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Article #125: Steamed Vegetables On The Barbecue Grill

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BBQ salads are the easy accompaniment to a hole at one point where we can add
an outdoor cookout and do work really water. Pour in half a cup full of water
well because there's many free barbecue and make the final scrunch to seal the
recipes out there on the internet but package. Slap it on the grill and 15
sometimes I like my menu ideas to be a minutes later you've got beautifully
little different. In fact, not just delicious steamed carrots. A knob of
different, something that can become a butter and "Bob's your uncle!"
bit of a talking point too. The same logic can be applied to many
My inspiration comes from cooking corn vegetables so why not experiment? The
cobs. When doing them on the barbecue only thing to remember is to slice the
grill it's important to soak the husks vegetables thinly so that there's a good
for a good 30 minutes in water so that surface area for the steam to work on.
when heat is applied the leaves steam and For an easy variation on the theme,
cook the kernels. Having tried the corn rather than water, why not try a little
over charcoal idea a couple of times, dry white wine? It adds and certain "je
sparks of inspiration started to fly in ne sais quoi" to the recipes and sure
all directions as I thought about how we makes for some interesting questions when
might steam other vegetables on the your guests see you filling foil parcels
outdoor barbecue grill. No sooner had I from a wine bottle. They really know that
tried the base concept and the barbecue they're in for a treat!
menu ideas came thick and fast. Alternatively how about potatoes? Again,
Essentially were going to steam the slice them thinly, place them on one half
vegetables in foil packs and the real of the foil and season, now add a
beauty of cooking this way is that you tablespoon of crème fraiche and start
can put the foil packs on the grill while the scrunching. Finish off by pouring a
the charcoal is still settling down and good lug of white wine before sealing the
because of the foil protection there's no parcel and then it's onto the grill.
chance to burn the food. By the time the You'll need to be a little more careful
vegetables are cooked, the charcoal is with this menu idea because too much heat
ready for the meat, do the remainder of can burn the cream so be a little gentler
the cookout and while the meat is resting with the cooking and go for about 30
for five minutes simply slap the foil minutes cooking time.
parcels back on to warm through. One last tip - it's also great to make
Let's take carrots as an example. Take a individual packages so that everyone can
rectangular piece of foil, chop the rip into their own parcel and enjoy. It
carrots finely and place them in one half also makes it easy because all we have to
of the foil rectangle. Season with salt do as the chef is throw a foil parcel
and pepper and fold the foil over and onto each plate - how's that for
"scrunch" the sides together just leaving presentation?






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