Best BBQ Food Recomendations,the good,the bad & the aweful!

cybil22

Storck wrote: »

At my local Tesco they have a Halal meat counter/butcher, instead of the normal deli, and their handmade kebabs of marinated chicken chunks and onions and peppers are very tasty. The chucks of chicken are huge, maybe too big for the BBQ but are very nice in the oven and finished off on the BBQ. They do them with various marinates.

Halal meat/counter butcher in Tesco's???? OMG

sarah1972

I think the best bbq food is meat from the butchers marinated in anything that you want to concoct.

You know exactly what it is then and whats in it

talulahbeige_2

I wouldn't dream of buying any of the supermarket BBQ food, it's all cheap rubbish. the chops etc that are in sauces are also old meat covered in sauce ot hide the brown bits. A friend used to work in a packing plant!

ciderwithrosie_2

Check out your local asian shop - in ours they do massive bags of frozen tiger prawns for £10. They're really good, no nasty bits, great marinaded with lime and chilli and threaded 3 on a skewer. Usually lots of other fish fillets/whole fish in their freezers too. Also I think it's Mama Sita do satay marinade and peanut sauce mix cheap (we've always had great feedback on this one).

regards CWR

bella2121

Hot and Spicy chicken breasts from icelands BBQ range are lovely 10 for £5

sarah1972

bella2121 wrote: »

Hot and Spicy chicken breasts from icelands BBQ range are lovely 10 for £5

Its each to there own but I agree with talulahbeige about some supermarket bbq food and in my opinion no meat from Iceland is lovely. Everything I have ever bought from there is all water and totally tastless with very little meat content listed on the packaging. 10 breasts for £5 says it all.

talulahbeige wrote: »

I wouldn't dream of buying any of the supermarket BBQ food, it's all cheap rubbish. the chops etc that are in sauces are also old meat covered in sauce ot hide the brown bits. A friend used to work in a packing plant!

I couldnt agree more :beer:

bella2121

We cant all afford top quality butchers meat when having people round for a BBQ!

I like them and all my BBQ guests agree we are the ones who have eaten them, I struggle to understand how you can comment on something without even trying it???????

sarah1972

bella2121 wrote: »

We cant all afford top quality butchers meat when having people round for a BBQ!

I like them and all my BBQ guests agree we are the ones who have eaten them, I struggle to understand how you can comment on something without even trying it???????

Where did it say I havent tried them????????

I have and they taste like cardboard.

As I also said each to there own.

bella2121

I feel your comments are dismissing all supermarket foods as rubbish, if you have tried them and dont like them thats your opinion but I do like them and would like to recommend them to other forum users

UnderPressure

bella2121 wrote: »

I feel your comments are dismissing all supermarket foods as rubbish, if you have tried them and dont like them thats your opinion but I do like them and would like to recommend them to other forum users

Im sorry I have to agree with Sarah on this one, I too have tried these chicken breasts, funnily enoigh it was the same time I said I would never ever buy anything from Iceland ever again! I started them off in the oven as I always do with chicken products the amount of water and just general nastiness that came out of them was unacceptable, we did not eat them the dogs had a feast, if it is any comfort they did not complain

Iceland as far as I am cncerned is terrible, the price tag says it all if you dont mind what you and your family eat then feel free to shop there.......................

So far as "some people cant afford" rubbish it is all about spending wisely, for instance decent sausages from the supermarket, the little finest chipolata thingies generally 2 for a fiver thats 24 sausages miles better than any hotdog out of a tin, make your own burgers dead easy, decent minced steak if on a budget if not some nice frying steak or rump, throw it in a food blender with some onion, bread crumbs, garlic and a litte horseradish sauce and an egg perfect, 1 half kilo pack of mince should easily do 8-10 burgers of the best quality miles better than anything in the supermarket anyhow.

Chicken kebabs dead easy again, some decent chicken fillets diced, peppers, onion whatever you want to put with them, then use 1 of the the shop bought marinades or make your own with a little oil, lemon and lime juice, garlich and chilli keep brushing the marinade on for a few hours before cooking then also when cooking again mile better than any of the rubbish you buy from the supermarkets.........

Chicken tikka, this is a favourate bbq food for us, again chicken fillets diced quit big, goto a Julian Greaves if you have one near you or any health food shop and buy a packet of masalla powder, red in colour, add a big tub of yoghurt to your chicken then about 5 heaped tablespoons of masalla powder, some garlic juice of 1 lemon and zest stir it all together and marinade ideall overnight, if not a couple of hours will do. BBQ on sqewers serve with salad on home made or shop bought if you must flatbreads, with mango chutney and home made raita, again yoghurt, de-seeded and peeled cucumber chooped finely, fresh corriander and mint and garlic mix together leave overnight yummy

BBQ food is what you make it, to me there is no argument about "cant afford this that and the other" it is how you spend the funds you have rather than buyng frozen processed crap

We also make all our own rolls and muffins you would be amazed at the quality after a little practice and the money you save is unbelievable.

Anyway rant over DOnt want to offend anyone but it comes down to time and knowledge not money.........