So you’ve found the perfect grill, mastered burgers and a few other easy grilling recipes and are ready to take your skills to the next level? You’re in the right place. We’ve got plenty of smoky, perfectly charred mains for you to add to your rotation.
You’ll find steaks, seafood, pork chops, chicken—and even vegetarian options.
There’s no wrong place to start but we’re huge fans of this colorful salad. It uses all the classic vegetables found in ratatouille.
We grill them up for a hearty plate that’ll transport you straight to the South of France.
Grilled Salmon Tacos with Avocado Crema
Salmon is a terrific option for tacos: It’s meaty, takes on a marinade very well and cooks quickly on the grill. Here a large salmon fillet is given a quick soak in a sweet-and-spicy chili-lime marinade, then grilled until just until cooked through and charred in spots. Grilled peppers and onions add a delicious veggie factor, and the assembled tacos are topped with Cotija and drizzled with a homemade avocado crema for creamy tang. It’s a summery taco with year-round appeal.
Easy Grilled Pork Chops
A quick marinade of honey, oil, vinegar, cumin and red pepper flakes coats pork chops as they rest in a re-sealable plastic bag. After an hour, remove and grill for just seven minutes.
Grilled Burrata and Tomato Pasta
From the outside burrata may look like a ball of plain mozzarella cheese, but slice into it and you’ll find a center filled with delicious velvety cream. We heated it on the grill along with cherry tomatoes to make a wonderfully gooey, creamy pasta sauce that’s packed with Italian flavor. Chicken breast is easy to grill up alongside and toss in, and a topping of crunchy breadcrumbs, lemony arugula and another ball of fresh burrata (oh yes!) make it picture-perfect.
Grilled Salad Pizza
White pizza and antipasto salad—two pizzeria favorites that come together in a single fun dish. The grill adds a smoky flavor to the pizza crust, and as an added bonus you don’t need to heat up your kitchen. If you don’t have a pizza pan you can stretch the dough on a flat baking sheet.
GZ’s Grilled Seafood Platter
Want to put on a show for your guests? Grill an impressive platter of scallops, shrimp and lobster, all of which are prepped and seasoned inside the kitchen — your guests will never see the behind-the-scenes action!
Grilled Clambake Dinner
You don’t need a giant pot or a trip to Cape Cod to have a clambake. We’ve taken all your favorite New England-style ingredients and made them grill-friendly for a quick weeknight dinner or a fun meal for entertaining.
Grilled Sausage and Pepper Heroes
This hearty sandwich comes together quickly on a small portable grill, making it perfect for a tailgate or picnic. Make the balsamic vinaigrette at home and take it along in a small jar. You can purchase the Italian sausage ring (shaped like a spiral) at an Italian butcher. If you can’t get the cheese and parsley flavor, use any flavor you like. If you’d like to make this on a full-size grill, you can cook everything at once and remove the ingredients as they finish cooking.
Pizza Stone Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Using a grill-safe pizza stone on a grill is a great way to cook fajitas. It results in wonderfully charred chicken and blistered, caramelized veggies in no time. The tangy, spicy and salty marinade is super flavorful. This method for preparing fajitas might just become your new summer favorite.
Carne Asada
This traditional Mexican dish is made by marinating skirt steak in a spicy, citrusy puree, charring it on the grill and then thinly slicing the meat. We suggest serving carne asada as a main dish with rice and beans, but you could also add it to tacos, burritos, tostadas and more.
Grilled Everything Pizza
Top a crispy grilled crust with fresh mozzarella and charred onions, tomatoes, mushrooms and fennel. Plus, get step-by-step instructions for the perfect grilled crust.
Rib Eye Steak with Onion Blue Cheese Sauce
Ree smothers her grilled rib eye with a creamy blue cheese sauce.
