Vegan main dish large bbq

[Citygirlrurallife]

Doing a big party on Saturday and added up the numbers - it’s about 50 people!!! Argh

all salads will be vegan and DH is BBQing pulled pork so what amazing vegan “main” can I do to make the omni’s jealous? I’m vegan and DS is pesci and I know of at least 10 others who won’t eat pork…..

Jackfruit something! Jackfruit would be great for a BBQ, takes on flavour well and easy to find in tins on the supermarket
Also chickpea mash ( loads of variations, it's like tuna mayo but better!) it can be eaten as a side of in a sandwich/ wrap .

If there’s room on the bbq, then these quesadillas https://www.georgeforeman.co.uk/recipes/vegan/vegan-spiced-sweet-potato-quesadillas#

Or katsu tofu burgers https://vegnews.com/recipes/vegan-katsu-burgers-wasabi-mayo

I’ve cooked these oyster mushrooms on the barbecue a few times and it’s delightful. The smokiness from the barbecue really enhances ur and the mushrooms go a little crispy. Mushrooms can be divisive though, and I think that’s a thing with incredible vegan food in general, that generally if some people are declaring it incredible it’s probably going to split opinions. Personally I’ve never eaten jackfruit I liked, and could eat mushrooms, aubergine and all the various squashes forever, but I know for a lot of people those ingredients are a huge turn off. If there’s one dish which all fifty people like, either you have the least particular crowd, or it’s going to be a bit uninspiring.

My favourite vegan dish is felafel. You can bbq them up nice and crispy, they are delicious.

Oh this is exactly the kind of thing I’m looking for. I was thinking of doing jackfruit as well in the oven to go with the pork but I’m so bored of always being offered falafel!

Vegan burgers are always nice on a bbq ? And then you can load up on the same experience as the others, with salads, buns, sauces etc

I don’t eat red meat but love a good bean burger (rather than anything fake meat) so that I can enjoy the BBQ experience!

Root veg in foil in amongst the coals, either plain of with a bit of oil and herbs. New potatoes work well.

Vegetable kebabs. Onion, pepper, courgette, aubergine.

Corn on the cob.

Veggie kebabs are always a crowd pleaser for the meat eaters too. Pulled jackfruit would make a good alternative to the pork. Cauliflower BBQ's well

Aldi and Lidl do sweetcorn and pepper fritters which are really nice with salad and a dressing. I'm pretty sure they are vegan?

I also really like stuffed peppers, vegetable kebabs

This is the problem - making sure the veggie dish is for veggies because I can’t really afford to get in enough if a vegan main to feed the all the omnivores as well!!!

Have you got a heron near you? Mine is the last ten days has had sheese, violife slices, Quorn mini fillets ( you might need to check vegan/ veggie) mighty milk , alpro milk and branded vegan mayo all under a pound ( mayo might have been £1.50)

Carrot dogs! Bean burgers! Veggie chilli! Mushroom Donburi bowls!

I'm doing veggie kebabs as a side for my bbq - they don't shout vegan main to me

Bean or beetroot burgers are good. / Grilled aubergine tahini dressing…lots of ideas on BBC food food.

Roast whole portabella mushrooms and then dice and fry up or roast a whole selection of onions, celery, celeriac, peppers etc and add a load of steamed chestnuts. Add some seasonings (middle eastern or mediterranean both work v well) and a glug of red wine vinegar to the diced fry up. Load into the mushroom caps and serve. If you are bored with portabella mushrooms, use a squash half as the ‘vessel’

Also heron had cauldron tofu for 79p it's usually £2.79 in Waitrose

Burger would have been good if we hadn’t had 20+ veggies. As it was I marinated tofu for 24hrs and bungee a tray of it in the oven, as usual omnivores hoovered it as well so good job I did enough for 50!