# WOW! I love this George Foreman grill thing! (Got recipies?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130 "2003-11-08T23:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/1 "2003-11-08T23:16:37Z")
Holy cow! This Lean Mean Fat Grilling/Reducing Machine thing rocks! I sold my grill in Minot, before the move, and ended up seeing one on sale (the little one). So, I bought it and just brought it home. It said something about kabobs, so I got me some green peppers, onions, carrots, and mushrooms, and went to work. My kabob efforts were somewhat thwarted when I tried to skewer the carrots (they’re just too brittle and snapped like twigs), but the light bulb went on in my head and I said, “Hey, why can’t I just put these right on the griddle-thing?” 10 minutes and two threads’ replies later, I’m sitting with a heap of grilled vegetables (a little dry, but that’s what the beer’s for) sprinkled with a little southwestern spice. THIS IS AWESOME! So now I’m all eager and stuff to explore this fascinating science of _indoor grilling_. Yeah, when the snow thaws out I’ll buy a real gas grill, but I think this’ll suffice for the winter–besides, I can pack it up and take it on my extended business trips too! Do you guys have any special recipies I can try? I may try some chicken later. . . Tripler Mmmmm, chicken. . . ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/2 "2003-11-08T23:59:58Z")
My favorite recipe by far is grilled meat. You need some meat. Put it on the grill, cook it until it’s done, and then eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/3 "2003-11-09T00:16:06Z")
Get a huge bag of those boneless chicken breasts. Keep in freezer. Cook when hungry. 9 out of 10 college students agree that the tenth really should buy a George Foreman machine. ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/4 "2003-11-09T02:49:49Z")
Dump a bottle of italian dressing over some chicken breasts. Stick in the fridge overnight. Take them out tomorrow and grill. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/5 "2003-11-09T02:53:33Z")
Sure, here’s a recipe. How to make a regular hamburger on my first generation Foreman grill that was $100 when purchased and had no temperature gauges, switches, or settings of any kind: 1. Put meat on grill. 2. Plug grill in. 3. Wait a couple minutes, then realize that the grill is far too hot; the outside of the meat is scorched, but the inside is raw. 4. Unplug the grill. 5. Wait a couple minutes for it to cool down a little. 6. Plug it back in and let it get hot. 7. Unplug it again because it’s too hot again. 8. Wait a couple minutes 9. Plug it in. 10. Unplug it. 11. Plug it in. 12. Unplug it. 13. Eat your burger. 14. Spend 15 minutes and half a roll of paper towels trying to clean between all those damn little grooves on the grill. 15. Throw the grill in a closet and pan fry burgers in the future. Well, at least that’s how _I_ used the Foreman grill. _grumble, grumble, piece of crap_ ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/6 "2003-11-09T02:53:44Z")
Not a recipe exactly… if you prop up the front legs a bit, all that yummy fat won’t run off. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/7 "2003-11-09T02:58:36Z")
> [@](#): > > 9 out of 10 college students agree that the tenth really should buy a George Foreman machine. Which he’ll do, if only if the 9 will share with the 10th some of all that beer they bought with the money they saved by not being the ones who got the grilling machine. ---
**Author:** ![danixa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@danixa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danixa)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/8 "2003-11-09T11:29:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*Not a recipe exactly… if you prop up the front legs a bit, all that yummy fat won’t run off. 🙂 \*\* you’re an absolute genius. defies the purpose a little though. as for recipes, maybe a human head? you could be like a health-conscious hannibal lector. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/9 "2003-11-09T11:53:55Z")
I’m the only one who really likes our GF grill, and mostly I use it for hamburgers and chicken breasts. I CAN tell you that it’s not so great on round steaks. They get very tough. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/10 "2003-11-09T18:42:57Z")
I luuurve my GF grill. It’s not so much the whole fat-draining-off thing, which in reality doesn’t really reduce the fat that much, but it’s the fact that that sucker is _fast_. I can come home and have dinner done in less than 1/2 hour, starting from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/11 "2003-11-09T21:39:58Z")
There is nothing better for cooking lamb or pork chops IMO. Also very useful for frozen ovenable potato chips, straight cut work better then crinkle. Those yankee crumbed onion rings also come up a treat. Why yes, I am fat, how could you tell? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/12 "2003-11-09T23:31:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*My favorite recipe by far is grilled meat. > > You need some meat. Put it on the grill, cook it until it’s done, and then eat it. \*\* This is the favorite in our house as well. We like to jazz it up by dumping a ton of pepper on each side of the meat. Mmmmm…crispy. I also make “sausage” patties out of ground turkey. Take a package of Turkey Store or similar fancy super lowfat ground turkey and mix with seasonings of your choice. Divide into 8 patties and once cooked they come out to almost exactly 2oz each. Perfect for anyone on a portion controlled diet. Cleaning tip: Scrape all the major chunks of char off it right after you take the food off and it’s still soft. Go back later and clean up the little greasy bits. (I spray with an alcohol/ammonia mixture I use for glass.) If you let the whole thing sit until it’s cool it becomes fossilized and a pain to clean. Another cleaning tip: the more marinade and seasoning used, the more a hassle to clean up. I’ve noticed if you just grill plain chicken breasts (either for sammiches or use in soups, etc) there’s almost nothing to clean up. (The Italian dressing IS really flavorful, though.) ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/13 "2003-11-09T23:37:46Z")
Lamb backstraps. This is super easy if you have those “fresh” herbs in a tube. Juice a lemon, add a teaspoon each of garlic, parsley and rosemary, and mix well. brush over lamb backstaps. Grill. Baste with more as it cooks. It doesn’t take long, and is good quite rare. Use leftover marinade to make salad dressing, with a bit of good olive oil. You’ll want some nice fetta cheese and kalamata olives, and onion, tomato and lebanese cucumber in the salad. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/14 "2003-11-10T01:09:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cajela \* > \*\*Baste with more as it cooks. \*\* Dumb question: is it okay to put liquids on this thing, or will they scald/build up? I just got back from Target (aka ‘Tar-zhay’). I’m pissed. For what I paid in the one store, I could have gotten the larger version of the grill. Thank God for _Robenomics_. I may just go forth and buy the big one, and pack the little one in a suitcase for business trips. Tripler This thing is cool. I had no idea you could cook so much on it. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/15 "2003-11-10T01:29:20Z")
I generally clean it by plugging it back in again just long enough for it to warm up slightly, then wiping it with a damp paper towel. That way the gunk is softened up but you don’t have to clean it before you can eat or anything. I think I got the idea from a Doper, actually… Yeah, if you use a marinade it can be a real mess, especially if the marinade is particularly sugary. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/16 "2003-11-10T21:56:01Z")
I throw a wet cloth on it and close it as soon as I have removed the food. When I have finished eating I just wipe it down and have no problem no matter the marinade. The steam loosens everything. I threw a frozen crumbed fish fillet on it last night, usually it would take 20 minutes in the oven plus oven warming time or I would burn it in a pan, 5 minutes on the grill and it came out great. Don’t forget you can toast sandwiches on it too, just put the bread on buttered side out. Very yummy. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-love-this-george-foreman-grill-thing-got-recipies/212130/17 "2003-11-12T15:15:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*My favorite recipe by far is grilled meat. > > You need some meat. Put it on the grill, cook it until it’s done, and then eat it. \*\* You forgot “douse with Morton Salt’s ‘Nature’s Seasoning’ and serve with a side of A1 (beef only)”.