4th of July BBQ Food recipes – Create the perfect food and Holiday recipes for your celebration with 4th of July Party food ideas and recipes.
Enjoy your favorite recipes for your special celebration with these stunning recipes. Serve the perfect party food cooked with your grill, smoker, or BBQ.
You will also find some fantastic sides and salad recipes that are perfect to accompany your favorite grilled meats.
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Chicken 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
Cornell Chicken Barbecue
Try this Cornell chicken, and you’ll agree it may be the best barbecue chicken you’ve ever tasted.
Grilled Huli Huli Chicken
Huli Huli chicken coated with a delightfully sticky sweet pineapple glaze that is seriously crave-worthy. Skip the Hawaiian takeout joint and be sure to make enough, because everyone will want seconds of this scrumptious tropical chicken. Suitable for gluten free diets.
Tuscan Grilled Chicken
Everyone will love this chicken! It turnes out so tender and juicy. Plus lemon and rosemary make anything better!
Grilled Chicken Burgers With Black Olive Tapenade (Gluten-Free, Paleo)
Quick and easy Grilled Chicken Burgers with Black Olive Tapenade that are gluten-free, paleo, and allergy-free! Classic herb flavors with a salty bite from the homemade tapenade will make for a stand out healthy summer dinner recipe!
Coconut Chicken Skewers
These coconut chicken skewers make a great family dinner that is simple to do for busy nights. They can be grilled or put on the BBQ in the summer months. Serve with rice, lettuce wraps or pitta bread, and some tahini sauce too. Recipe gives 4 chicken skewers.
Smoked Pulled Chicken Breasts
These smoked pulled chicken breasts are loaded with flavor, easy to make and perfect for that summer 4th July BBQ with friends or when you are hosting that big graduation party. The injection offers a kick of spice while you get that smokey flavor off the smoker.
Asian Chicken Drumsticks - grilled
This Asian Grilled Chicken Drumsticks recipe is a great way to put a delicious twist on inexpensive chicken drumsticks this grilling season. The sweet and salty Asian chicken marinade adds incredible flavor and helps the chicken maintain moisture.
Smoked Chicken Thighs
These smoked chicken thighs are a no-fuss, easy, not to mention, rather quick way to get dinner on the table.
Brined Chicken Wings
This easy brined chicken wing recipe is salty, slightly sweet and umami, with an optional spicy kick.
Moroccan Grilled Chicken Breasts
If you’re looking for ways to spice up boring old chicken breast, this grilled Moroccan chicken is bursting with flavor thanks to a delicious and easy marinade!
Easy Chuck Roast
A smoked chuck roast recipe is super easy and a great way to start if you are new to smoking. Your average roast will be in the 3-4lb range and will be significantly cheaper than a brisket. If you have a local butcher you can get them a little bigger, more in the 4-5 lb range.
Grilled Chicken Pineapple Kabobs
Looking for a fun and delicious new recipe for the grill? Try these Chicken Pineapple Kabobs tonight!
Grilled BBQ Chicken
BBQ Chicken is the easiest summer dinner! Make this 5-ingredient recipe for the best-grilled bone-in chicken with crispy skin and your favorite barbecue sauce.
Grilled Cornish Hens
These grilled cornish hens are elegant showstoppers and so easy to make with a simple marinade. This 30-minute recipe is for both casual and fancy dinners!
Grilled Chicken Kabobs Skewers (Coconut Lime)
Chicken Skewers are an easy and convenient way to make dinner, especially during the summer. And you can’t beat the subtle coconut and lime flavors that help bring a nice Asian flair to your meal. Besides, eating anything off a stick is always a good time.
Suitable for Paleo and Gluten Free diets.
Sticky Grilled Chicken Wings
Grilled Chicken Wings tossed in a sticky sweet-spicy sauce are finger licking good! A little trick makes them crispy off the grill like fried chicken!
Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Drummies
These easy and delicious cilantro-lime grilled chicken drummies are one of my go-to recipes. Everyone loves the flavor and even those in the family with restricted diets can enjoy them.
Pinchos Puerto Rican Marinated Grilled Chicken Kebabs
Pinchos are traditional street food in Puerto Rico and can be made from pork or chicken that has been marinated in a tangy sauce and then grilled to perfection. You can serve these as an appetizer or a light meal. Leftovers are great to put on top of a salad, too!
Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs
This mouthwatering Chicken Almondine Casserole (AKA Almond Chicken) is easy to make and combines the yumminess of chicken, green beans, and slivered almonds in a creamy base!
Grilled Chicken Drumsticks
These melt-in-your-mouth Grilled Chicken Drumsticks with homemade habanero BBQ sauce are a match made in heaven. If you’ve been looking for a grilled chicken legs recipe, you’ve come to the right place!
Homemade Charcoal-Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Burgers are great, but sometimes you want something a little more fun. That’s when we make grilled chicken fajitas!
Grilled Chicken with Chimichurri Sauce
This delicious recipe for Grilled Chicken with Chimichurri Sauce is both low in carbohydrates and Mediterranean Diet friendly.
How to Make Grilled Chicken Leg Quarters {45 Minutes}
Learning how to make Grilled Chicken Leg Quarters is a Grill 101 for all of us! Since these awesome pieces of chicken go on sale all the time, you need to know how to make this “to die for delicious!”
Pork 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
Honey Roasted Garlic Grilled Pork Chops
Boneless center cut pork chops marinated in a honey and roasted garlic vinaigrette; then grilled are super tender and delicious.
Alton Brown's Pork Tenderloin on Platter Talk
Grilled Pork Tenderloin from Alton Brown has a prep time of mere minutes. The real test of your willpower is allowing it to marinate for a few hours.
Rosemary Grilled Pork Skewers
Rosemary Grilled Pork Skewers marinated in lemon juice, garlic, and rosemary; then skewered with fresh vegetables and grilled.
Grilled Balsamic Pork Kebabs – Low Carb
These Grilled Balsamic Pork Kebabs are made with marinated and seasoned pork tenderloin medallions, bell peppers, zucchini, and red onion, and served with a crunchy, fresh side salad.
Beef 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
Classic Argentine Chimichurri Steak
The Argentinean marinade enhances the flavor of beef while also adding some heat to make it more exciting. The steak is cooked quickly on high heat so that every part can be tender, juicy, and flavorful! The chimichurri sauce adds freshness with each bite making you forget all about your average steaks out there.
Grilled Skirt Steak With Grilled Vegetables
Perfect for easy grilling, this juicy seasoned steak is grilled in a foil packet with a marinated Mediterranean vegetable combination.
Grilled Flank Steak with Caramelized Onion Sauce
This Grilled Flank steak is simply seasoned, grilled, then topped with caramelized onion sauce.
Grilled Carne Asada Mulitas (Corn Tortilla Quesadillas)
These Grilled Carne Asada Mulitas are similar to traditional quesadillas but use corn tortillas and marinated skirt steak.
Smoked Beef Tenderloin
Moist, melt-in-your-mouth tender, and full of smoky flavor, this Smoked Beef Tenderloin Roast is just about as good as it gets!
Cheddar Jalapeno Burgers
Cheddar Jalapeno Burgers will wow your taste buds with the flavors of pickled jalapenos, scallion, garlic and spices mixed right into the mini burgers.
French Onion Burger
If you love French onion soup, then you will love these French Onion burgers! Seasoned burgers are topped with caramelized sweet onions and melted Asiago cheese. Served on a toasted and buttered English muffin, every bite will remind you of a bowl of onion soup.
Grilled Cowboy Burgers
These Grilled Cowboy Burgers are beef burgers topped with lettuce, cheddar cheese, bacon, French fried onions and barbecue sauce!
Lamb 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
Grilled Lamb Kabobs
These grilled Lamb Kabobs are marinated in an aromatic and easy Mediterranean marinade before being grilled or barbequed or cooked over a campfire and served with fresh cut veggies for a light and healthy meal. Suitable for Low Carb, Keto, Paleo, Whole30, Gluten Free Diets.
Grilled Lamb Chops With Herbs and Garlic
Grilled lamb chops are an elegant and easy-to-make main course. Treat yourself to these delicious chops that are seasoned with rosemary, thyme and garlic. This recipe can be readily adjusted for one, two or more servings.
Mint Lamb Burger
This Mint Lamb Burger will have your mouth watering. It’s stuffed with delicious goat cheese, features refreshing mint, and is topped with sweet red onions!
Ribs 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
Smoke Traeger Ribs Like A Pro!
These Smoked Traeger Ribs are tender, smokey, and so delicious! They are smoked using the 3-2-1 ribs method and come out perfect every single time!
Keto Baby Back Ribs
These keto baby back ribs may just be the best ribs you will have ever eaten! They fall off the bone without being overcooked and falling apart, have a nice bark (or crust), and are loaded with flavor!
Lobster 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
How to Grill a Lobster Tail
Looking for a special meal? Then this grilled lobster tail recipe is the perfect recipe for you. Check out some easy tips on how to grill a lobster tail. Follow them and you’ll Get the Perfect grilled Lobster Tail Every time!
Shrimp 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
Grilled Shrimp Skewers (Korean)
Easy Grilled Shrimp Skewers are ready in less than 15 minutes and are packed full of tangy, savory, sweet, and spicy flavor thanks to a unique Korean gochujang marinade. Suitable for Gluten Free and Low Carb diets.
Marinated Smoky Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Skewers
Try these amazing Marinated Smoky Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Skewers on the grill you wont regret it.
Chili Lime Shrimp Skewers Recipe
These sweet and spicy Chili Lime Shrimp Skewers are grilled to perfection and come together fast for an easy weeknight meal on hot days!
Hawaiian Garlic Butter Shrimp Kabobs
These scrumptious Hawaiian Garlic Butter Shrimp Kabobs are super easy and delicious! Succulent shrimp gets marinaded for maximum flavor, then grilled and bathed in buttery goodness.
Fish 4th of July BBQ Food Recipes
Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon
This Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon is deliciously simple. Made with just a few ingredients, it gets its flavor from the smokey cedar plank that its grilled on. Clean Eating and Paleo Friendly, this dish is super health, and super delicious!!
Black Garlic & Lime Cedar Plank Salmon
Black garlic and lime add even more flavor to smoky grilled cedar plank salmon. You won’t have to wait long for this paleo and gluten-free recipe to be cooked up; it’s done in a snap and will surly satisfy!
How To Smoke Whole Trout on The Traeger Grill
This is how you properly brine and smoke a whole trout on the Traeger Grill
Grilled Mackerel
Grilled Mackerel with Green Goddess Dressing is a super quick and simple, yet incredibly flavorful meal. You probably have everything on hand already for this no-fuss, easy recipe. Suitable for Low Carb, Keto and Gluten Free diets.
Vegetarian 4th of July BBQ Food Recipe
How To Make Vegetable Kabobs
This recipe is so simple to make but all kinds of delicious. Enjoy the summer’s bounty of fresh corn, sweet peppers and a spicy marinated tofu for your veggie skewers.
Grilled Paneer Tikka
This is an easy grilled paneer tikka recipe for a vegetarian barbeque for summer. The infused spices and tanginess of yogurt combined with the smoky flavor from charcoal grilling will surely make you drool.
Rubs and Marinades 4th of July BBQ Food Recipe
Dry Rub for Ribs
This homemade dry rub for ribs is the best rib rub recipe for baby back ribs, spare ribs, or just about any other kind of meat!
Grilled Pork Tenderloin Rub
Buttermilk Chicken Marinade
This buttermilk chicken marinade is the best ever way to make grilled chicken! Buttermilk grilled chicken is so juicy, tender and flavorful that you’ll never go back to any other marinade.
Greek Chicken Marinade {with Greek Yogurt and Fresh Herbs}
This easy and delicious Greek Chicken Marinade with Greek Yogurt and Fresh Herbs takes just minutes to mix together.
Pork Rub
With the perfect blend of sweet and spicy, this Pork Rub is for all kinds of pork cuts, and for all kinds of cooking! Smoke, grill, bake, or fry, this rub is so versatile!
Blackened Seasoning (Keto, Whole30, Sugar Free)
This Blackened Seasoning blend is made with just simple herbs and spices are mixed together, and absolutely no sugar. It’s Whole30, Paleo, Keto, and delicious on fish, shrimp, chicken, and more!
Salads And Sides 4th of July BBQ Food Recipe
Creamy Coleslaw Recipe
This creamy coleslaw recipe is a classic side dish that appears at every potluck dinner and outdoor picnic. Just a hint of honey in the mayonnaise and vinegar-based dressing makes this one of the best coleslaw recipes.
Herbed roasted potato salad
This herbed roasted potato salad is a mayo-free side dish for your summer BBQs. It has lots of flavour from herbs and garlic, and is very simple to make.
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad Recipe
The easy creamy pasta salad recipe features both pickles and dill pickle juice, as well as some fresh chopped dill. It is perfect for dill pickle fans!
Grilled Baby Potatoes
This super yummy recipe for Grilled Baby Potatoes is the perfect easy side for BBQ’s, cookouts and grilling!
Dairy-Free Pizza Chicken Bake (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free, Keto)
This Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is ready to rock your next backyard party or potluck! Tender pasta is tossed with fresh tomatoes, romaine lettuce, scallions, bacon, and Cabot cheddar cheese, then tossed in an easy homemade ranch.
Classic American Potato Salad (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Allergy-Free)
An essential to any summer bbq or cookout! The Classic American Potato Salad, now as a gluten-free, vegan, and top allergy-free recipe! Super easy to whip up and serve to your guests. You’ll be turning everyone into a potato salad fan!
Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
A spicy pasta salad perfect for any cookout! Macaroni noodles covered in a Buffalo sauce for a spicy and creamy snack!
Grilled Corn and Tomato Salad.
One of the most delicious ways to eat fresh Sweet Corn and Juicy Tomatoes. The perfect salad for late Summer or early Autumn
Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad
This strawberry goat cheese salad is the perfect spring and summer salad! Made with fresh strawberries, goat cheese, spinach, walnuts & pine nuts. Then drizzled with a homemade balsamic vinaigrette with a hint of cinnamon.
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