can be started in leftover coals
Ingredients:
- 6 large ripe bananas, in a bunch
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice or 1/2 tsp fresh grated nutmeg
- 3 limes, halved
- 1/4 cup dark rum, heated in a small pan onside of grill
Directions:
- Set the bunch of unpeeled bananas in hot coals.
- Bake until black and soft to the touch.
- Meanwhile, heat butter with brown sugar and spices until bubbly.
- Each person should slit his banana, squeeze a lime half over it and drizzle the butter-sugar mixture on top.
- Ignite rum and pour it flaming over the bananas a little at a time, shaking the skillet gently until the flame dies.
3. Aunt Sarah's Chili Sauce
Ingredients:
- 4 qt Tomatoes, cut in quarters
- 1 T Mustard seed
- 2 c Onions, sliced
- 1 T Celery seed
- 2 c Green peppers, sliced
- 2 1/2 c Cider vinegar
- 1 T Salt
- 1 c Sugar- brown, white, maple,
- 3 T Mixed pickling spices Honey, whatever is handy
Direction:
Mix everything together in a big pot and put on the back of woodstove so that everything simmers gently for days.
It is ready when it reaches the thickness you want.
This recipe is over 150 years old.
4. Australian Grilled Fish
Ingredients:
- 4 Fish steaks
- 1/4 c Lime juice
- 2 T Vegetable oil
- 1 t Dijon mustard
- 2 t Fresh ginger root, Grated
- 1/4 t Cayenne pepper or Black pepper
For the steaks: they should be 8-10 ounces and 1-inch thick each.
Use Swordfish, Halibut or Salmon steaks.
Directions:
- In a bowl, combine the lime juice, 1 tablespoon oil, ginger, cayenne pepper and enough freshly ground black pepper to suit your taste.
- Marinate the fish in the marinade for 45-60 minutes.
- Turn steaks 2-3 times.
- Have the grill prepared with white coals and brush the cooking grill with the remaining one tablespoon oil.
- Grill the fish, brushing several times with the marinade, until cooked through and opaque in the center.
- Turn fish after about 4-5 minutes. Total grilling time will depend on your grill and the heat of the coals.
- To broil instead, use a broiler pan brushed with oil and broil until center is opaque.
- Will take about 10 minutes total in broiler.
- Turn steaks after 5 minutes, and baste often with marinade.
