You want to grill vegetable skewers but are still looking for a suitable recipe? Then you've come to the right place! You will love these veggie skewers!
Vegetables on the grill? Yes!
With us, vegetables take center stage at the barbecue. Mega tasty, healthy and colorful, it brings variety to the plate.
There are so many delicious ways to grill vegetable skewers. My absolute favorite recipe for veggie skewers I show you today.
Let's grill together really nice colorful vegetable skewers! What you have to pay attention to and how it works best, you can read here!
Table of contents
Allowed is what tastes good. If you are looking for more inspiration, scroll down to the recipe. There you will find many more ideas and suggestions for vegetable skewers.
Oh, by the way, the corn should always be precooked. You can buy it pre-cooked or put it in boiling water for 5 minutes. The easiest way is to cut it into 2-5 cm thick slices before cooking.
The best marinade for grilled vegetable skewers
First, let's quickly mix a marinade. What always goes well with vegetables are herbs of all kinds. You can take what the garden or balcony gives.
Garlic, rosemary, thyme, chili salt, pepper and lime juice end up on these veggie skewers.
For 8 skewers, mix these ingredients in a bowl.
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 tablespoons freshly chopped herbs (chop very small!)
- 1 clove of garlic squeezed
- 1 tsp chili salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
When the skewers are ready, brush them with it and then they go directly on the grill.
Dessert? How to grill a watermelon!
If you like to grill meatless. the book Vegetarian Grilling: Vegetables rock recommend*. It was written by a professional grill master. From grilled camembert with apricots to halloumi with grapes, capers and nuts, there is something for every taste.
The dishes are fancy and creative, but still in such a way that you can easily replicate them. Even as a grill novice. One of my favorites in the book are stuffed mushrooms with mozzarella and parmesan.
Of course, there are also some sweet desserts like this grilled watermelon in the cookbook.
Why it is better to apply the marinade late
In terms of taste, it makes little difference. But it is much easier to prepare the skewers when they are not oily.
If you put the vegetable pieces in the marinade and only then start to put the skewers together, it's a pretty slippery affair.
It can happen that you slip off and impale your finger instead of the zucchini.
Here you will find many delicious vegan recipes for your barbecue!
Grilling colorful vegetable skewers
Ingredients
- 2 red onions
- 1 Bell bell pepper red
- 1 Bell bell pepper yellow
- 2 medium zucchini
- 1 Corn on the cob
- 200 g Cocktail tomatoes
Anleitung
- Wash the vegetables.
- Peel the onion and cut it into large pieces.
- Important: If you want to grill vegetable skewers, you must place them on the edge of the grill grate. Otherwise, the vegetables will turn black very quickly.
- Hollow out the peppers and cut them into bite-sized bites.
- Remove the ends from the zucchini and then slice it.
- Cut the corn into small pieces.
- Put the vegetable pieces alternately on the wooden skewers. If you want to make grilling vegetable skewers particularly easy, use corn for the bottom end. It holds the skewer together and prevents vegetables from falling off when turned.
- Brush the marinade onto the veggie skewers.
Notes
- 9.2 grams carbohydrates
- 2.7 grams protein
- 14.5 grams fat
Nährwerte
After grilling vegetable skewers, you should start eating them right away. They taste best when they are fresh. If you wait, you risk the veggie skewers becoming mushy.
They then also taste good, but the bite is missing.
What side dishes go well with the veggie skewers
Looks delicious, doesn't it? But which side dishes go best with them? It's quite simple: When grilling vegetable skewers, whatever you like is allowed!
Quite wonderfully harmonize these sauces
- Sour cream with garlic, salt and chives
- Tsatsiki
- Herb sauces of all kinds
- Barbecue sauces
- Mustard sauce with dill
- Herb butter
- Garlic butter
Or these salads
- Potato salad
- Green salad
- Bean salad
- Carrot salad
- Cucumber salad
Or a mixed salad of all the above varieties
But also a piece of bread, which you put 2 minutes right and left directly on the grill, is a mega tasty garnish for the grill skewers. It becomes really crispy and delicious.
Have you ever grilled peaches? Yummy!
What ingredients are suitable for grilling vegetable skewers
You want to refine your recipe a bit? Of course, many more vegetables, herbs, spices and other goodies fit on your veggie skewer.
Vegetables and fruit
Here comes a list of delicious vegetables and fruits you can use to add even more variety to your grill.
- Eggplant/Melanzzani
- Mushrooms
- Herb mushrooms
- Pumpkin
- precooked small potatoes
- Hot peppers
- Olives
- Onions
- Shallots
- Mild peppers
- Zucchini
- Corn
- Cocktail tomatoes
- Limes
- Pineapple
- Watermelon
Herbs and spices
It's really delicious with the right dressing and herbs. You can let off steam :)
- Rosemary
- Oregano
- Thyme
- Freshly sprinkle on the finished skewers: chives, parsley, basil.
- Paprika powder
- Garlic
- Chili salt
- Herbal salt
- Oils
Cheese for grilling vegetable skewers
And if you still want a little cheese, you can use these varieties
- Sheep cheese
- Halloumi
- Grilled cheese
Our conclusion
If you want to grill vegetable skewers, you have all the freedom in the world. Skewer on what you like :) Combine vegetables, fruits and herbs as you like. And you will see that it needs absolutely no meat for a mega delicious barbecue.
Enjoy it!
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