Summer Barbecue / Grilling Guide - Low Sodium Blog

If you?re in need a of a little extra low-sodium summer mojo, read on!

We?ve compiled a list of five of our favorite low-sodium summertime?barbecue/grilling recipes.?Mix up your summer grill with chicken, fish, or oysters ? and compliment it with a remoulade (a tasty alternative to coleslaw) or fresh fruit salsa. We think our recipes make for a perfect summer?picnic or party. ?We?ve ?stealthfully? tested out our recipes on our friends and neighbors, not telling them it was ?low sodium?, and received comments like ? wow, this is RAD?.

Get your BBQ on!

Chicken

Cajun Chicken - Sizzling hot! The same spices for blackened chicken can be used for grilling on the fire (instead of a cast iron pan). Mixed in advance, our Cajun spices pack up nicely for car camping as well. We typically serve this with a mango salsa (recipe below).

BBQ Beer Can Chicken Recipe. Literally, this is one of our most favorite recipes. We had our neighbors over this past weekend and we barbecued separate chickens for each family. Self-service could not not be easier - we "plated" each roasted chicken on a large carving board (the left-overs were taken home by each family) - making clean up a breeze!

Salmon

Cedar Plank Salmon with Pluot Glaze. Grilling on a cedar plank (one time use) is another fun and easy thing to do - that adds a lot of flavor complexity. If it's your first time grilling with cedar planks, you'll want to keep in mind that the wood at the lumber yard usually is sprayed with chemicals, making it unusable for cooking. Be sure to use wood planks that are specifically marked "for culinary use".

This simple baked salmon recipe can be adapted for the cedar plank (instructions on how to use a cedar plank are part of the pluot recipe above)

Oysters

Freshly grilled oysters are our favorite! Grilling oysters is a quick and easy! We whipped up a simple ginger-citrus dipping sauce that's pairs well with oysters.

Remoulade

C?leri R?moulade (celeriac / celery root remoulade) makes a nice and refreshing alternative to coleslaw.

Salsas

Tantalizing Mango Salsa! Along with our favorite fruit based salsa recipe, there's also a link to "How to Pick and Cut the Best Mangoes"

Grilled Pineapple Salsa. Grilling helps to bring out and highlight the sweet flavor notes, giving us more flavor.

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