Description
Grilled beets in foil. Beets in foil are a simple side dish if you already have the grill fired up.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 medium beets (between the size of a baseball and a golf ball)
- A sprig of fresh thyme (optional - you can substitute any fresh herbs you have on hand)
- 1 tablespoon of Olive oil
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
Instructions
- Wrap the beets in foil: Scrub the beets to remove any dirt that is still stuck to them. Trim the root and stem ends of the beets. (Leave the skin on, we'll peel it off later.) Put the beets in a line on a sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil, then drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. (We want the sides of all the beets exposed to heat, so line the beets up in a single file. Make more than one packet of beets (if needed) to fit on your grill.) Add the thyme sprig, then fold the foil over and crimp the edges to cover the beets tightly.
- Prepare the grill for indirect medium heat (350°F): Set your grill up for indirect cooking at medium heat, about 350°F. For my Weber Summit, this means turning the two outer burners (burners 1 and 6) to high and leaving the middle burners unlit. In a charcoal grill, push the coals to one side (or use charcoal baskets).
- Grill the foil-wrapped beets: Put the foil-wrapped beets over indirect heat (over the unlit burners or the side of the grill without coals). Cook with the lid closed until the largest beet can be pierced easily with a skewer, 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the thickness of your beets. (I use the pointy end of my digital thermometer for this, and I poke right through the foil into one of the beets. I'm not checking the temperature; I'm checking that the probe pushes through the beet without any resistance.)
- Clean and serve the beets: Remove the foil pouch from the grill and let it rest for 10 minutes to cool down. Open up the foil and peel the skin off of the beets using paper towels. (Wear gloves to keep your hands from staining with beet juice). Cut the beets into halves or quarters, depending on their size. Put the beets in a serving bowl; I'll drizzle them with a little more olive oil and sprinkle a pinch of salt and pepper over them before serving. Enjoy!
Equipment
Buy Now → - Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Side dish
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 beet
- Calories: 56
- Sugar: 5.5 g
- Sodium: 167.3 mg
- Fat: 2.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Protein: 1.3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg