Recipe: Perfect Summer BBQ Salad

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Summer BBQ Salad. No barbecue is complete without a side dish (or two or three). Looking to serve the best BBQ salads this summer? From pasta to potato salad, we've got the tastiest.

Summer BBQ Salad Serve a fresh salad alongside your barbecue for a light side. A fresh salad makes the perfect barbecue side dish. Uh, I actually stuffed this into tortillas one day too. You can cook Summer BBQ Salad using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Summer BBQ Salad

  1. Prepare 3 cup of cooked chicken, chopped.
  2. You need 2 of ear corn on the cob, cooked and kernels removed, or 1 cup frozen or canned.
  3. Prepare 3/4 cup of black beans.
  4. You need 1 of red pepper, chopped.
  5. Prepare 1/2 of red onion, chopped.
  6. It's 1/4 cup of cilantro, chopped.
  7. Prepare 1/2 cup of ranch dressing or mayonnaise.
  8. It's 1/2 of bbq sauce.
  9. Prepare 1 of lime.
  10. You need 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
  11. It's 1 of avocado, tomato, jalapenos, tortilla chips optional.

Crunchy Summer Slaw: Liven up your summer barbecues with this fresh, simple side. (recipe and photo: Dash). I love a great cool salad side dish in summer. Check out the hot hot hot summer BBQ ideas that'll make your cookout the best party on the block. It reminds me of a fruit salad that my mother used to make with cream cheese and whipped topping.

Summer BBQ Salad instructions

  1. Add chicken, corn, beans, red pepper, onion and cilantro to a large bowl.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix ranch and bbq sauce.
  3. Add sauce to chopped chicken and vegetables, mix.
  4. Squeeze lime juice over, mix.
  5. Salt and pepper to taste.
  6. Optional ingredients: chopped avocado, tomato or jalapenos.
  7. Optional: Serve in avocado halves, hollowed out tomatoes or with tortilla chips.

These foil pack grilled red potatoes are an easy side to add to any bbq. All you need to do to make these grilled potatoes in foil is toss. Corn and tomatoes just couldn't be sweeter in the summer months. Layer two to three tablespoons of the dressing in the bottom of the jar. Chances are, you will want to indulge in many of the BBQ parties and patio dinners you'll be invited Memorial Day kicked off the official beginning of summer.