30 Best Grill Recipes

The Best Grill Recipes Start Right Here!

• There’s possibly nothing that beats a spatchcocked grilled chicken. Smothered in a garlicky herb sauce, this is easily the best grilled whole chicken recipe we’ve ever made.
• Thai-inspired chicken satay with peanut sauce is the finger-food dinner your kids never knew they wanted. Trust us on this one, it’s a guaranteed hit.
• Four words—Homemade. Blue. Cheese. Dressing. grilled steak salad with blue cheese dressing is a dream come true.

Classic and Not-So-Classic Grilled Burgers

• Sometimes only the classic will do. This classic cheeseburger has all the fixings, right down to a creamy secret sauce!
• Made with harissa, goat cheese and pickled cabbage, this wildly-flavorful lamb burger is a sure-fire hit.
• You love bahn-mi, so you’ll love our grilled pork bahn mi burgers!
• Low-carb, will grill! Low-carb bacon burgers with guacamole are the perfect keto recipe!

Grilled Salad? Heck Yes, Grilled Salad!

• Allow us to introduce you to one of our favorite TMP recipes, this grilled romaine caesar salad. Yup, you read that right! You put the hearts of romaine right on the grill to get a wilty, smoky, char-y and just all kinds of delicious. It’s a main dish salad that’s dinner party-ready.
• Grill up some chicken and add it to this Waldorf salad for a smoky, summery riff on the crunchy classic.
• A grilled curried chicken salad with goat cheese and a delicious herby vinaigrette is about as healthy and delicious as can be.

Grilled Flavors From Afar.

• This sweet and sticky Korean beef bugolgi is another dish your whole family is sure to love!
• Made with a jar of roasted red peppers, plenty of garlic, and smoked paprika, homemade harissa—one of our favorite North African flavors—is the key to this ultra-simple grilled harissa chicken.
• Do you like the sound of a four-ingredient grilled dinner? Yeah, us too. Meet our Asian chopped salad with Hoisin-marinated pork kebabs.

Move Over, Burgers—Grilled Pizza Has Entered the Building!

• Eggs cook to sunny-side up perfection in a smoky, spicy tomato sauce on this delightfully over-the-top, feta-sprinkled grilled shakshuka pizza.
• If you’re tight on time, make this four-ingredient grilled flatbread with burrata cheese using fresh pizza dough from your local pizzeria (yep, most of them will sell you dough for cheap! Just ask!).
• And if you’re really, really tight on time, just use store-bought flatbread, and throw this Thai Chicken Pizza on the grill.

Sandwich Meets Grill!

• We grill meatballs on skewers for this grilled meatball sub sandwich and it is pure perfection!
• This Santa Fe grilled chicken sandwich also hits the spot, and makes for the perfect lunch to share with company.
• These are the cutest grilled sliders, and they taste damn good too!

Seafood Is a Grill’s Best Friend.

• If you are in the mood to travel, but just can’t get away, make these grilled tilapia tacos and eat them poolside in a bikini and with a cocktail or cold beer. You are bound to feel like you are somewhere far away.
• Put dinner on the table in a flash and make your family swoon with this smoky grilled salmon with avocado salad!
• Grilled herby, juicy chimichurri marinated shrimp over creamy polenta is a restaurant-worthy indulgence that we make on the regular.

Grilled Kebabs, All Summer Long

• A healthy, hearty Mediteranean feast starts with these grilled beef kofta kebabs with tzatziki.
• Loaded with warm spices and brightened up with pineapple and peppers, these grilled jerk chicken kebabs are your summer BFF.
• Yogurt is seasoned with turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, and cardamom to create a flavor-packed marinade for chicken thighs in these juicy, tender grilled chicken shawarma kebabs.

Grilled Corn For Days.

• Our take on a classic grilled Mexican street corn recipe relies on easy-to-find ingredients to create the creamy, slightly spicy, smoky corn on the cob that we crave when we think of authentic Mexican elote.
• Serving elote for a crowd? Make it a salad instead! This Mexican street corn salad with chipotle crema is always a hit.
• Do you prefer your grilled corn with maple Bourbon butter or slathered with blue cheese butter and chives? How about all of the above? We present: grilled corn, four ways.

But Wait, There’s More.

• Vegetarian grill recipes can be a little hard to come by, but look no further than this juicy, gooey, smoky grilled bread with burrata and stewed tomatoes.
• Asparagus was just MADE for the grill, and our grilled asparagus with balsamic reduction sauce is proof.
• Your next backyard BBQ plan: grilled hot dogs with a toppings bar—enough said!

All Set?

Phew! Rounding up our 30 best grilled recipes was no easy task, and now we’re truly hungry. We hope you are too! Fire up that grill and get cooking! If you make one of these delicious recipes, we’d love to see how they turned out! Snap a photo and tag us on instagram using @themodernproper or #themodernproper.