Grill'n Time! Taters on the Grill

Who doesn't like the first grill of the season?  Nothing like the smell of hot coals in the grill as you get your favorite burgers, brats, chicken, fish, etc ready.  Every main dish needs a great side.  With everyone's busy schedule or the need for something that works within your budget here is a great recipe that has been a favorite of 2 Prickly Pears for years.

Taters on the Grill

4 cups of cubed red potatoes. 

2 cups diced onions

1-2 cups shredded cheese (use your favorite)

Salt

Pepper

2 - 4 Tbls butter

Aluminum foil

Peel and cube your potatoes and dice your onions into bite size pieces.  Keeping the size of the potatoes and onions bite size is important.  This will help with the cook time and prevent burning on the bottom during cooking.  Place potatoes and onions in a bowl.  Season with salt and pepper.   This is where you can add different seasoning based on your preference.   We found some excellent Organic Italian Seasoning, so we decided to try it out.  Mix everything together until the potatoes and onions are well coated with the seasoning. 

Cut aluminum foil to the size that will hold the potatoes and onions.  Most times you have to use two pieces.  Fold the two long sides together to make one large piece.  Place the potatoes and onions on the aluminum foil and dot with butter. Wrap everything in the aluminum foil as pictured below.

Once the coals are ready place on the grill.   Watch carefully as to make sure the potatoes do not burn.   Test the potatoes occasionally.  

Once potatoes are almost cooked,  sprinkle the cheese on top and reclose the foil.  Normally we will use a mixture of whatever we have left in the frig.  We usually have cheddar and mozzarella.  Use what you like.

Now this is where it can get tricky.  You want to finish cooking the potatoes and melt the cheese BUT you don't want to burn the potatoes on the bottom of the foil.  So it is important to keep a watchful eye.  Depending on how hot your grill is it wont take long. 

Time to EAT!  Careful! They are hot and if you are anything like us it is hard to wait for them to cool a bit.  We always burn our tongue!

This recipe is so easy to change. You can really do a lot with it.  Adding shredded carrots will add great flavor to the dish. If you are a colored pepper fan, add them.  

Have fun with the dish.  The possibilities are endless.

And leftovers are AMAZING!!!!

Last night meal was grilled chicken with chimichurri sauce, raw carrots with a chipotle dip and taters & cheese.

Delicious!

Our tummys were very happy!