HELP - bbq this weekend

Jack_D_2

Good Morning everyone

Got a phone call last night from my Mam, to say my brother and his two teenage children are coming up for a few days, and suggested i do a bbq on Sunday. :eek::eek::eek:

I never done a bbq, before well i have for the my kids and hubby.....

does anyone have any ideas what i can do


Will be going shopping later this morning.........


Thanks

Jack_D

stacey809

For sides I always do:
salad
pasta in basic tomato sauce
corn on the cob (usually frozen, boil to cook then re-heat wrapped in foil on BBQ)
new potatoes with butter and herbs (left to go cold) or potato salad
crusty bread and butter (and sometimes cheese)

for meat (all cooked before hand and heated up on BBQ):
mince to make burgers
some chicken drumstick and thighs marinated in sauce
pork kebab with mushrooms, onions and pepper
sausaged with mustard

wrap bananas in foil and BBQ for something sweet.

stormbreaker

Keep it basic. Ask you mother to contribute!

Hamburgers, sausages,chicken.
Salad items and rolls. Drinks.
Make up coleslaw, curried rice and potato salad.

stormbreaker

stacey809 wrote: »

wrap bananas in foil and BBQ for something sweet.

Split banana and put a flake in it before placing on the BBQ.

Fruit salad is a easy sweet option too!

Gigervamp

With all the rain we've been having, have you checked the weather forecast? You might need a back-up plan!

ubamother

light your barbecue at least an hour before cooking - really an hour - the point where you are really worried it might be all burned out is the point to start cooking. Your sausages etc. will then take as long as they do in the oven/on the grill, and they will be succulent, not cooked to death because you've got too fierce a heat and you've overcooked because you're worried about food poisoning! I camp-fire cook whole meals regularly for groups of starving children and adults - all from raw and haven't killed anyone yet!

Burp_2

We BBQ at least once a week

We throw most things on the BBQ...

• mini chicken fillets either soaked in Worcester sauce or chilli sauce or bbq sauce or just salt and pepper
• sausages smothered in mango sauce or just plain
• salmon fillets wrapped in foil and a knob of butter
• mushrooms filled with philadelphia wrapped in foil, or with a knob of butter and garlic paste, or with grated cheese and finely chopped onion
• the usual burgers, sometimes make our own burgers with turkey mince mixed with cranberry jelly/sauce
• Haloumi cheese and pienapple kebabs

side dishes we have:

• potato salad, usual leaf salad, rice salad, onions for the burgers/hot dogs, cheese and lots of different sauces, corn on the cob

Puddings:

• banana left in skin, make a split along the skin in one side pop a few chopped pieces of mars bar in, wrap in foil and on the BBQ
• sliced melon soaked in any alcohol of your choice :beer:
• we sometimes make pancakes as well using the hob on the bbq with bbq'd fruits ... fruits like pineapple and peaches coated in honey or sugar on the bbq

Burp x

Trinny

Hi there

We had a barbeque last week.

For cheap fillers - i usually also do a load of baked potatos in the oven, we also have a bag of cheap skewers - and thread HG tomatos, onion, and other veges, brush with oil and cook for a few mins on the barbie
We also have salad - with HG lettuce and HG spring onion. - picked up some vege bargains in Aldi - bargain avocado etc. whoops bread rolls are handy too - as is rice salad, pasta salad and couscous salad.

For main meals - i usually keep it simple - i buy sausages when on bogof or whoops and stash them in the freezer, ready for bbq weather, its the same with burgers.

It sounds mercenery - but i would ask adult guests to bring something - either beer or wine or food.

HTH

Trin

kim85

Potato skins always have gone down well as a side for me - cook large poatoes in the oven with oil then cut in half scoop out middles and cook for little longer (to crisp up inside) then add topping eg. cheese etc and serve with dips. Goes well with most bbq and is fairly cheap and simple. i would then do a basic salad and various breads and then nice quality sausages and chicken - find this works out best also if u find weather is bad can all easily be done in the oven and make a nice buffet- this is what happened to me last time!

MadDogWoman_2

My having people round for a BBQ menu:

Morrocan Spiced Lamb Joint
Chicken Souvlaki
Burgers
Sausages
Corn on the Cob
Garlic Potatoes - slice some spuds (can peel if you wish) layer in a casserole dish, between layers sprinkle with garlic granules and some cheese top with cheese and stick in the oven until cheese gold and spuds tender.
Garlic Dough Balls

Tabbouleh (bulgar wheat salad)
Regular salad

Various sauces

Sliced up fruit of choice
Melt equal quantities of chocolate to double cream - serve warm.

MDW

My BBQ has a lid that enables me to roast/bbq/smoke joints of meat, I've even done the garlic potatoes this way in a cast iron casserole pot.