30+ Easy Grilling Recipes for Summer
by Chungah
From kabobs to BBQ classics and seasonal veggies, these easy grilling recipes are perfect for quick weeknight dinners or summer cookouts!
Elevate your backyard cookout with some of our tried and true favorites! Whip up a batch of BBQ pineapple chicken kabobs, carne asada tacos or even some grilled zucchini for a quick, smoky side dish.
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Grilled BBQ Chicken
Seriously the easiest, most delicious marinade ever!! Thanks for coming through with this recipe. It was a hit at our pool party!
-Jackie C.
2
Rosemary Chicken and Peach Salad
Wow! Made this salad tonight! We especially liked the chicken marinade. The perfect summer salad.
-Kae
3
Carne Asada
This was so easy and so good! Made a black bean and corn salad to go with it. Perfect healthy meal!
-Angela
4
Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Tenders
Made this tonight exactly as posted – so delicious! I feel like a lot of chicken start to seem similar but NOT this one. Very different and unique flavors that tasted amazing. Not overpowering with mustard, just enough. The rosemary added an awesome flavor.
-Renee
5
Grilled Garlic Herb Zucchini
This was absolutely delicious! The zucchini was cooked perfectly and not mushy and the herb dressing was out of this world!! My daughter, who says zucchini is her least favorite veggie, loved it! Can’t wait to make it again!
-Mimi
6
Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
Holy moly, this was so good! My husband devoured it and went back for seconds. Actually, I went back for more too!
-Jennifer
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Grilled Chicken Kabobs
This recipe was a breeze! It came together quickly and had great flavor. Looking forward to the leftovers tonight. I served it with some tumeric rice and I’m thinking tonight over some fresh pitas to mix it up. 5/5!
-LME
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Thai Chicken Thighs
SO DELICIOUS!! I hardly ever leave reviews, but I had to in this case. Marinated appx 5-6 hours and grilled. I forgot to zest my lime, but it was seriously still SO flavorful!! Thank you for sharing this fabulous recipe!!
-Tina
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Grilled Steak Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
We have made this salad several times for friends to rave reviews! Thank you for introducing us to flank steak. It is a new favorite!
-Debi
10
BBQ Chicken Breasts
OMG! Another winner, I made this for dinner tonight and this is going in my fav folder! Absolutely delish!!! Plan on shredding the leftovers and adding leftover sauce and making sandwiches tomorrow for lunch with some homemade fries!!
-Rachael
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Grilled Corn with Cilantro Lime Butter
Best corn I’ve ever had!!! I’m not a great cook and I couldn’t mess this up! Thanks for the amazing recipe that I will be using over and over again. It’s a great way for me to use that fresh cilantro from my garden too!
-CBT
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Peanut Chicken Kabobs
Chungah, may I just say this recipe hits it out of the ballpark? So delicious with the peanut butter dip (of course, I am a fam of PB). All of your recipes I have tried have consistently a been great. I can’t say that for other food web sites. It is clear you take extra care to make meals delicious.
-Robin
13
Strawberry Spinach Salad
The best salad I’ve ever had! Make this almost weekly now, sometimes substituting shrimp or steak instead of chicken to mix it up. Thank you for this recipe!
-Christine
14
Maple Rosemary Grilled Chicken
This was fantastic! I marinated boneless chicken breasts the day of, and they were so flavorful and moist! I will use this marinade again and again.
-Dina
15
Shrimp Boil Kabobs
I made these on the 4th of July, and making them again tomorrow because they were SO delicious! Easy recipe to follow.
-Missy
16
Tuscan Lemon Chicken
Very nice! The marinade is wonderful and gave the chicken such great flavor. It was too cold to grill out, so I used a cast iron pan for browning, and finished in the oven. Delish!
-Lori
17
Rainbow Vegetable Kabobs
OMG!!! I made this for camping over the weekend! Prepped everything before hand and assembled at the campfire. THIS WAS SOOOOO AMAZING!!!! That marinade was to die for!!! I combined this with the Greek Chicken Kabobs over the open fire pit for a quick, complete, satisfying and easy clean up meal! THANK YOU for such a delicious recipe!!!
-Rick
18
Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad
Loved this! Didn’t get to marinate the chicken as instructed (just basted the chicken as I was grilling them), but they still ended up being pretty tasty.
-Chrissie
19
BBQ Pineapple Chicken Kabobs
These were outstanding! My husband and I loved these kabobs. The marinade is so easy yet so delicious!! Fantastic recipe as usual. I have tried a lot of your recipes and they all have been darn delicious for sure!
-Anna
20
Easy Chicken Shawarma
Absolutely kickass flavor! I vacuum sealed the marinade around the chicken for several hours. Grilled as directed. Wow!!! Delicious!! Not one scrap left. We ate it all!
-Kat
21
Chicken Pesto Kabobs
Made these the other day and WOW! I wasn’t surprised because your recipes have never failed to impress! What I loved was how the quality of the dish was just like what you would get at a restaurant! It was soooo good and we greatly enjoyed it!
-Jennifer
22
Asian Chicken Salad
This salad was bursting with so much flavor! I have a family of 6 and kept everything separate so each of us could add in what we like. I enjoyed it all! Especially the dressing.
-Richelle
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Easy Grilled Vegetables
The first time I saw this recipe it went on my “to make ASAP” list. This recipe is a winner. The basil garlic sauce is fabulous and the ingredients are in perfect balance. This recipe goes in my “keeper file”. I will be sharing your recipe with many friends.
-Mariann
24
Pineapple Chicken Thighs
What a terrific meal to let marinate and enjoy when we had time to get the grill going This recipe was an outstanding reminder of how tasty chicken thighs are, especially with the added pineapple juciness. The ginger is a great addition, too.
-Iowadawn
25
Grilled Garlic Butter Shrimp
This dish was a HUGE hit at my BBQ. My family are foodies and focus on the food (and beverages!) at a party. Everyone, even my college nephews and girlfriends, were in love with these kabobs.
-Danielle
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Grilled Flank Steak and Vegetables
This is really good. Everyone in the family enjoyed it. Great flavor and easy.
-Lisa
27
Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
The PERFECT summer dinner! The only change I made is I added some fresh mint in with the romaine. Everything was exactly the same, and it was excellent.
-Erin
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Honey Garlic Asian Chicken Kabobs
These skewers were the hit of the bbq. So easy to make. My guests were asking for seconds. The flavor was outstanding.
-Phil
29
Easy Grilled Chicken
This was a great marinade! I was only able to marinate my chicken for 1.5 hours and it was still incredibly flavorful. Keeper.
-Beth
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Greek Chicken Kabobs
I’ve made this so many times. My picky 14 year old requests it!!! SO GOOD.
-Mel
