Hosting a Vegan BBQ? Here Are 10 Recipes to Make

Summer is the perfect time to fire up the grill and enjoy outdoor gatherings with friends and family. A vegan barbecue offers a fantastic opportunity to showcase delicious plant-based dishes that are ideal for warm weather. With a wide range of vegan barbecue recipes, you can create a memorable and enjoyable meal that celebrates the best of summer. These recipes are perfect for warm weather, easy to prepare and sure to impress your guests.

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One of the best things about vegan barbecue is the variety of flavors and textures you can offer. Vegan barbecues also allow for incredible variety and creativity. Every dish on this list shows that plant-based options can be just as satisfying and indulgent as their meat-based counterparts. From savory salads and soft seitan to creamy fudgesicles and crispy zucchini skewers, there’s no limit to the diversity of plant-based foods.

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10 Vegan Barbecue Recipes

With these 10 vegan barbecue recipes, you can create a diverse and satisfying menu that highlights the best in plant-based cuisine, ensuring that everyone at your barbecue leaves happy and full.

Vegan Grilled Chicken

Seitan is becoming more and more popular in vegan cuisine. Learning to make your own seitan and having a grilled “chicken” recipe on hand for barbecues is exactly what this recipe from Romy London offers. This recipe shows you exactly how to make these plant-based protein fillets with white bread flour and water. It’s also topped with a flavorful tomato, tamari, maple and paprika sauce, adding to the traditional barbecue flavor.

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Mashed sweet potatoes “firecrackers”

Smashed potatoes topped with spicy spinach and cannellini beans seem like the perfect side dish for a barbecue. From the makers of BOSH!, these spicy “firecracker” smashed sweet potatoes will be a winner at any summer gathering. The combination of crispy potato skin and creamy sweet potato, topped with protein-rich beans and a creamy, crunchy chili sauce, makes for an incredible blend of flavors. This side dish pairs well with vegan meat and any cold salad.

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Creamy Vegan Potato Salad

Let’s not pretend that potato salad isn’t a summer BBQ essential. This one, in particular, comes from Ela Vegan and is light, refreshing, oil-free, and a completely vegan BBQ side dish that you need to add to your recipe lineup. Potato salad is easy to make, and this recipe is no exception.

The base of the dish is made up of crinkle-cut potatoes, red bell pepper, red onion, dill pickles, and green onion. You can also add olives if you like. Rather than using store-bought vegan mayonnaise, the recipe explains how to create a creamy dressing from white beans, plant-based milk, and a variety of flavorful seasonings.

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Spicy Zucchini Skewers with Apricot Salsa

These spicy zucchini skewers with apricot salsa will be a hit at your next barbecue. This recipe is also from BOSH! and makes a tasty addition to any barbecue. Serve it as a main dish with flatbreads and vegan yogurt or as a snack to accompany the rest of your barbecue dishes.

Flavored with harissa, paprika, chili pepper and cumin, the zucchini are cut into 1 cm rounds and skewered before being grilled and perfectly charred. The addition of apricot salsa makes this recipe bright. Simply chop your apricots, parsley and red onion. Then add the olive oil and red wine vinegar and mix.

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Southwestern Pasta Salad

Expand your pasta salad horizons with something unique. This Southwestern Pasta Salad from Crow Moon Kitchen is definitely different from your average side dish. It features flavors inspired by the American Southwest and is packed with colorful ingredients.

You create this dish using farfalle (bow tie) pasta, fresh vegetables like corn, kale, chickpeas, avocado, and red pepper, and season generously with lime, paprika, cumin, and nutritional yeast. It’s also fairly easy to make. You can swap out the pasta for a gluten-free option and include grated carrots, chopped celery, or fresh parsley for flavorful additions.

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Miso eggplant steaks

Juicy, charred and fabulous with almost any side, these miso eggplant steaks are a must-try. This recipe comes from Viva’s Vegan Recipe Club, and it’s quick and easy to prepare. For two servings, simply cut an eggplant in half, score it in a cross shape, salt it, let it sit and prepare your glaze. The highlight of this dish is a glaze of red miso, maple, mirin, soy sauce and toasted sesame oil, which gives the eggplants their delicious char and complex flavor. Then, place them on a red-hot barbecue or on a well-oiled grill for a few minutes on each side.

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Hearty vegan halloumi salad

Another fantastic recipe to bring to your vegan barbecue is this plant-based halloumi salad from BOSH! This salad is hearty, punchy and hearty. It is made with pearl barley, halloumi tofu, pepper, tomato and onion. The ingredients are cooked together and the salad is topped with baked halloumi. You can enjoy this dish warm or cold. Don’t forget to add a squeeze of lemon once the dish is finished.

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Vegan Chili Hot Dogs

These cheesy and spicy vegan chili dogs are a no-brainer for a vegan BBQ. The recipe from World of Vegan makes eight servings, and you can use whatever vegan hot dogs and chili you like. Add soft hot dog buns, mustard, vegan cheddar cheese, red onion, chives, and sliced ​​jalapenos to your chili dogs. It’s super quick to put together, and you can even grill your hot dogs on the BBQ if you like.

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Grilled zucchini and feta salad

This grilled zucchini salad is satisfying, flavorful and simple to prepare. It’s made with macadamia feta, walnuts and wild arugula and topped with a zesty vinaigrette. Grill your zucchini, toast your nuts and add your arugula as a base. For the macadamia feta, the recipe, which also comes from Romy London, shows you how to make it from scratch. Make sure to prepare the feta the day before your barbecue, as it needs to sit in the fridge to set. The rest of the salad can be prepared the same day, ensuring your zucchini stays fresh.

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Homemade Vegan Fudgesicles

To round out this list of vegan BBQ recipes, Dreena Burton created these homemade vegan fudgesicles. Affordable, chocolatey, and easy to make, these fudge pops are a wonderful vegan treat for hot summer days. The best part about making your own frozen desserts like these fudgesicles is that you can make as many as you want for large groups.

They’re also simple and as long as you have enough molds and ice cream sticks, you’ll always have desserts on hand. The recipe is simple: macadamia nut butter, coconut sugar, cocoa powder, vegetable milk and banana mixed and frozen.

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