Barbeque ideas please!

dorry_2

Numptie wrote:

Put the new potatoes in foil with crushed garlic,butter and salt. Garlicky new pots dripping in butter, yum. Make your own colesaw, just grate some white cabbage, carrot and mix with mayo.You can make a huge bowl for about a pound. Much tastier and crunchier than shop bought.

i didn't realise that coleslaw could be made that easy, i 'm gonna try make some!!! can't wait for next garden day.. .roll on summer, we have had our gazebo up for weeks in hope of some sunny days.. ahhhh

mink35

You could really do with onion in coleslaw as well as the cabbage/carrot. Stir in about two tablespoons of mayo and leave overnight then add more mayo just before serving. Gives all the flavours chance to mingle and adding the extra mayo means it stays creamy (if you put it all in overnight it can go a bit watery)

reverie

Hmm.. Now.. How do I make sure the sun shines on Saturday??

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Am doing a BBQ for 6 this weekend and would like some ideas for something a little different than sausages and burgers. Most of these from Tesco are revolting anyway.

I thought about making my own burger from lean mince, chopped onions and lea n perrins, do they hold together or collaspe on the barbie?

I have some chicken breasts in the freezer, I need some easy but cheap ideas for those.

I also have some sausages i can defrost which were on special but good brand.

I also thought about making a potato salad, rice salad and of course normal salad, but not too much i find that usually get mostly left.

For desert, hmmm not got there yet.

I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks a lot.

FenLandK

If you squeeze your burger ingredients together tightly enough and then seal the outside on the hottest part of the BBQ then they shouldn't fall apart.

With the chicken breasts, there's a couple of good marinades that I use. First one is tandoori - mix 1 tbsp of lemon juice with a small pot of natural yoghurt and some tandoori spice mix (Tesco do a reasonable one) - you need to decide how spicy you want it. Defrost the chicken and make some deep cuts into it. Rub in the marinade and then leave overnight. As always with chicken, make sure it is cooked all the way through.

Another good marinade is lime juice and coriander (same technique as above).

As for dessert - fresh fruit salad is always nice and takes away some of the richness of all of that meat

Have fun!

Rebob

A few jacket potatoes are nice and filling (cheap too!). Onions are nice too when cooked on bbq. Vegetable kebabs:- onion, peppers, mushrooms etc on a skewer.
When the heat has dropped a bit put on some bananas in their skins. Cook until very dark brown, split the skin and pour in some alcohol eg brandy and add ice cream or squirty cream. yum
I will have a think for you of some other ideas.

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi There

Ive just done my weekly shop at Asda and they have their Birds Eye 100% beef burgers on BOGOF for £2.48 for 16. Thats just 15pence each :eek: I cant have beef but hubby and daughter will only eat them and they cook very well on a BBQ!

Asda do some nice frozen sausages as well-I think the ones I normally get are the irish pork thick ones (80% pork)-1kg for £1.99 (you usually get around 20), so thats about 10pence each and they cook well on BBQ from frozen. Sometimes i do defrost before cooking but not nessessary.

Burger buns and hot dog rolls can be bought for about £1.25 for 24 or so. If I have family round, I normally do something like:

HM Potatoe Salad (Pots, mayo & bacon bits)
Pasta mix in mayo, chicken/ham, sweetcorn & a little chilli powder (tastes like a cold carbanara)
Pork Pies (value are good quality)
Scotch Eggs (HM or value)
HM Quiche
HM Coleslaw or Value Coleslaw (about 20pence)
Corn On Cob (cooked on BBQ covered in butter in foil)
Large Salad (lettuce, cucumber, onion, tomatoe)
Jacket Spuds (cook in microwave for 5 mins then wrap in foil & place on BBQ)
Garlic Bread (value stuff is 35p a baguette)
Burgers (100%beef)
Sausages (as mentioned above)
Chicken (normally cook through in oven first, then finish on BBQ)
Steaks (if on offer)
Enough Rolls etc
HM Relish (toms, onions)
Salad Dressing etc
Cheap bottles of lemonade/cola
HM Punch (cheap wine, value OJ, rum, fruit & ice)

Hope this helps

Penny-Pincher!!
XXX

squeaky

We have quite a number of threads with barbeque ideas in them, but the three main barbeque threads are:-

One and Two and Three

Katgoddess

Have a couple of pizzas in the freezer to spare in case you run out of food or for latecomers. But I don't think you'll have that problem with only 6 of you.

idiot_3

adding breadcrumbs to the mix when making burgers will help to stop them falling to pieces.