Salads and Vegetables: Vegetable Dishes: Grilled Artichokes

While artichokes are often served with butter that's not the only way to enjoy them. Our Recipe Makeover shows you how to grill them up with a tasty marinade, cutting back on calories and fat in the process!

Author: Grilled Artichokes courtesy of California Artichoke Advisory Board
Date: August 04, 2009

Suggestions: This recipe is perfect for the 'lazy' cook, since all preparation can be done the previous day.

Serves: 8 person(s)
Yield: 8 x ½ artichokes

Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 25 mins
Extra Time: 1 hrs (or overnight, for marinating)

Ingredients:

Artichokes are traditionally served with melted butter, making it all too easy to lap up oodles of extra calories and fat. This recipe lowers the calories by decreasing the serving size and replacing the butter with a light marinating sauce.

Directions:

Slice artichoke tops off, crosswise. Trim stems.

Boil or steam artichokes until bottoms pierce easily, or a petal pulls off easily.

Drain artichokes. Cool. Cut each artichoke in half lengthwise and scrape out fuzzy center and any purple tipped petals.

Mix remaining ingredients in a large plastic bag. Place artichokes in the bag and coat all sides of the artichokes. For best flavor marinate in the mixture overnight in the refrigerator, but should marinate at least one hour.

Drain artichokes. Place cut side down on a grill over a solid bed of medium coals or gas grill on medium. Grill until lightly browned on the cut side, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn artichokes over and drizzle some of the remaining marinade over the artichokes. Grill until petal tips are lightly charred, 3 to 4 minutes more.

Serve hot or room temperature.