Our best ever BBQ recipes - it's time to get your grill on!
Get your grills fired up with ultimate collection of the best barbecue recipes.
Is there anything better on a sunny day than a refreshing drink and copious amounts of deliciously grilled BBQ food? We think not! Meals cooked and enjoyed outdoors with friends and family are always a highlight of summer, and something we love to fit in as often as possible while the weather holds up!
We've collected all our best BBQ recipes, from chicken skewers, meltingly tender ribs and spicy seafood, to the all important sausages and burgers. There's plenty to keep vegetarian guests happy too including tofu skewers, halloumi sliders and grilled vegetables so tasty the meat eaters will be fighting over them.
If you're looking for sides and salads we've got those covered, and leave some room for dessert - every barbecue should have something sweet to finish with, so try one of our tempting options to cook over the coals for an impressive finale.
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Tomahawk Steak with Whipped Blue Cheese Butter
The perfect feast to serve a crowd and the whipped blue cheese butter is reason enough to make this recipe!
Melting Middle Blue Cheeseburgers
A mixture of punchy Stilton and oozy mozzarella gives these burgers a deliciously molten centre.
Oyster Mushroom Shawarma
You won't believe how good these crispy, meaty mushrooms taste. Plus, they're marinated with a lovely spice blend with rose harissa and cumin.
Recipe: Oyster Mushroom Shawarma
Halloumi Panzanella Skewers
Inspired by the Italian bread salad Pancanella, these cheesy veggie skewers are a sure-fire hit.
Recipe: Halloumi Panzanella Skewers
Prawn Cocktail Burger
We've turned a prawn cocktail into a burger! This succulent pork and prawn burger is smothered with marie-rose sauce, too.
Recipe: Prawn Cocktail Burger
Piri-piri Sardines
Super simple to prepare and packed full of flavour, perfect for fish lovers!
Recipe: Piri-piri Sardines
Sweet and Spicy Miso-glazed Ribs
Sticky, finger-licking pork ribs may take a bit of time to cook, but they’re easy and a great crowd-pleaser.
Recipe: Sweet and Spicy Miso-glazed Ribs
BBQ Pulled Pork
Cooked slowly, this BBQ pulled pork becomes meltingly tender, perfect for serving in buns with a crunchy slaw.
Recipe: BBQ Pulled Pork
Chargrilled Hispi Cabbage
Once you’ve tried cabbage cooked on the BBQ, you’ll wonder why you haven’t been eating it that way for years.
Recipe: Chargrilled Hispi Cabbage
Miso Honey Chicken Drumsticks
A simple mixture of miso, honey and olive oil are marinated on the drumsticks for a few hours and then brushed with the sauce mixture while they're being grilled on the BBQ. Simple!
Recipe: Miso Honey Chicken Drumsticks
Chilli and Ginger Salmon Kebabs
The food processor does all the hard work for you with this fragrant kebab recipe. It's filled with ginger, garlic, lemongrass and soy sauce for an Asian-inspired taste.
Recipe: Chilli and Ginger Salmon Kebabs
BBQ Sweet Chilli Squid
We've served this BBQ squid with a lovely lemon aioli
Recipe: BBQ Sweet Chilli Squid
New Potato Skewers with Satay Sauce
This speedy satay sauce comes together quickly. If you fancy it a little spicier, add 1/2 finely chopped red chilli.
American-style Smokey BBQ Brisket
This dish is ideal for a barbecue centrepiece.
Barbecued Sticky Sausages
This tasty finger food will be popular with guests.
Recipe: Barbecued Sticky Sausages
Griddled Nectarine and Feta Salad
Sweet and salty, this simple salad will complement any main.
Asparagus with Lemon and Caper Butter
A fragrant and fresh BBQ side dish.
Sticky chicken skewers
This BBQ chicken recipe use just a few store cupboard ingredients to make these seriously moreish sticky skewers.
Recipes: Sticky chicken skewers
Heirloom Tomato and Giant Couscous Salad
You can jazz up this hearty salad with olives, capers, feta or mozzarella if you fancy.
An experienced and highly skilled team of food writers, stylists and digital content producers, the Good Housekeeping Cookery Team is a close-knit squad of food obsessives. Cookery Editor Emma Franklin is our resident chilli obsessive and barbecue expert, who spends an inordinate amount of time on holidays poking round the local supermarkets seeking out new and exciting foods. Senior Cookery Writer Alice Shields is a former pastry chef and baking fanatic who loves making bread and would have peanut butter with everything if she could. Her favourite carb is pasta, and our vibrant green spaghetti is her weeknight go-to. Lover of all things savoury, Senior Cookery Writer Grace Evans can be found eating crispy corn and nocellara olives at every opportunity, and will take the cheeseboard over dessert any time (though she cannot resist a slice of tres leches cake). With a wealth of professional kitchen know-how, culinary training and years of experience between them, they are all dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work (and if they don’t – we’ll have the answer for why*) every time (*90% of the time the answer is: “buy an separate oven thermometer”!).
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