Handy Tips and Recipes For The Best Grilling Season Ever
The sun is out, the grass is green, and the grill is calling: It’s summer at last, and this year, why not make it your best grilling year yet? Whether you’re wanting to make grilled dinners a regular thing while the weather’s good or gearing up for one big backyard barbecue, you’re going to want the right tools to hand to make these great recipes. Before you get started, stock up on our grilling all-stars, like our 8-piece BBQ Tool Set, Hot Mitts, 12" Hybrid BBQ Grill Pan, Hybrid Pizza Steel, and a sturdy Eco Modern Apron for convenience and protection.
Though you might be tempted to head out to the grill with your regular kitchen gear, it’s worth investing in specific tools that are meant for the grill. As HexClad’s Food Director Laura Rege says, “Don’t just use the tools you have in your kitchen when you head out to the grill.” Instead, she says, it’s important to choose grilling-specific tools, like long-handled tools. “These allow you to stand back from the grill.”
Rege offers tips for making the most of your 12" Hybrid BBQ Grill Pan, too. “It’s great for maximizing the surface area of your grill,” she says. “Anything you want to grill that you don’t want to fall from through the grates is no longer a problem. I always have something on the go in the grill pan to make the most of the grilling surface area. Make use of all the space by having your pan going in the back with the vegetables and your protein in the front.”
Once you’re kitted out, it’s time to pick your recipes. Make the most of your HexClad grilling tools with these 6 delicious grilling recipes to make this summer the best grilling season ever.
GRILLED BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA WITH JALAPENO RANCH SAUCE
Live your best 1990s life with this sweet-and-spicy barbecue chicken pizza recipe, which you can make on the grill or in the oven. You’ll top pizza dough with barbecue sauce, grated mozzarella cheese, chicken, and red onion. Homemade jalapeño ranch offers a modern twist that takes this pizza up a notch–you’ll blend sour cream, yogurt, and mayonnaise with cilantro, dill, chives, jalapeño, and garlic to drizzle over the pizza. (And for dipping the crust, too).
Get the recipe for Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza with Jalapeño Ranch Sauce.
GRILLED KOREAN BULGOGI
Classic Korean bulgogi is even easier on the grill in your 12" Hybrid BBQ Grill Pan. After marinating the beef in a traditional Asian pear-based marinade, you’ll grill the beef and serve it with a homemade kimchi-cabbage slaw and white rice. Double the recipe to make leftovers for lunches–it even tastes fantastic room temperature desk-side.
Get the recipe for Grilled Korean Bulgogi.
SKEWERLESS CHICKEN KEBABS
Forget the work of skewering kebabs, says HexClad Food Director Laura Rege. This recipe makes the most of the 12" Hybrid BBQ Grill Pan, which allows you to get “all the great flavor from grilling the chicken without the work of skewering kebabs.” You’ll serve the tender, grilled chicken with grilled red onion, peppers, and tomatoes, pitas, and a yogurt sauce.
Get the recipe for Skewerless Chicken Kebabs.
GRILLED CHICKEN & ORZO SALAD
This grilled chicken pasta salad is the salad of summer: an entire meal in a bowl, made quickly on the grill and enjoyed anywhere you like, from the kitchen table to poolside barbecues to mountain top picnics. Once you’ve gotten the hang of the base recipe, mix up the ingredients as you like, swapping in steak or shrimp for chicken, a different pasta shape for the orzo, and playing with the herbs, cheese, and vegetables.
Get the recipe for Grilled Chicken & Orzo Salad.
SWEET CHILE & RICOTTA EGGPLANT TOAST
Grilled appetizers are underrated. Case in point: this simple eggplant-topped ricotta toast. After grilling Japanese eggplants until meltingly tender, you’ll slather basil-flecked ricotta on grilled sourdough for an elegant, restaurant-worthy snack.
Get the recipe for Sweet Chile & Ricotta Eggplant Toast.
GRILLED LEMON BROCCOLI WITH PISTACHIO-PARMESAN SPRINKLES
After making this grilled broccoli side dish, you might become one of those people who goes around saying, “you haven’t lived until you’ve tried grilled broccoli.” This easy side dish is at home alongside grilled proteins like steak, salmon, tofu, and chicken. The key to getting that gorgeous char? “Avoid overcrowding the basket,” says Food Director Laura Rege. “You’re still grilling, and you don’t want things to steam. We still want the nice grilled char, and to get that, you have to avoid overcrowding.”
Get the recipe for Grilled Lemon Broccoli with Pistachio-Parmesan Sprinkles.
