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16 Best Foods to Grill This Weekend

September 4, 2016 Updated June 30, 2022 by Lisa Goldfinger Leave a Comment This post may contain affiliate links

collage photo of 4 grilling recipes: artichokes, kofta kebabs, skirt steak and figs with prosciutto

Try some of The BEST Grilling recipes from around the World with Panning The Globe's roundup - the 16 Best Foods To Grill This Weekend!
16 Best Foods to Grill This Weekend

Summer is short. It's important to squeeze in every possible bit of summery enjoyment and a big part of that is summer food! I know I won't be in sleeveless tees and sandals for much longer. Soon I'll be inside, bundled up, braising brisket and roasting vegetables (I'm looking forward to that too!).

I love living in a part of the world where the change of seasons is dramatic. For right now I'm happy to get a good dose of warm sunshine and outdoor activities. I'm grateful to be able to throw something delicious on the grill and fill out the rest of the menu with summer salads and other fresh summer produce.

In honor of savoring summer, I put together a roundup of my favorite Panning The Globe grilling recipes.

Below is a clickable menu. Or scroll down for a little more detail about each of these scrumptious dishes.

Caprese Salad from Capri
Grilled Figs Prosciutto and Burrata Appetizer by Panning The Globe
Korean BBQ Burger Recipe
Every Middle Eastern country has a version of grilled Kofta Kebabs. It's hard to imagine anything more delicious! Especially with garlicky yogurt sauce! This recipe shows you how to make authentic Turkish Kofta Kebabs at home.
Mexican spiced grilled chicken and tropical salsa on a white plate
Mexican Spiced grilled Chicken with Nectarine Salsa
Grilled Chocolate Pizza - fun to make and eat!
Grilled Artichokes are a fabulous appetizer for summer entertaining! You can do all the prep ahead of time. Just pop them on the grill right before serving. Grilling intensifies their wonderful flavor and the lemony aioli is the perfect companion.
Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce by Panning The Globe
chicken shawarma rolled up in a tortilla with chopped salad
Spicy, flavorful, grilled green beans are an addictive healthy appetizer. Fresh green beans are tossed with homemade Indonesian satay spice mix and grilled. Serve with lemony, garlicky aioli to dip.
With this simple 3-ingredient marinade and glaze you can make the most addictively delicious grilled chicken and eggplant. An easy recipe featuring North Africa's addictively delicious chili paste. 
Grilled Chicken Sliders with BBQ Caramelized Onions and Chipotle Coleslaw
recipe for Aleppo Pepper Chicken
This BBQ ribs recipe is the best for entertaining because all the work is done ahead. You steam the ribs and marinate them overnight so they can soak up all the delicious flavors of coconut milk, lemongrass, cilantro, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and shallots. Just before serving, you throw the ribs on the grill for a few minutes and they're ready to enjoy!
Japan's famously delicious Yakitori chicken
Chipotle Steak Fajitas

 

These Grilled Zucchini Caprese Stacks make a great appetizer or light lunch. This dish is all about fresh seasonal ingredients. Tomato season is the best time to make these!

One stack of Grilled Zucchini Caprese Salad with layers of sliced tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, grilled zucchini rounds and basil leaves

GRILLED FIGS PROSCIUTTO AND BURRATA is the dish I make most often for company in the summer. Again, it's about the excellent ingredients - creamy burrata, salty proscuitto, sweet grilled figs, drizzles of good quality olive oil and balsamic. I love serving this with a thinly sliced baguette on the side.

 

Grilled Figs Prosciutto and Burrata spread out on a large white rectangular platter with some arugula leaves

"The most amazing burger ever!" is what I often hear when I serve this KOREAN BBQ BURGER to company. All the flavors of Korean Bulgogi beef are packed into a burger and it's stellar!

a Korean BBQ Burger in a bun with green leaf lettuce, pink pickled red onions and radishes

I discovered GRILLED TURKISH KOFTA KEBABS on a trip to Istanbul. They are so simple and special. Turkish food is known for its beautiful use of spices. I think you'll see why when you taste these kebabs. I recommend serving them with pita, fresh vegetables and garlicky yogurt sauce.

One grilled turkish Kofta Kebab on a pita with cucumber rounds, sliced red onion, sliced tomatoes, lettuce leaves, parsley sprigs, and a topping of yogurt sauce with sumac

MEXICAN SPICED CHICKEN WITH NECTARINE SALSA is a perfect summer dish. The chicken is spicy but not hot – with prominent notes of garlic and cumin.  The sweet and tangy nectarine salsa is divine! (Substitute pineapple if you can't find rice nectarines)

Mexican Spiced Grilled Chicken with Nectarine Salsa on a white plate with a spoon scooping some salsa

I had to share this  GRILLED CHOCOLATE PIZZA recipe. It so easy because you can use pre made pizza dough, and the toppings can be anything you like. It's a perfect recipe to make for kids or with kids - fun, festive, easy and delicious.

2 Grilled Chocolate Pizzas topped with colorful m & m's, chocolate kisses, and potato chips.

GRILLED ARTICHOKES WITH LEMON AIOLI  takes some prepping ahead, but when you're ready to eat, just sear the artichokes for a few minutes, serve, and enjoy. Artichokes on the grill are a delicacy. Everyone loves this one!

Grilled Artichokes with Lemon Aioli on a wooden platter

GRILLED SKIRT STEAK WITH CHIMICHURRI SAUCE - If you've never tried Argentinean Chimicurri Sauce, now's the time! The sauce is a vibrant mix of fresh parsley, vinegar, and spices – very simple and quick to make if you have a blender or a food processor.  Slather it on steak, chicken or fish.  Use it as a marinade.

Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce on a gray slate platter

Chicken Shawarma is a famous dish throughout the Middle East. Try this easy recipe for SPICY CHICKEN SHAWARMA. Serve it with a simple salad or be more traditional and wrap it up in a pita with a chopped vegetable salad and tahini sauce.

close up of a Spicy Chicken Shawarma wrap with cucumbers, tomatoes and re onion

If you're looking for a healthy, vegetarian, and totally delicious appetizer, make these INDONESIAN GRILLED GREEN BEANS WITH LEMON AIOLI DIPPING SAUCE.  They're great!!

Indonesian Grilled Green Beans in a large serving bowl with a small glass bowl filled with aioli dipping sauce

One of my newest grilling recipes is this GRILLED HARISSA CHICKEN AND RICE BOWL WITH GLAZED EGGPLANT  The marinade and glaze are super easy to make, and once you have a taste you might become as obsessed with harissa as I am. I've been glazing everything with it lately!

Grilled Harissa Chicken and Eggplant Rice Bowl with cherry tomatoes, lemon slices and a sprig of mint

GRILLED CHICKEN SLIDERS WITH BBQ CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND CHIPOTLE COLESLAW -These scrumptious slider have so many great flavors packed into each little bun. Enjoy these now and make them again for game day!

3 Grilled Chicken Sliders with BBQ Caramelized Onions and Chipotle Coleslaw

Here's my favorite recipe for grilled chicken thighs: ALEPPO PEPPER CHICKEN. The chicken is briefly marinated in yogurt and spices, then grilled. It's truly spectacular!  If there's any left over (unlikely) slice it up and serve it on salad the next day.

6 boneless skinless grilled chicken breasts and 6 slices of grilled lemon

THAI COCONUT BBQ RIBS. You will not believe how amazing these are! The marinade is a combo of coconut milk, lemongrass, cilantro, garlic, brown sugar, shallots and ginger. The recipe can be prepped ahead so all you need to do just before dinner is brown the ribs on the grill for a few minutes, and enjoy.

Thai Coconut BBQ Ribs on a small white platter with a bunch of cilantro in the background

YAKITORI CHICKEN - These grilled chicken and scallion kebabs are wildly popular in Japan. Taste them and you'll see why!

a close up of a Yakitori Chicken skewer, showing 4 pieces of grilled chicken skewered between segments of green onion

And finally, one of my favorite casual grilling meals is fajitas. Everyone loves a big spread of grilled steak, peppers and onions, guacamole and rice, with tortillas for rolling it all up. Try this delicious quick and easy recipe for CHIPOTLE STEAK FAJITAS WITH SPANISH RICE. 

hands folding in the sides of a flour tortilla containing beef, peppers, salsa, sour cream, yellow rice and guacamole

Wishing you all HAPPY GRILLING!

 

More Grilling Recipes

  • overhead shot of sliced grilled skirt steak arranged diagonally across a dark grey serving board with a line of vivid green chimichurri sauce down the middle and a bowl of chimichurri on the left
    Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
  • close up of a Korean bbq burger in a bun with green leaf lettuce peeking out and a strip of pickled red onion draping down
    Korean BBQ Burgers
  • two bbq chicken burritos on a black surface with chopped lettuce around them
    BBQ Chicken Burritos
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