15+ Amazing Grilling Recipes


This round-up is full of easy, family-friendly, and mostly real food grilling recipes that you can throw on the “barbie” in no time.

There are so many grilling recipes on the web, but it’s hard to find real food grilling recipes. You know, the whole food kind with ingredients that don’t involve a seasoning pack or bottle of marinade from the store that’s full of preservatives and additives. We’ve got you covered with over 15+ amazing grilling recipes made with real food ingredients.

Grilled Chicken Recipes

Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice Foil Packets

Chicken, broccoli, cheddar cheese, and bacon are served over brown rice in these ooey, gooey chicken foil packets. Grill, bake, or cook over the campfire! You can even make them ahead and freeze for later with our instructions.

Chicken Foil Packets
Cooked Honey garlic chicken kabobs on a white plate

Honey Garlic Chicken Kabobs

This 5-ingredient chicken kabob marinade is sweet, savory, and incredibly easy! With just a few simple pantry ingredients, you can take your kabob game to the next level.

Honey Garlic Chicken Kabobs
asian chicken sliced with asian slaw and rice

Asian Chicken Marinade

With just a few common Asian-inspired ingredients, you can create this easy Asian Chicken Marinade for your favorite cut of chicken. After grilling the chicken, serve it in wraps, on salads, or with rice.

Asian Chicken Marinade
cilantro lime marinated chicken breasts that have been grilled on a plate with brown rice on the side

Cilantro Lime Chicken

Our Cilantro Lime Chicken is a flavorful combination of fresh cilantro, zesty lime juice, garlic, and other spices. The result is a tangy, herbaceous, and juicy dish that’s perfect any time of year!

Cilantro Lime Chicken
Honey dijon chicken sandwiches on a cutting board

Honey Dijon Chicken Sandwiches

In this flavorful chicken sandwich, the sweetness of the honey is balanced with the zip of the Dijon mustard in the marinade and sauce. Serve on a pretzel bun with Swiss and bacon for a stellar sandwich!

Honey Dijon Chicken Sandwiches

Southwest Grilled Chicken

Of all the marinades in the world, THIS Southwest Chicken marinade is the one I make the most. Hands down. My kids love it. All adults love it. And it can be served any way you dream up–a la carte, in tacos or quesadillas, on top of a burrito bowl or try our Southwest Chicken Salad. We even have a Southwest Chicken Kabob Recipe!

Southwest Grilled Chicken
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The Ultimate Grilled Chicken Sandwiches

A flavor-packed marinade and the best toppings make this the Ultimate Grilled Chicken Sandwich recipe. After marinating for a few hours, your chicken breasts will pick up loads of flavor. Serve it on a toasted bun with your favorite toppings for a quick weeknight dinner. This is also a great recipe to serve to groups of people!

Ultimate Grilled Chicken Sandwich
grilled savory chicken breast with mashed potatoes and green beans on a plate

The Best Savory Chicken

This Savory Chicken recipe packs a punch! In fact, I think it may be the BEST chicken marinade you’ll find. With just a few pantry staple ingredients, this boring cut is taken to a whole new flavor level! Enjoy your marinated, grilled chicken a la carte, on top of a salad, on a sandwich, or in a wrap.

The Best Savory Grilled Chicken

Balsamic Herb Grilled Chicken

Marinating chicken is THE key to infusing flavor into typically lean, bland poultry cuts. This complex marinade requires mostly pantry staples to turn that lackluster cut into something that makes your taste buds sing.

Balsamic Herb Grilled Chicken

Southwest Chicken Tenders

These Southwest Chicken Tenders take main stage in our Southwest Chicken and Bacon Wraps and Southwest Chicken Burrito Bowls recipes. However, we’ve also learned that they are delicious on a salad or a chicken sandwich.

Southwest Chicken Tenders

Lemon Garlic Chicken

Thanks to fresh lemon, garlic, thyme, and more, this bright and flavorful marinade completely transforms any cut of chicken. Use this Lemon Garlic Chicken the next time you need a zesty, healthy protein!

Lemon Garlic Chicken

Grilled Beef Recipes

grilled burger on a bun with oven fries on the side

Cheesy Chive Burgers

Time to transform a boring beef patty into one amazingly flavorful homemade burger! I (Rachel) have been making this 5 ingredient recipe for years, and it’s one that my family requests regularly. The fresh herbs and shredded cheese inside these patties take them over the top in taste and texture.

Cheesy Chive Burgers

Smash Burgers (with Secret Sauce!)

These Smash Burgers rival any fast food chain. When grilled correctly, the edges are perfectly crispy and the middle is still juicy and flavorful. The addition of our secret sauce truly takes them to the next level.

Smash Burgers
seasoned cooked steak that is sliced on a wooden cutting board

The Perfect Grilled Steak

Follow these 6 steps from a chef on how to grill a perfect steak. Grilled steak with a delicious, flavorful crust on the outside while keeping the inside juicy and tender is easier than you think.

Perfect Grilled Steak
Freezer friendly pesto burgers

Pesto Burgers

Pesto Burgers are the bomb. They are an incredibly easy grilling recipe, a great recipe for a crowd, AND a fabulous freezer meal.

Pesto Burgers
mini italian burgers on a cutting board

Italian Sliders

Moist and packed with Italian flavor, these sliders will impress anyone from guests to the youngest eaters in your house. Even better, they are freezer-friendly! You’ll want to double the batch every time you make these mini burgers.

Italian Sliders

Grilled Steak Kabobs

Tender chunks of sirloin steak are marinated in a flavorful blend of herbs and spices, then skewered alongside vibrant bell peppers and sweet onions. The grill works its magic, imparting a delectable char and irresistible smoky aroma to each bite.

Grilled Steak Kabobs

Grilled Pork & Seafood Recipes

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

When you grill a pork tenderloin instead of bake it, you still get the flavor and moistness but the bonus is the extra char-crispiness that coats the outside of the tenderloin. Using the 7-6-5 method to grill pork tenderloin is a no-fail method that you’ll come back to over and over again.

Use this grilling technique for our Hawaiian Pork Tenderloin with Pineapple Salsa.

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp & Pineapple Kabobs

Look no further for the perfect shrimp kabob recipe. Our Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp and Pineapple Kabobs are every bit as tasty as they sound. The sweetness of grilled fresh pineapple pairs perfectly with the smoky saltiness of the bacon.

Shrimp & Pineapple Kabobs

Mediterranean Shrimp

Even the most reluctant seafood eaters will enjoy this succulent lemony shrimp that can be cooked in just minutes under the broiler, on the grill, or on the stovetop. It’s a fun one to serve for family dinner or as a party appetizer.

Mediterranean Shrimp

Grilled Side Dishes

Grilled Corn on the Cob

Grilling corn on the cob in foil is one of my best tricks! It keeps the corn moist but also adds a nice light char if done right. Use this method to grill corn at your next BBQ!

Grilled Corn on the Cob
grilled peaches on a plate

Jane’s Grilled Peaches

These sweet and savory grilled peaches are an explosion of flavors making for a perfect side dish for your next cookout. We give thanks for Polly’s sweet friend, Jane, who inspired this amazing recipe!

Jane’s Grilled Peaches

Grilled Veggies in Foil Packs

Grilled Vegetables in Foil are a healthy, easy and simple side dish. Plus they are fun! Roasting vegetables brings out wonderful flavor.

Grilled Veggies

Grilled Asparagus

The flavor of this simple, grilled asparagus recipe will amaze you. This simple recipe yields crispy, slightly charred, and perfectly seasoned asparagus. In less than 10 minutes, you can serve up one of nature’s healthiest foods to your family all summer long.

Grilled Asparagus
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