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Seafood 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.

 

Asian Style Salmon
Julian Wu

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon basic barbecue rub (made using equal quantities of salt, white pepper, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and smoked paprika)
  • 1 flat tablespoon dashi powder
  • 2 teaspoons wasabi powder
  • 1 teaspoon japanese 7 spice powder (shichimi togarashi)

Method:

Sprinkle and rub salmon and leave for an hour or so

Grill salmon yakitori style until medium rare and skin is crispy.

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Blue Bone Groper in Beer 
Caroline Nicholls

Nothing beats a fillet of Blue Bone Groper in a banana leaf or foil wrap.

Place fillet in leaves, garnish with onion, tomato, lemon slices, lemon pepper. Pour 1/2 cup of beer over fillet. Seal and place on the grill until done. Totally decadent!

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Mango Chilli Fish Fillets
Ruth Larman

Lay fresh fish fillet on alfoil, place cut up mango pieces on top. Sprinkle with chopped fresh chilli and a tiny sprinkle of dry curry powder. Wrap securely and BBQ for 5 min each side. Delicious and fast!

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Calamari Stavros Style
Stavros Abougelis

The calamari is marinated in oil and lemon with a hint of garlic and dill. It is then char-grilled and served with a beetroot skorthalia (a garlic and potato dip).

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Char-Grilled Salmon on Sweet Mash Recipe
Allison Olsen

Ingredients:

  • 4 salmon steaks
  • 4 tbsp tandoori paste
  • 1 small carton of plain low fat yoghurt
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • 2 cups of rocket leaves
  • Mashed sweet potato to serve 4

Method:

Combine paste, yoghurt and lemon juice. Add salmon and marinate for about an hour.

Remove excess marinade. Char-grill salmon for about three minutes on each side. It should be served medium rare.

Serving suggestion: Place mashed sweet potato in the centre of the plate. Lay salmon over the top. Serve salad greens on the side, drizzled with lemon juice and balsamic vinegar. Season with fresh black pepper as desired.

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Summer Salmon
Lauren Wood

Ingredients:

  • Salmon steaks
  • Asparagus
  • Pumpkin
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

Method:

Cut up about 500g pumpkin in medium-size cubes. Marinate in soy for 5 mins and then put on the grill. Grill until it's nice and well done.

Sear a salmon steak and then pop it over the grill.

When the salmon is nearly done boil some asparagus.

Plate the salmon by putting it on top of the pumpkin and then laying the asparagus over the top.

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Tuna Delight
Meryl

Get a whole tuna and place it on a piece of alfoil big enough to wrap it. Open the stomach, and fill with orange slices, lime slices, and fresh coriander leaves. Put cuts in the skin, use a grinder with sea salt, herbs and garlic, and use liberally on the sides. Wrap in alfoil and bake in the Weber for about 1 1/2 hrs or until cooked.

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PRAWNS

 

BBQ Prawns|
Craig Fowler

Marinade ingredients:

  • Garlic
  • Lemon
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Chilli
  • Mustard
  • Oyster sauce
  • Oil

Marinate prawns for 24 hours and cook on the BBQ on high until cooked.

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Bronzed Ozzy Prawns
Tony Iomazzo

Grilled prawns are best grilled shell-on. The reason for this is simple – the shell is loaded with flavour, especially when it is browned (bronzed) over the very high heat of the coals. The shells brown beautifully and flavour the succulent prawn meat inside.

Ingredients:

  • 500g shell-on large prawns
  • 2 large garlic cloves, minced
  • 1½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • Spicy Dipping Sauce (see below)

Method:

1. Remove the vein from each shrimp by first laying each shrimp flat on a cutting board and cutting down the back of it. (Cut through the shell and only slightly into the flesh as the vein is close to the surface. Do not remove the shell!) Next, remove any visible vein using the point of a small knife

2. Place the de-veined shrimp in a bowl along with garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice. Toss, cover, and place in the fridge for several hours (beer time) to overnight. This marinating time is necessary to accentuate the garlic

3. Place the prawns on the grill. Grill until the shell on one side is browned (about 4 minutes). Turn over and continue grilling until the prawns are still slightly transparent in the centre

4. Remove from the grill and serve with spicy dipping sauce

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Spicy Dipping Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 tsp minced parsley
  • 1/4 to 1/2 tsp Tabasco (depending on how hot you like it…)
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard

Method:

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. This dipping sauce can be made one day ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator until needed.

Just awesome with Coopers Ale... love it!

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Garlic Prawns
Tracey Feast

Ingredients:

  • Fresh green prawns
  • Minced garlic
  • Butter

Method:

Place all ingredients in a sealed container for 24 hours, then cook through on the BBQ for roughly 3-5 minutes.  That’s it, I promise you will be the hit of the party.

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Lime Chilli Prawns
Rachael Horn

Mix together:

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 grated knob ginger
  • 1 tsp chilli paste
  • 1/4 cup lime juice

Stir well and marinate green prawns in sauce for 15-20 mins (make sure it is kept in fridge while marinating). Cook on heated hot plate turning only once until prawns are red in colour and firm. Serve with salad and enjoy.

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Marinated Spicy King Prawns
Phi Nguyen

Marinate king prawns in spicy sauce with lemon, salt and pepper and whack it on the BBQ for the mouth-watering sensation.

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Seafood Siesta
Leah Bryan

Thread scallops and prawns onto skewers that have been soaking in lemon juice. Roll in a little freshly chopped chilli and grill on both sides until cooked.

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Char-Grilled Bugs
Sarah Evans

Grill bugs in their shells, split in half. As they warm place a knob of garlic herb butter on top and watch it soak in. They melt in your mouth.

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Satay Prawn Pizza
Elizabeth Davey

  • 1/2 bottle satay marinade
  • Thai sweet chilli sauce
  • 1 medium brown onion, sliced
  • Can of diced capsicum
  • 100g snow peas, sliced thinly
  • 500g small uncooked prawns, shelled
  • 1/2 cup roasted cashews
  • 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1 cup pizza cheese
  • Small store-bought pizza bases

Method:

Mix marinade with desired amount of sweet chilli sauce. Spread pre-cooked pizza base with satay marinade, top with onion, capsicum, snow peas, prawns, cashews, coriander and cheese. Cook in a covered BBQ, using indirect heat for about 10 minutes or until cheese has melted.

Enjoy!!

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Satay Prawn Pizza
Elizabeth

Ingredients:

  • ½ bottled satay marinade
  • 1 med brown onion sliced
  • 100g snow peas sliced thinly
  • 500g small uncooked prawns shelled
  • ½ cup roasted cashews
  • 2 tbs fresh coriander leaves chopped
  • 1 cup pizza cheese
  • Small store brought pizza bases

Spread pre-cooked pizza base with satay marinade, top with onion, snow peas, prawns, cashews, coriander and cheese. Cook in a covered bbq, using indirect heat for about 10 minutes or until cheese has melted.

Enjoy!!

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Stuffed Squid
Marie Lucas – Western Australia

Ingredients (quantities as desired)

  • Squid tubes
  • Chopped green prawns
  • Shallot
  • Chives, chopped
  • Cooked, cold rice
  • Lime juice
  • Fresh ground pepper

Clean, wash and dry squid tubes. Combine the green prawns, shallots, chives, rice, lime juice and fresh ground pepper. Stuff the squid tubes and then secure the openings with toothpicks. Quickly light your kettle barbecue with Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes and cook the squid with the lid on for ten to fifteen minutes, or until squid turns white.

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Barbecued Bacon Wrapped Prawns
Effie Bakkalis

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 3/4 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • Dash of cayenne pepper
  • 24 large/jumbo prawns, shelled and deveined
  • 12 bacon slices, cut in halves

Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the onion and saute until soft and transparent. Stir in the ketchup, water, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, tomato paste, dry mustard and pepper. Stirring continuously, simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Immediately stir the prawns into the sauce, covering them completely. Let them stand for 15 minutes. Heat the grill and grease the rack. Remove the prawns from the sauce. Wrap each prawn in a piece of bacon and secure with a wooden pick, or thread 4 bacon-wrapped prawns onto a skewer. Place on the greased rack, on high heat, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Then turn them and cook the remaining side until the bacon is crisp. Reheat the sauce and serve separately as a dipping sauce.

This recipe makes 6 main-dish servings or 12 appetiser servings.

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Barbecued Salmon with Tequila, Chilli and Lime
Greg Bowers

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 Limes
  • 1/3 cup good Tequila (reposado or anejo)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 finely chopped seeded Jalapeno peppers
  • 2 tspn sugar
  • 2 tspn chilli powder
  • 1/2 tspn salt
  • 1 Kg fresh salmon fillets
  • 1 tspn butter

Method

  1. Grate peel from limes, chop finely and place in a bowl
  2. Squeeze ½ cup lime juice and combine with lime peel, chopped jalapenos, sugar, chilli powder, oil and salt
  3. Place salmon and marinade into a large resealable plastic bag
  4. Marinade for a minimum of 1 hour, preferably 4 or more hours
  5. Place the salmon, skin side down, on the BBQ over medium heat and cook for about 8-10 minutes or until the salmon is done.
  6. While salmon is grilling, pour remaining marinade into saucepan. Add 1T butter and reduce to half.
  7. Pour reduced marinate on salmon and serve with grilled fresh vegetables.

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Spicy Coconut Barramundi
Norasiah Simkin

Cuisine: Malay
Type Dish; Central Dish
Meal Type; BBQ / Cook out

Ingredients

  • 400 - 450g barramundi
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp thick coconut milk
  • 300 gm grated fresh coconut
  • 20 gm dried shrimp
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 med onions
  • 1 cm ginger
  • ½ tbsp chilli powder
  • ½ tbsp coriander powder
  • ½ tsp cumin powder
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ¼ tsp salt or to taste
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 3-4 fresh kalamansi limes, cut into halves (substitute; kaffir lime cut into small wedges.
  • Banana leaves for wrap

To prepare:

  1. Clean barramundi well and cut deep cuts on both sides of fish rub cleaned with lemon set aside 10 mins
  2. Using blender grind dried shrimp, garlic, onions, ginger, salt combine spice ingredients and grated coconuts.
  3. Filled in the fish with the spicy coconut bit at a time until finish.
  4. Mix coconut milk, salt and sugar in a shallow dish and marinate the barramundi for 1 hour.
  5. Place barramundi on a piece of greased banana leaves grill on Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes.
  6. Total cooling time varies between 10 - 15 mins depending on the size of the barramundi. Use fork on the barramundi to check fish is cooked. When it flakes easily it is done.
  7. Squeeze fresh limes on barramundi just before eating. ENJOY!

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Barbecued Crayfish
Megan Yann

Split as many raw crayfish as required down the middle and clean if necessary, removing intestine.

Over low heat Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes gently melt some good knobs of butter.

Finely chop two garlic cloves, one large deseeded red chilli and add to the butter, brining only up to the point where the butter is melted and runs freely (it is essential the butter does not get too hot and split!!!).

Over a hot Weber grill with hot Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes place the crayfish shell side down, and immediately begin basting the flesh with the butter mix, using a pastry brush. Continue so that flesh stays moist and until it begins to turn opaque around the edges.

Give the flesh one last good baste and flip the crayfish flesh side down for no more than 1 minute.

Remove from the grill and serve immediately, one portion per person, with a wedge of lemon and a simple rocket, balsamic and shaved parmesan salad.

Season to taste.

I would recommend a pinot grigio or good quality light Verdelho to accompany.

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Portuguese Style Char-Grill Prawns
Paul Paulino

Recipe:

  • 3 entrees

Ingredients:

  • 1 doz king size prawns
  • Butter
  • Freshly squeezed lemon
  • Home made hot sauce

quantities may vary depending on personal preference

Method:

  1. Char-grill prawns until cooked through
  2. Meanwhile blend all other ingredients in a saucepan until butter has melted
  3. Once the prawns are cooked, immerse them in the sauce mixture for a few minutes
  4. Garnish with coriander or parsley
  5. Serve immediately with ample sauce and warm home made bread

Extras:

Can also be served with a garden salad or on a bed of rice.

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