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    30 Best Grill Recipes

    Updated September 13, 2022 / By Holly Erickson & Natalie Mortimer

    Fun, easy, and delicious, we’ve rounded up the 30 best grill recipes, ever. From Memorial Day through Labor Day and beyond, they are sure to keep your grill loaded all summer long.
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Fall
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Salads
    • Roundups
    whole grilled chicken spatchcocked on parchment paper with a bowl of green garlic sauce grilled lemons

    The Best Grill Recipes Start Right Here!

    3 banh mi burgers on a plate with pickled carrots cilantro and jalapeños
    Classic Cheeseburger With Secret Sauce

    Classic and Not-So-Classic Grilled Burgers

    Grilled Romaine Caesar Salad with pickled onion croutons and lemons on a serving plater with serving spoons
    waldorf salad with grapes, celery and grilled chicken

    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.
    homemade Beef bulgogi sprinkled with green onions on a serving plate
    easy homemade harissa grilled bone-in chicken thighs on a platter with harissa aioli

    Grilled Flavors From Afar.

    Whole grilled shakshuka pizza topped with feta and fresh parsley
    Grilled Burrata Flat Bread With Cherry Tomatoes

    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.
    raw Italian meatballs in a braiser with marinara sauce
    Plate of beef sliders with sun-dried tomato mayo, arugula and sweet and spicy pickles.

    Sandwich Meets Grill!

    Salmon In Foil on a rimmed baking sheet with an Avocado Tomato and corn Salad with a fork
    Chimichurri Shrimp With Creamy Polenta in a bowl with a serving spoon

    Seafood Is a Grill’s Best Friend.

    Beef Kofta Kababs with Tzatziki pita bread tomatoes on skewers
    grilled jerk chicken kebabs with peppers

    Grilled Kebabs, All Summer Long

    Elote (Mexican street corn) on a platter, topped with chipotle mayo, cotija cheese, and cilantro, served with lime wedges.
    Mexican street corn salad in a large bowl with fresh lime wedges served on top

    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.
    Grilled Asparagus With Balsamic Glaze, pine nuts, and parmesan cheese
    Braised Tomatoes with Burrata, basil and grilled bread on a plate

    But Wait, There’s More.

    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.

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    • Jenn

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      I made the grilled sliders and the grilled steak salad and both were excellent. My goal is to try all 30 this summer!

      Thanks Jenn, we love that goal!