Cooking with Foil Pack on the Grill?
Summer is here and it is grill season!
.How about a hands off way to cook with minimal cleanup. The answer is foil packets. All you need is some heavy duty aluminum foil and you can make almost anything.
The technique: (see pictures below)
1. Place two large pieces of heavy duty foil perpendicular to each other.
2. Place your food in the center of the foil.
3. Pull the foil up over the food and seal the foil creating a tent at the top so air can circulate.
Here are some recipes to try but the possibilities are endless…
Gnocchi with vegetables
1 lb. gnocchi, ( I used the Toscanini bread)
1 package cherry tomatoes
1 large eggplant, diced
2 zucchini, diced
1 red onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup Ken’s Zesty Italian dressing
Salt/pepper
- Toss everything together
- Place on heavy duty foil
- Make a tent
- Place on grill over medium heat for 40 minutes
Mexican Chicken
1 package boneless chicken thighs
4 ears of corn on the cob
1 package cherry tomatoes
¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
2 tbsps. Olive oil
4 tbsps. Mexican seasoning
- Mix olive oil with Mexican seasoning to form a paste
- Brush over the chicken.
- Place cobs of corn on a piece of heavy-duty foil
- Place chicken on top of the corn
- Top with tomatoes and chopped cilantro
- Place on grill for 30 minutes
Salmon with farm fresh zucchini squash
4 fillets of salmon
2 yellow squash, sliced
Olive oil spray
mayonnaise, 1/2 cup
mustard , 2 tablespoon
dried dill, 1/2 tsp
Salt and pepper
- Place salmon on heavy duty foil
- Mix mayonnaise, mustard and dill, spread evenly over the salmon
- Spray salmon with olive oil spray
4. Scatter squash over the salmon, spray again and season with salt and pepper.
- Place on grill in tented foil and bake over medium heat for 30 minutes
Asian tofu
1 package tofu, drained and cut in squares
1 bottle SanJ peanut sauce or Haven’s Kitchen coconut cashew sauce
4 bunches baby bok choy
Olive oil spray
Salt and pepper
- Drain tofu, cut into cubes.
- Marinate tofu in a dish with your choice of marinade
- Place bok choy on heavy duty foil, spray with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
- Place marinated tofu in the center
- Tent foil and cook on the g rill for 30 minutes over low heat.
