Flame Grilled Veggies

[martin1950]

Did these up for winter smokes and chilis, stews or what ever. Sometimes there is just no doing without a good ole charcoal grill and a little oak stick wood. Started off w/ 2 small baskets of Royal Oak and had to finish w/ a handful of assorted hardwood kindling off the porch, bit off more to grill than I thought. Caught the wind just right and it blew the smoke and smell out of the house. The smell of peppers don't agree w/ my better-half. I was sampling as things as they came off the grill, I had forgotten why I DON'T use jalapeno's in chili, just a bit too much for this old man. All in all thing turned out like I was hoping for. Can't wait to make my next pot of pulled pork chili.

 

[GaryHibbert]

Those look real good Martin. I do like flame roasted veggies.
Miss Linda doesn't like the "heat" at all, so I only add enough roasted and smoked Jalapenos for a bit of flavor, and almost no heat.
Gary

 

[johnmeyer]

One of my wife's favorite meals is a pile of grilled vegetables served over pasta with either a traditional basil pesto, or a simple tomato sauce.

Here's an approximate recipe (it changes every time):

Red onion
Red pepper
Yellow pepper
Portobello mushroom
Spicy sausage (hey, we're not vegetarians)
Oil
Equal amounts of salt, sugar, and pepper

Prepare the vegetables, halving the peppers, cleaning out the mushroom, and slicing the onion into four equal large slices, pinned together with toothpicks so it doesn't come apart into rings when on the grill.

Oil everything (I use a vegetable oil mister, filled with vegetable oil).

Liberally sprinkle the salt/sugar/pepper mixture over everything.

Grill everything, on both sides, until the veggies have a char. Keep the sausage away from the high heat so it cooks, but doesn't burn (I do not like burned hot dogs or sausage).

Boil some Rotini or any other bite-sized pasta.

Slice everything (including the sausage) into bite-sized pieces. You can remove the charred skin from the peppers, if you wish. Toss everything together and add some sauce, along with massive amounts of Parmesan cheese.