Beef BBQ Recipes
Forget the gas ... here's the recipe for more BBQ flavour!
Enjoy your outdoor meal this year even more, with the unbeatable
flavour of food cooked over Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes.
A Bit of Italian Love
Anthony Puglia
In a bowl place rosemary, garlic, one tbsp of virgin
olive oil per steak, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar and oregano and let the
steaks marinate for approx 30 mins, then place on a Heat Beads(r) barbie.

Beef Teriyaki - Winner 2007 Triple R Best Char Grill Recipe
Eve-Lynne Fairhall
Serves 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg chuck steak
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1-2 tbsp fresh grated ginger
- 1/3 cup sake or dry sherry or any dry wine
- 1 tbsp brown or white sugar (brown gives richer
flavour)
- 2-3 cloves smashed garlic
Method:
Trim steak and cut into suitable portion size or cubes
for kebabs
Marinate in mixture of soy sauce, ginger, wine, sugar
and garlic for at least one hour
Cook over glowing Heat Beads( briquettes to desired
done-ness!
Note:
This mixture makes chuck steak as wonderfully tender as
the most expensive cuts. Enjoy served with variety of BBQ veggies and
salads: green, mushroom, rice and/or potato and fresh crusty bread.
Char-Grilled Scotch Fillet Recipe
Carole Pyne
This recipe is a family favourite!
Mix together 1 cup of brown sugar, pinch of sea salt,
freshly ground pepper and 1/4 cup of sweet chilli sauce. Pat dry beef and rub
this mixture into the meat. Rest while barbecue gets hot. Sear on both sides
and then reduce the heat and cook slowly. Meanwhile, make this yummy sauce to
serve with the beef.
Sauce
1/2 cup of olive oil, 2 peeled garlic cloves, juice of a
lemon, 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, pinch salt, pinch pepper, handful of parsley.
Blend together in a blender and serve as a sauce with the beef. Delicious!!!
Enjoy!

Coca-Cola Steaks
Amanda Diggins
Ingredients:
- 6 Scotch Fillet steaks
- 1 can Coke
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup brown vinegar
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and pepper
Method:
Combine all ingredients in shallow dish. Cover and
refrigerate for 1 hour. Barbecue steaks until done to your liking. Boil
marinade in a saucepan until thickened slightly and serve with steaks.
Grilled Kangaroo
Anthony Williams
Roo fillets are quite thick so it can be difficult to get
them cooked evenly through the middle on the BBQ. This is OK as, being a very
lean meat Kangaroo is best eaten rare, although this is not to everyone's
taste. When grilling, it is best to use small fillets. If you can only get
large fillets, slit the thickest part of the fillet about half way though,
running lengthways with the grain of the meat. If possible, resting the meat in
a warm oven will allow the meat to cook evenly through the middle.
Ingredients:
- 4 Kangaroo fillets
- 5 whole star anise
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup of Sichuan pepper
- 2 tbsp peanut oil
Method:
Grind star anise into fine powder with a mortar and
pestle.
Lightly grind Sichuan pepper (enough to break the pieces
down to around 1/4 of their original size).
Mix all ingredients and marinate for at least 2 hours -
overnight if possible.
Cooking (small fillet):
Sear on one side for about 30 seconds
Turn and leave for 3.5 minutes
Turn again and leave for another 3 minutes
Cover and rest meat for around 8 minutes
If resting in the oven, reduce time on the grill by a
minute each side.

Homemade 'CHEVAPI'
Richard Segon
Forget the boring snag, this ethnic bite has Aussies
begging for more!
Ingredients:
- 1kg premium beef mince
- 1 egg
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp Vegeta (veggie seasoning)
- Black pepper (to taste)
- Dash of garlic salt (to taste)
Method:
In a large bowl mix everything together, using your hands
making sure it is all mixed through evenly.
Shape into about 8cm rolls (a bit bigger and plumper than
the ordinary cocktail frankfurt).
Char-grill on the trusty Weber until cooked.
Serve with fresh sliced Vienna bread, fried onions,
Polish pickles, and an array of condiments, such as mustard, tomato sauce or
chilli sauce if you like.
Followed by a chilled BEER!

Michelle's Steak
Michelle Kean
Ingredients:
Marinade
- 1/4 cup oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1/4 cup honey
- Clove garlic - crushed
- Tsp ginger
- Tsp cinnamon
Method:
Place all ingredients in jar and shake. Marinade meat
overnight for best results, I use Scotch Fillet but any meat works (is also
good with chicken). Take care when cooking as the honey burns easily.

Mini MaximBeef Burgers Recipe
Leanne Richards
Ingredients:
- 800g lean beef mince
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
- 1/2 red capsicum, finely diced
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 medium firm tomato, finely chopped
- Pepper and salt
- 1 large egg
Combine everything in bowl (including 1 large egg). Mix
well, scoop out and shape into
balls, flatten (not too thin). Put on pre-greased
preheated char-grill. Turn when necessary - about 7-9 min each side (or turn 4
times 4 min each). Kids will love 'em... eat with salad or on burger buns.

Surf 'N' Turf
Ros Mayes
Ingredients:
- 4 thick rump steaks
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
Method:
Mix marinade ingredients together. Marinate steaks for
several hours. Grill over coals until desired 'done-ness'!!
Serve with fresh, crisp salad and herb damper (see
below).
Damper can be cooked over the coals as well.
Method:
Rub 2 tbsp butter into 2 cups self raising flour. Mix in
1/2 cup each of milk and water. Add 1 tbsp fresh chopped herbs. Mix to a soft
dough. Knead gently. Wrap in foil and bake over coals.

Vegemite Rissoles
Leisa Conley
Ingredients:
- 750g minced meat
- 1 onion finely chopped
- ½ capsicum finely chopped
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vegemite
- Salt & pepper
Method:
- Mix together and shape into rissoles, roll in plain flour
- Cook on BBQ as long as you like - the vegemite makes them go dark anyway,
- serve on bread with tommy sauce,
The kids can’t get enough of them!

Barbecue Cranberry Steaks
Woman's Day/Heat Beads® - National BBQ Day Promotion. Serves 12
Ingredients:
- 12 barbecue blade steaks
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- ½ cup cranberry sauce
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped
- ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
- Extra sprigs fresh rosemary
- barbecued baby potatoes to serve
Trim steaks of any visible fat and place them in a large shallow dish. Combine the oil, garlic, mustard, sauce, vinegar, rosemary and pepper and pour over the steaks. Turn the steaks to evenly coat in the marinade mixture and then cover and refrigerate for about 4 hours or overnight. Drain steaks from marinade and reserve the marinade for later. Using Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes, cook steaks on an oiled, pre-heated open grill barbecue for about 3 minutes on each side (or until cooked as desired), brushing reserved marinade over steaks using extra rosemary sprigs. Serve steaks with barbecued baby potatoes, a green salad or a variety of in season vegetables.

Char Grilled Scotch Fillet
David Longmuir
Ingredients:
Marinade:
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup chopped spring
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped coriander
- 2 or 3 sprigs rosemary
- 1/4 cup chopped thyme 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- Plenty of sea salt and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons Oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons Mirin
- 1/2 tablespoon Seasame Oil
- 2 table spoons kecap manis
Very simple. Combine ingredients in a large bowl first then add
the
thick cut scotch fillet (1½” thick) and marinate for
at least 2 hours.
Grill 3 mins each side for rare.

Black Popes
David Barton & Alex Kuhlmann
Recipe that serves up around 24 little pope morsels
Ingredients:
- 1 fillet steak (around 5oogm)
- 200gms of thinly sliced prosciutto
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 generous Squeeze of lemon
- tblspn rough cracked pepper
- Pinch of organic sea salt
- 1 large bunch of basil leaves
- 5 balls of Bocconcini cheese
- 1 packet of toothpicks
- Prosciuto
Method:
- Finely chop half bunch of Basil
- Place fillet steak in a bowl with olive oil, lemon juice, chopped
basil, cracked pepper & salt and marinate for as long as possible
in the fridge
- Soak toothpicks in a glass of water (Holy if possible)
- Slice fillet steak into 2cm thick medallions
- Place medallions flat and cut them into elongated triangular
pieces (up to 3 to 4 per medallion)
- Cut Bocconcini cheese into small stumps (a bit smaller than
a cigarette butt)
- Make a vertical incision into each triangle of meat and place
the Bocconcini cheese inside the meat (this is his insides)
- Wrap 1 Basil leaf around your triangular pope (underwear)
- Slice prosciutto into 2cm thick strips. Continue by wrapping
a small piece of Prosciuto once around your pope, this is his
cloak!
- Hold the complete package together by inserting a toothpick
from the top, down his back, holding the Prosciuto to the the
meat (this could be his staff)
- Lie your popes down across the chargrill and turn a couple of
times for 5 mins
- Serve upright
- Pray for more!

Spicy Beef Skewers
Trevor Block
Ingredients:
- 300-400g good rump steak steak or beef fillet, cut into 1cm
strips
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- I tsp chilli paste
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp peanut oil
- I tbsp lime juice
- Big pinch of Chinese five spice powder
- 2 stars of star anise, broken into buds
- Handful of chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 4 dried lime leaves, crumbled
Combine all ingredients, marinate overnight.
Thread on skewers and grill. You may want to pick out the star
anise before cooking

Asado Style Beef Ribs
Julian Wu - Melbourne
In Argentina, they love their Asado (barbecue), and in great quantities. An asado is a marathon event that can go on all day and late into the night where a wide variety of meats are eaten in great quantities. The Argentineans will eat nearly every part of the cow except for the moo, but just because they do, doesn’t mean you have to.
One of the most popular Asado items are grilled beef ribs. Usually, Argentinean hosts will allow half a kilo of meat per guest, but of course, your mileage may vary.
Ingredients:
- 3 kgs Beef Short Ribs cut into 5cm length brine (6 tablespoons salt dissolved in 1 litre of water)
Chimichurri:
- 1 bunch flat leaved parsley, stems removed
- 6 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 cup olive oil
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon chili flakes
Firstly, the night before you cook prepare the Chimicurri.
Combine ingredients and puree them in a blender or food processor. This should make approximately 2 cups of Chimicurri. Set aside 1 cup to serve with the cooked ribs, and use the remaining cut to marinate the ribs. Make sure they are well covered and refrigerate overnight.
When you are about to cook, take the ribs out of the refrigerator and season them with black pepper, and let them reach room temperature while you prepare your Heat Beads® coals.
When the coals are ready, place the ribs on the hottest part of the grill and sear them on one side until they are nicely browned. Turn and baste the ribs with the brine and grill until the other side is browned too. Then move the ribs to a cooler part of the grill and continue to turn and baste the ribs frequently until they are done. This should take between and 16 – 20 minutes.
Serve the grilled ribs with the reserved chimichurri sauce, a green salad, and a hearty red wine.
Serves 6-8
Char-Grilled Beef Salad
Phillip Cunningham
Serving size: serves 4
Ingredients:
- 500g beef rump steak
- ¼ cup fish sauce
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 3 lebanese cucumbers, seeded, sliced thinly
- 4 fresh small red thai chillies, sliced thinly
- 8 green onions, sliced thinly
- 250g cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh vietnamese mint leaves
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves
- 1 tablespoon grated palm sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
Method:
- Combine the beef with 2 tablespoons of the fish sauce and 1 tablespoon of the juice in a large bowl; cover, refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
- Drain the beef; discard the marinade. Char grill the beef on the barbecue until browned and cooked as desired. Cover the beef, stand for 5 minutes; then slice thinly.
- Meanwhile, combine the cucumber, chilli, onion, tomato and herbs in a large bowl. Combine the remaining fish sauce and the remaining juice with sugar, soy sauce and garlic in screw-top jar; shake well.
- Add the beef and dressing to the salad; toss gently.
- Serve, eat and enjoy

Porterhouse Steaks in Marinade (adapted from Women's Weekly cookbook)
Louise and Geoff
I marinade two Porterhouse steaks in the following:
- 2 1/2 tablespoons of soy sauce (the Kikkoman less salt variety)
- 2 tablespoons of red wine (anything will do)
- 1 clove of crushed garlic
- 1 teaspoon of grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon of pomegranate molasses (I think this flavour is swamped by the others but my better half reckons it tastes better with it)
- 1/2 tablespoon Teriyaki marinade/sauce
You could double those quantities if you really want your meat to have a good swim in it but I tend to squeeze it all into a small flat container. Alternatively seal it all in a plastic bag.
Prepare the night before for next day at lunch.
Hubby Geoff, who is the BBQ chef, says to use the marinade to baste the meat as you go to keep it from drying. He grills the steaks to somewhere between medium and well done. I think 'well done' would probably char the meat too much with the sugar in the marinade - so best to avoid that. He also wouldn't give me a cooking time as he says every BBQ is different!!

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