Easy Grilled BBQ Vegetables
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Grilled BBQ Vegetables are the perfect side for all of your summer cookouts! An easy way to cook mushrooms, peppers, and zucchini.
This easy grilled BBQ vegetable recipe is a simple and delicious way to transform plain veggies like mushrooms, squash, zucchini, and peppers!
A nice light char on the outside of the vegetables with a simple homemade seasoning blend, basted with your favorite healthy BBQ sauce for that sweet and tangy flavor!
Whether you have a gas grill, pellet grill, charcoal grill, or electric grill, the flavor and method stays the same. Pair these grilled veggie kabobs alongside your favorite grilled balsamic chicken, and high protein pasta salad for the ultimate summer grilling dinner.
Tyler’s Tips for the Best Grilled BBQ Veggies
- Preheat your grill and let it come to temperature for at least 10 minutes. This will give you a hot surface and allow the cooking spray to create a nonstick cooking surface for all your grilling needs!
- Buy a great set of metal skewers that will last a lifetime or be sure to soak your wooden skewers in water for at least 10 minutes before using them so they don’t burn.
- A simple baste of your favorite BBQ sauce will give you a delicious sweet and tangy caramelization on the outside of your grilled veggies. Always add the sauce at the end of your cooking so the sugars don’t burn on the grill grates.
Ingredients:
substitutions
Olive Oil: You could use avocado oil, but we really recommend extra virgin olive oil.
Vegetables: Zucchini, Squash, Mushrooms, and Red Peppers are our favorite veggies to grill, but you can also try corn, onions, tomatoes, asparagus, and eggplant.
Seasoning: We love simple spice mixtures for our veggies, but you can substitute your favorite seasoning, whether it’s an Italian, taco, BBQ, or even ranch seasoning!
BBQ Sauce: Basting with BBQ sauce adds awesome flavor, but you can try teriyaki, soy sauce, steak sauce, pesto, balsamic glaze, or even ranch dressing!
How to Make Grilled BBQ Vegetables
- Preheat your grill. In a small bowl, mix together salt, black pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.
- Toss the vegetables in olive oil, then stir in the seasonings until evenly coated.
- Add the seasoned vegetables to skewers. Place the veggie skewers on an olive oil-sprayed grill.
- Cook for 5 minutes. Flip and evenly glaze the cooked side with half of the BBQ sauce. Cook for another 5 minutes and flip, coating the other side with the sauce.
What to Serve with this Recipe:
Here are some of our favorite grilled proteins that would be fantastic options to serve alongside these grilled BBQ veggie kabobs: Greek Yogurt Grilled Chicken, Turkey Burgers, Grilled Chicken Thighs, or Pineapple Grilled Chicken.
We also love these pasta salads: Grilled Veggie Pasta Salad, Healthy Pasta Salad, Caprese Pasta Salad and Greek Orzo Salad.
storage
Storing: We recommend storing in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
We don’t recommend freezing grilled vegetables as they will get very mushy upon reheating.
Reheating: We recommend reheating these grilled vegetables in the oven or toaster oven. This will help them get crispy on the edges! Microwaving the vegetables can make them a little soggy.
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Easy Grilled BBQ Vegetables
Ingredients
- 2 medium zucchini cut into half inch circles cut into half inch thick circles
- 2 medium yellow squash cut into half inch circles cut into half inch thick circles
- 2 red bell peppers cut in large square pieces
- 2 cups halved mushrooms cut in half 8 ounces
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup BBQ sauce for glazing
Instructions
- Preheat a gas grill to medium high heat for 10 minutes, (400 degrees F). Charcoal, pellet, and electric grills will work as well.
- Cut your vegetables and add them to a large bowl.
- Toss the vegetables in olive oil, making sure they’re coated evenly.
- In a small bowl, mix together salt, black pepper, paprika, and garlic powder. Add the seasoning to the bowl with the vegetables and stir together making sure the veggies are evenly coated.
- Add the seasoned vegetables to metal or wooden skewers. I like to use metal skewers but if you have wooden skewers, be sure to soak them in water for at least 10 minutes so they don't burn.
- Spray the preheated grill with cooking spray or olive oil.
- Place the veggie skewers on the grill and set a timer for 5 minutes. Flip the veggie skewers and glaze the cooked side in half of the bbq sauce with a heat resistant grilling brush, coating evenly. Cook for another 5 minutes and flip, coating the other side of the veggie skewers.
- Remove from the heat and serve alongside your favorite grilled protein and enjoy!
Sounds delicious! What temperature do you set the grill to? Medium or medium high? How many skewers are needed? Thanks!
The temperature is in the recipe – medium high heat! It’s in step 1. The amount of skewers you neeed will vary depending on how long they are, between 6-12. Less for longer skewers, more for short skewers. Hope this helps!