56 Grilled Recipes for Summer Dinners
on Jun 04, 2024, Updated Jul 29, 2024
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Those of us who are lucky enough to have access to a grill tend to get a bit grill-happy as soon as the weather allows. We all know why we love our grills. They heat up quickly if they are gas or pellet, and the clean-up is easy. Plus, no turning on the stove and heating up the kitchen during the hottest months of the year. Most importantly, pretty much everything tastes better grilled. I’m not the first person to say this, probably not even the first person today, but it’s the truth.
And you can grill the standards like straightforward burgers, steaks, and chicken — or you can get a bit more experimental. Grilled pizza, grilled bruschetta, grilled fruit…once you get into grill mode, it’s hard to go back.
Also Read: 10 Things to Do to Get Your Grill Ready for Summer
56 Grilling Recipes to Make This Summer
Grilled Mexican Street Corn
While simple grilled corn is amazing, this is next level (like a little trip to Mexico, right in your back yard).
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Grilled Pizzas
Everything you need to know about how to grill pizza (easier than you might think!).
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Grilled Provencal Chicken and Peppers
This recipe has just a handful of ingredients, and comes together really easily, but it's a summery show stopper.
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Mustard Marinated London Broil
A hefty dollop of Dijon mustard mingles with onion, Worcestershire sauce, and thyme in this deeply flavorful marinade for a perfectly grilled London Broil steak.
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Grilled Asparagus with Vinaigrette
A fabulous, pretty, simple warm-weather side. Make sure to serve the grilled asparagus with grains or crusty bread to sop up all of the tangy vinaigrette.
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Grilled Artichokes with Lemon Sauce
Smoky and tender, grilling is one of the best ways to prepare artichokes during the warmer months, especially with homemade lemon sauce.
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Grilled Soy-Ginger Pork Chops
This super simple pork chop marinade leans on those appealing teriyaki-like flavors.
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Grilled Marinated NY Strip Steak
NY strip steak is nicely marbled and full of flavor. A simple marinade takes it up a notch.
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Grilled Mexican Ribeye Steaks
Thick ribeye steaks get a dusting of a robust Mexican seasoning blend before being fired up on the grill.
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Grilled Prosciutto-Wrapped Pork Chops
Thinly sliced smoky salty prosciutto is wrapped around pork chops, crisping up nicely on the grill and keeping the inside of the chops tender and juicy.
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Marinated and Grilled London Broil
A simple marinade transforms an inexpensive London Broil into a truly tender and juicy grilled steak.
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Grilled Lamb Chops and Onions with Herb Salad
This simple grilled lamb chop meal is elegant and delicious and feels very summery.
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Grilled Salmon
A simple salmon dinner is one of the best things to come off of your grill.
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Grilled Tuna Steak with Nicoise Tomato Salsa
Flaky, moist, and meaty, tuna grills up much like a steak. It's a perfect summer dinner with a scoop of fresh tomato salsa on top.
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Grilled New York Strip Steaks
Everything you need to know about cooking those perfect steaks: juicy and pink on the inside.
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Grilled Top Sirloin Steaks
These steaks are a great balance between tender and pleasantly chewy, with a great beefy flavor. Top sirloin is best cooked to around medium-rare for best taste and texture.
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Grilled Peppers
Grilling peppers gives them a silky texture and a smoky sweet flavor. Use them in all kinds of ways, or serve them up as a colorful side!
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Perfect Grilled Turkey Burgers
These are the best turkey burgers, simple, easy, juicy, and flavorful. You really can get all of that in a turkey burger!
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How to Grill a Filet Mignon Steak
This indulgent restaurant-level steak is one of the summer's best dinners. If you want to make it even better, make the optional Parmesan Butter to melt over the top!
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Grilled Ribeye Steaks
Richly flavored, tender but with great chew, and smoky from the grill, these steaks deeply satisfy those beef cravings.
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Grilled Asparagus
Grilling asparagus is a spring and summertime joy that creates a great side dish to all kinds of meals.
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How to Grill the Perfect Burger
All of the tips and tricks for making the best hamburgers on the grill, with step-by-step photos.
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Grilled Ranch Steaks
Cook this lean, boneless cut of steak to medium-rare for one of the best steaks you’ve ever had!
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Grilled Lamb Chops
Rib lamb chops cook quickly on the grill, and the mint-basil pesto is the perfect finishing touch!
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Grilled Swordfish with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
A creamy Provencal-inspired sauce made from roasted peppers, garlic, and basil turns a piece of simply grilled swordfish into a fantastic summer meal.
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Grilled Flat Iron Steak
An affordable cut, tender, flavorful flat iron steaks are amazing on the grill, especially with a pat of compound Parmesan butter.
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Grilled Vegetable Kebabs
Veggie kebabs are beautiful, versatile, flexible, and a must-make for summertime grilling meals.
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Grilled Vegetables
The best way to perfect vegetables on the grill, tender, colorful, lightly charry, and just plain delicious. One of the best dishes of summer.
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Simple Grilled Clams
In a handful of minutes and almost no work, you can have warm, plump clams from the grill. Summertime bliss for all the shellfish lovers out there.
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Grilled Chicken Breasts
A simple marinade ensures juicy, moist, tender, and flavorful chicken breasts every time. Leftovers can and should be used in different ways all week long!
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Grilled Sirloin Cap
Also known as Picanha, this is the most popular cut of beef in Brazil, and when grilled properly it's amazingly juicy and flavorful.
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Grilled Cauliflower Steaks
This terrific vegetarian grilled dish is satisfying and substantial. It can serve as a main course or a side, and leftovers are amazing chopped and added to all kinds of dishes, from chilis to grain bowls.
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Grilled Shrimp Salad
Simply grilled shrimp can turn a salad into a meal. This is a great, flexible summer lunch or dinner.
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Balsamic-Marinated Skirt Steak
This marinade for grilled skirt steak is so simple to make and so flavorful. You can also use other cuts of steak, like flank steak, instead!
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Grilled Watermelon
Grilling watermelon is a fun conversation piece, and it makes a beautiful appetizer, snack, side dish, or even dessert! The sprinkle of citrusy sugar elevates the flavor and helps it caramelize when cooked over the fire.
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Grilled Peaches
Grilling peaches is one of the best and most simple ways you can elevate an already perfect fruit at the height of the season.
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Grilled Peaches with Burrata
Sweet peaches straight off the grill paired with creamy buttery burrata cheese are a perfect summery appetizer.
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Grilled Pork Chops with Peaches
This summery combo is simply gorgeous, and the pairing of grilled peaches with pork is a total home run.
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Grilled Eggplant
When eggplant is sliced and grilled it takes on a terrific texture and a fantastic smoky flavor.
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Grilled Lobster Tail
In the warmer months, there is no better way to prepare everyone's favorite luxury shellfish!
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Grilled Pineapple
A simple brown sugar glaze transforms pineapple into a smoky, sweet grilled dessert — delicious on its own and amazing with a scoop of vanilla ice cream melting right into it!
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Grilled Scallops
Sweet, buttery, plump, briny sea scallops cooked on the grill are a luxurious summer treat.
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Grilled Chicken Salad
A simple summer lunch. Grill extra chicken and vegetables and have these salads all week long!
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Grilled Chicken Thighs
An easy marinade infuses chicken thighs with robust flavor while keeping the inside extra juicy on the grill.
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Grilled Pork Tacos with Salsa Ranchera
Juicy grilled pork chops are sliced for soft tacos and topped with a zingy smoky salsa. An easy and fun summer dinner that can come together in minutes.
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Chicken Thighs with Indian Curry Yogurt Marinade
Tender and juicy, with a wonderfully crispy skin, these chicken thighs are a great change of pace in your grilling repertoire!
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Grilled Jamaican Jerk Chicken Breasts
These chicken breasts are so flavorful and pack a little bit of heat, but not too much. The jerk-style marinade is vibrant with ginger, chilis, garlic, and spices, and they only take 10 minutes to grill up after marinating!
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Grilled Split Turkey Breast
A flavorful marinade gives the turkey amazing flavor and allows it to grill up perfectly moist and tender.
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Grilled Corn on the Cob
Cooking corn on the grill is one of the best ways possible to bring out the natural sweetness of this perfect seasonal vegetable.
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Grilled Potatoes
Smoky, a little charry, the perfect summer side to just about anything — roasted potatoes for the summertime!
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Grilled Bruschetta
A bit of olive oil, a sprinkle of salt, and sliced bread become a whole other level of bruschetta love on the grill.
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Grilled Romaine
Grilling firm lettuce, like romaine, is downright delicious and a fun way to "summer up" your salads.
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New York Strip Steak with Jalapeño Butter
A thick juicy grilled steak with a dollop of lightly spicy butter is one of the easiest and best summer dinners.
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Grilled Corn Salad
In mere minutes, grilled corn becomes a colorful and super seasonal summer salad.
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Grilled Portobello Mushrooms
An easy basting sauce turns these big, "meaty" portobello mushroom caps into a beautiful grilled dish or mushroom burger.
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Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Kebabs
Lemony yogurt marinated chicken kebabs are a quintessential summertime grilling dish.
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Whew. What are you waiting for? Grab those tongs and go.
