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Grilled Caesar salad with chicken

Grilled Caesar Salad with Chicken

The best Caesar salads are great because each individual part is just right: Crisp, sweet Romaine lettuce; crunchy, flavorful croutons; luscious Caesar dressing; and freshly grated Parmesan cheese. We decided to give this crowd-favorite salad a summery spin by grilling it–and adding our free-range, organic boneless chicken thighs. There are…

Grilled Scallops with Avocado Salsa on a plate

Grilled Scallops with Avocado Salsa

Scallops and outdoor cooking are a perfect match. Naturally sweet, scallops contain sugars that caramelize beautifully when cooked at high heat, like on the grill. Plus, they’re also one of the easiest types of fish to thread on a skewer. Get ready for grilled scallops to become one of your…

Grilled pork and stone fruit skewers

Pork and Stone Fruit Skewers

When we say, “pork shoulder,” you may think of pulled pork (and hey, we love pulled pork)–but this economical cut also works beautifully cut up, skewered and grilled. Here we do just that, grilling pork shoulder pieces alternated with one of our summer favorites: Stone fruit. We call for peaches…

Grilled Porterhouse Steak on a plate

Grilled Porterhouse Steak with Smoky Chimichurri Sauce

Porterhouse–this impressive large-format cut is perfect to share. This recipe gives you everything you need to know to grill ButcherBox’s 40-ounce(!) Porterhouse Steak to perfection. Plus, there’s a special chimichurri sauce, with smokiness from grilled shallot along with herbs, vinegar, olive oil, paprika and other spices. The complex flavor of…

Rice Paper Rolls with Lobster, Avocado and Herbs

Rich lobster meets fresh herbs, crunchy vegetables, thin rice noodles and buttery avocado, wrapped up in rice paper rolls to make this a fun, eat-with-your-hands meal. Thanks to the convenience of ButcherBox’s already-picked-for-you lobster meat, these rolls come together quickly, so you can enjoy them any time. Rice paper rolls…

Hot Dog Party

Your summer barbecue will be everyone’s favorite event when you make it a hot dog party, with perfectly grilled hot dogs and tons of fun toppings. Made from grass-finished and pasture-raised beef, ButcherBox “dogs” taste great however you cook them–but when you grill them, the meat’s sugars caramelize, adding a…

butcherbox chicken thighs

How to Cook Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Thighs

Cooking frozen chicken thighs in an Instant Pot is a convenient and easy way to prepare a tasty meal. Once cooked, you can use the juicy chicken thighs as a staple protein in so many great recipes for different meals. The Instant Pot are electric pressure cookers that have become…

Grilled Paprika Drumsticks

Grilled chicken drumsticks are an easy way to please the summer barbecue crowd, especially when you super-charge the flavor by marinating them in a mixture that combines tangy sherry vinegar and both sweet and smoky paprika. If you’re not familiar with it, there are three types of paprika: Sweet, smoky…

Carne Asada Flank Steak Tacos With Grilled Scallions on a plate

Carne Asada Flank Steak Tacos With Grilled Scallions

Carne asada, hailing from the state of Sonora in northern Mexico, is as much a celebration of the smoky char-grilled beef as it is of gathering outdoors with friends and family. To make carne asada (which translates to “grilled meat”), you marinate steak–usually flank or skirt–in spices before grilling it…