Grilled Summer Vegetables
- new potatoes
- baby zucchini or regular zucchini
- olive oil
- margarine
- melted butter
- Before grilling, rinse, trim, cut up, and precook vegetables as directed in "Preparations and Timings for Grilled Vegetables". To precook any one vegetable, in a saucepan bring a small amount of water to boiling; add desired vegetable and simmer, covered, for the time specified. Drain well.
- To grill, brush vegetables with olive oil, margarine, or butter before grilling to prevent sticking to grill rack. Cook vegetables on the grill rack directly over medium-hot coals until tender and slightly charred, turning occasionally. Use the following timings as a guide. (Actual timings will differ depending on thickness of vegetables, how hot the coals are, and how far the vegetables are form the coals.)
- Asparagus: Snap off and discard tough bases and stems. Precook 2 minutes, then tie asparagus in bundles of 3 or 4 spears with strips of cooked green onion tops. Grill bundles 3 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are of desired doneness.
- Small carrots: Cut off carrot tops; wash and peel. Precook 3 minutes. Grill 3 to 5 minutes.
- Eggplant: Cut off top and blossom ends. Cut crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Do not precook. Grill 6 to 8 minutes.
- Fennel: Snip off feathery leaves. Cut off stems. Precook whole bulbs 8 minutes. Cut bulbs into 6 to 8 wedges and grill 8 to 10 minutes.
- Sweet Peppers: Remove stems. Quarter peppers and remove seeds with membranes. Cut peppers into 1-inch-wide strips. Do not precook. Grill 8 to 10 minutes.
- Leeks: Cut off green tops; trim bulb roots and remove 1 or 2 layers of white skin. Precook 6 to 10 minutes, then halve leeks lengthwise and grill 5 minutes or until tender.
- New Potatoes: Halve potatoes. Precook 10 minutes or until almost tender. Grill 10 to 12 minutes.
- Yellow squash (crockneck or straightneck) or zucchini: Wash; cut off ends. Cut each vegetable lengthwise into strips. Do not precook. Grill 6 to 8 minutes.
potatoes, baby zucchini, olive oil, margarine, butter
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Grilled-Summer-Vegetables-1659612 (may not work)