Barbecue is a good occasion to get the family and friends together and enjoy good times and good food. If times can be good regardless your cooking skills, for the food to be good, you need to know how to prepare it. Here’s a great barbecue meal idea: pork chops and vegetables, all grilled and served with BBQ sauce and mashed potatoes.

Ingredients:

• 6 pork chops, 3/4 inch thick, bone-in
• 2 red peppers, seeded, cut in quarters, lengthwise
• 2 green peppers, cut the same
• 1 zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced
• 12 big mushrooms, without stems
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• Salt and pepper

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves: 6

Cooking method:

Mix the garlic with one tablespoon of olive oil, thyme, rosemary and salt. Rub the mixture over the pork chops, on both sides. Put the chops on the heated grill and let them cook for about 8-10 minutes on each side, or until the internal temperature reaches 160 F. In order to avoid the meat from sticking to the grill rack, you can coat the rack with some cooking spray or with olive oil. When the chops are done, sprinkle a little bit of olive oil on the vegetables and grill them for 2-3 minutes on each side. You can salt them a little bit before grilling. Serve the food hot, with ketchup or barbecue sauce and with mashed potatoes. If you’re cooking outdoors, bone-in pork chops are better, because they are easier to eat with the bare hands. For indoor dinners, you can go for boneless chops if you want.