Great Grilling Tips
Grilling is a great way to create fantastic healthy meals, enjoy the outdoors, and keep your kitchen clean! Fresh vegetables, meats, fish; everything is great on the grill! You must use caution though; a couple of seconds can destroy your dinner.
Grilling tips:
1-It is important to get the grill hot. Preheat for 15 minutes with all burners on high and the lid closed. It is easy to scrape the grate clean with a wire brush at this point.
2- When using a gas grill, cook with the lid down. It concentrates heat when searing and maintains heat when slow cooking. Conversely, you should keep the lid open when using charcoal as residue buildup can affect the flavor of the foods being grilled.
3- When cooking things like fish and burgers, you should oil the grill. Dip a handful of paper towels in vegetable oil and, using tongs, wipe the grill thoroughly. This will also pick up any residue left from brushing. Fish especially, will pick up flavors from a dirty grill.
Lemon-Herb Marinade
Great with chicken:
10 gloves of garlic, chopped very fine
1 TBS Kosher Salt
½ TBS Ground Black Pepper
3 Lemons, squeezed
1 cup or more of the freshest herbs you can find – parsley and cilantro are great!
1 cup olive oil. Mix everything together, coat the meat and refrigerate overnight.
Great with fish
½ cup parsley, chopped fine
¼ cup Balsamic Vinegar
1 cup good olive oil
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
Marinate overnight.
Amazing Burgers
To: 1 Lb good ground beef
Add: 1/4 cup red onion, chopped fine, 1/8 cup chopped parsley,1 TBS Capers, 1 TSP Worcestershire, a dash or 2 of Tabasco, Kosher salt and pepper to taste
Hand form into 4 patties and grill! Serve on a roll with fresh garden tomato and crisp Romaine lettuce.
