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Grill Basket "Stir-Fry" Vegetables

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Grill Basket "Stir-Fry" VegetablesSusan Spungen

This is a great technique if you want to serve a mixture of vegetables, like a stir-fry, with your grilled meat or fish. Start the vegetables 10 to 15 minutes before you grill your main course, so that they can get a head start. Move them to a cooler part of the grill to keep warm once they’re done. Grill baskets of all shapes and sizes are available in grocery stores or cooking shops.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6

Ingredients

2 zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced into 1/4- to 1/2-inch-thick half-moons
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and cut into thin 1/2-inch wedges
8 ounces cremini mushrooms, cut in half, or quartered if large
1 pound asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
extra-virgin olive oil
salt and pepper
chopped herbs

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    1. In a large bowl, combine 2 zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced into 1/4- to 1/2-inch-thick half-moons; 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and cut into thin 1/2-inch wedges; 8 ounces cremini mushrooms, cut in half, or quartered if large; and 1 pound asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces. Drizzle over enough extra-virgin olive oil to coat the vegetables, tossing. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and any chopped herbs you choose.

    Step 2

    2. Place the veggies in a grill basket and cook on the hot grill for 15 to 20 minutes, tossing and flipping the basket occasionally, until they're tender and slightly charred at the edges.

Reprinted with permission from What's a Hostess to Do?: 313 Ideas and Inspirations for Effortless Entertaining by Susan Spungen. Copyright © 2013 by Susan Spungen. Published by Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Company, Inc.

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