Does anyone have a great "side dish" recipe to complement BBQ?

Question

I'm tired of the same old potato and macaroni salad and/or cole slaw. Spicy is OK, easy to make is good too

So far I like that baked beans recipe with the can of Hormel chili thrown in, that sounds interesting.

Answer 1

Baked Beans

1 lg. Can Baked Beans
1 can Hormel Chili, no beans
1/2 cup Onion, chopped
1/2 cup Green Pepper, chopped
2/3 cup Brown Sugar
3/4 cup Catsup
2 tbs. Mustard
3 tbs. Worcetershire Sauce

Combine all ingredients and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour.

Answer 2

My favorite is cucumber salad. The acid in the salad balances the sugar in the BBQ sauce nicely.

CUCUMBER SALAD


You'll need to marinate this salad for at least 2 hours so that the flavors have a chance to develop.

1 English cucumber
1 carrot
1 small red onion
2/3 cup distilled white vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon cayenne

Halve cucumber lengthwise and seed. Thinly slice cucumber and carrot crosswise. Thinly slice onion and transfer to a bowl with cucumber and carrot. In a small saucepan heat vinegar, sugar, and cayenne over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Cool vinegar mixture and pour over vegetables. Marinate salad at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.

Makes about 4 cups.

Answer 3

Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ they have some awesom recipes from their celebrity chefs...try the polenta and spinash cakes. Sounds yuk, but taste awesome...takes 3minutes to make and your mates will reckon your a real chef.

Ingredients
290ml/1/2pt full fat milk
110g/4oz cornmeal polenta
1 garlic clove, crushed
55g/2oz Irish cheddar, grated
85g/3oz fresh spinach leaves, shredded
4 fresh sage leaves, chopped
salt
freshly ground black pepper



Method
1. In a medium pan, gently bring the milk to a simmer.
2. Stir in the polenta and garlic until it begins to thicken, then stir in the remaining ingredients.
3. Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool a little.
4. Divide the polenta mixture into four and carefully shape each portion into a ball.
5. Place a griddle pan over a high heat.
6. Flatten each polenta ball into a patty shape.
7. Fry the polenta cakes for 2-3 minutes on each side or until well charred.
8. Serve.

Answer 4

There are hundreds of things that you can do.... baked beans just suck. Do a
cucumber salad
5 ea cucumbers peeled seeded and sliced
1 red onion julienne
3 Tbsp chopped dill
Dressing:
3 tbsp lemon juice
8 tbsp olive oil (just plain not extra virgin)
salt and pepper to taste

If your grilling or smoking
6 ears of corn cooked over the fire.
sauce
1 stick of butter
4 tbsp olive oil
Juice of 1 lime
4 tbsp of chopped cilantro
1 chipotle pepper (Canned chipotle in adobe sauce)
blend well
Grill corn dip in to sauce

Grilled ancho glazed pineapple
1 pineapple peeled cored and sliced to .5 in thick
sauce
take the sauce from the canned chipotle peppers
8 oz water
1 oz honey
corn starch and water made in to a slurry
heat the water and adobe sauce in pan add more water in not thin enough. add honey and bring to boil add slurry slowly till slightly thickened. \
Grill pineapple ounces flipped brush on the glaze cook for 1 min on each side after glazed then serve.

Just a few thoughts

Answer 5

Baked beans. Either Bush's or take some Van de Kamp pork & beans add a little mustard ( about 1 squirt), some brown sugar (about 1 tablespoon), with some onions (optional). Mix well and heat.

Answer 6

Easy and tasty bake beans
2 cans of home style bush's baked beans
1 lb of hamburger meat
1 onion
a little brown sugar
a little beer
brown hamburger. cut up onion in small pieces. add it all together in casserole dish. bake on 400 until onions are almost done.



My hubby loves cooking out for the family and my beans always goes fast.

Answer 7

I like to wrap the vegetables with foil and put it onto the grill for a while and the taste is wonderful.

Spread the butter on the foil, add salt + pepper, then wrap any of the followings

1) button mushrooms

2) sliced onions

3) sliced garlic (put a lot of butter, when done, pour the mixture onto the bread ...) yummm

I also like to wrap the grilled sirlon steak + kimchee with lettuce leaves, it is spicy and easy! (You only need to get a jar of kimchee and some lettuce leaves with you)

Answer 8

I don"t know what your bbqing but I make old fashioned green beans with bacon onion and potatoes.
recipe
1lb-1 1/2 lbs fresh(has to be fresh) green beans 1 lb bacon cut into 1 inch pieces fried til crisp
5-6 russett potatoes diced
2 med onions sliced

Fry bacon until crisp, remove and set aside. boil or steam green beans until almost done. cook potatoes and onion in bacon grease til almost done, add green beans, cook about 5 minutes longer. add crisp bacon, stir and serve.
note: this recipe works best in a nonstick electric skillet.
enjoy-your guests will love it.

Answer 9

Our family's best side dish is curried eggs. As there are four of us, and we really love curried eggs, we usually cook up at least 2 dozen. They have been a great hit at every BBQ we have ever been to. We are now expected to take curried eggs every time now. Enjoy.

Answer 10

Nothing beats the baked beans on the side.