BBQ Menu Ideas

There's nothing more delicious than a barbecued meal. Here, we highlight a phenomenal barbecue shrimp bagna cauda with crudités, a special potato salad, chicken drumsticks with BBQ sauce and more.

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Potato Salad with Bacon and Barbecue Sauce

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The mayonnaise dressing for this potato salad gets pungency from mustard oil (store-bought spicy mustard works fine, too) and a hit of smoky-sweet flavor from bacon and bottled barbecue sauce.

Classic Potato Salad

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Lemongrass-Barbecued Pork with Rice-Vermicelli Salad

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Mai My Lin, one of the chefs Marcia Kiesel met at the Nha Trang night market, prepares an aromatic and pungent marinade for grilled pork with two quintessential Vietnamese ingredients--lemongrass and fish sauce. The real surprise here is Mai's zesty Carrot and Daikon Pickles, which are amazing with the smoky grilled meat.

Barbecued Pork Loin

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Barbecue Shrimp Bagna Cauda with Crudités

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New Orleans-style "barbecue" shrimp is made with Creole seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, beer and butter, but David Kinch switches out those flavors here for a garlicky Italian anchovy sauce known as bagna cauda. No actual barbecuing is involved in either version.

Sizzling Shrimp Scampi

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Pork Ribs Vindaloo 

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These juicy, saucy ribs are chef Floyd Cardoz's ode to his mother's pork vindaloo. "There's nothing more American than ribs," says Cardoz. "I wanted to make something comfortable for our diners in New York, but that still honored the dish I grew up eating." Serve these ribs with crusty bread to mop up every bit of the spiced, tangy sauce.

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Chicken Drumsticks with Asian Barbecue Sauce

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Instead of making a traditional American barbecue sauce, Grace Parisi prepares a sweet, sticky, slightly fiery version using Asian ingredients, like chile sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar and ginger.

Grilled Tandoori-Style Chicken Drumsticks

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Easy BBQ Chicken Enchiladas

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These enchiladas take only 10 minutes to prepare and are surprisingly addictive. They'll be a huge hit with both kids and adults.

Pineapple Chicken Enchiladas

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BBQ Shredded Pork and Quinoa Tacos

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Tart avocado salsa and crunchy red onions accompany these full-of-flavor BBQ pulled pork tacos; quinoa adds a healthy twist.

Grilled Pork and Onion Tacos

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BBQ Planked Salmon

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Elizabeth Karmel grew up eating pulled pork in North Carolina. Now the creator of the consulting company Girls at the Grill and a competitor on the Swine and Dine BBQ circuit team, she has just published her first book, Taming the Flame: Secrets for Hot-and-Quick Grilling and Low-and-Slow BBQ. In it, she explains the benefits of grilling fish on a wood plank (this method prevents scorching and sticking) and shares her recipe for salmon in a fragrant blend of juniper berries and pink peppercorns.

Roast Salmon with Lemony Basil Sauce

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BBQ Baked Chicken

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This simple homemade BBQ sauce makes a sweet and tangy sauce for baked chicken.

Baked Sriracha Chicken Thighs

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BBQ Pork and Pineapple Stir-Fry

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Sweet pineapple and tangy BBQ Chinese-style pork make for a grown-up version of a sweet and sour stir-fry.

Chicken Pineapple Stir-Fry

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BBQ Menu Ideas

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Potato Salad with Bacon and Barbecue Sauce

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Lemongrass-Barbecued Pork with Rice-Vermicelli Salad

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Barbecue Shrimp Bagna Cauda with Crudités

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Pork Ribs Vindaloo

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Chicken Drumsticks with Asian Barbecue Sauce

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