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Easter Dinner & BBQ Recipes (19 Recipes, 1 Page)

Published On: 3/25/2024 Last Modified: 6/16/2025

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No matter what is on your Easter menu this holiday, you’ll find something worth celebrating in the Easter Dinner & BBQ Recipes below. It’s a moveable feast of classic spring foods like pickled Easter eggs, grilled lamb, smoked ham, grilled asparagus, carrots, and potatoes of all kinds. Plus, Roman artichokes!

There’s no need to hunt any further for your ultimate Easter menu. Every recipe you need is right here, including a primer on how to boil eggs and a smoked egg salad recipe to use up all the extra Easter eggs. With detailed expert tips and step by step photos, every recipe can be made perfectly the first time!

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You Have Stumbled Across The Ultimate Double Smoked Ham Recipe

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Create the best ham you've ever tasted with this ultimate double smoked ham recipe. The true star of the show is the sweet and savory glaze!
cured and smoked ham sliced on a cutting board

How To Make A Cured Smoked Ham From Scratch

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Create a smoked ham at home that will put any store-bought ham to shame thanks to this simple, yet flavor packed recipe.

Grilled and Roasted Lamb Recipes From AmazingRibs.com (10 Recipes, 2 Articles)

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

If cooked properly lamb can be as good as beef. Our lamb recipes may just change your mind about this misunderstood ingredient.
sliced lamb leg

Proven Methods For Making Melt-In-Your-Mouth Grill Roasted Leg of Lamb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Create mouth watering leg of lamb on the smoker or grill with these various techniques. Here are four grill roasted lamb recipes.
grilled leg of lamb

Dolly’s Rub Is The Only One You Ever Need For Lamb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Dolly's lamb rub recipe is perfect when looking to amp up the flavor for smoked and grilled lamb. Click here to get the details.
lamb chop grilled on its side

Rack Of Lamb Three Ways: Grilled Lamb Lollipops, Lamb Ribeyes, And Whole Rack Of Lamb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Here are tips and tricks for grilling the perfect whole rack of lamb or lollipops (lamb chops), including how to trim them and season them.
Close up of cooked lamb legs

Get A Taste Of Morocco With This Grilled Leg Of Lamb, Mechoui Style

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

In this twist on the traditional mechoui, a leg of lamb is marinated overnight in charmoula. It is then seasoned, grilled, and served.
Smoked dry rubbed lamb ribs plated

Smoked Dry Rubbed Lamb Ribs Will Become Your New Obsession

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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality

With this simple flavorful recipe, feast on succulent lamb ribs that are seasoned with a dry rub and slow smoked until tender. These grilled lamb ribs are served without any sauce to highlight the balance of the slightly gamey meat and the herb scented dry rub. A squeeze of lemon never hurts though.
lamb burger

Ground Lamb Burgers Top Your Favorite Greek Gyro

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Here's how to make Greek Gyros starting with a lamb burger. Preparing these burgers is a snap and you might not go back to beef hamburgers.
Grilled lamb Merguez Sausage

Lamb Merguez Sausage Recipe: A Taste Of Morocco

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Chef Ryan

Take your grilled sausages to a whole new level with this tested recipe for homemade Moroccan Merguez lamb sausage.
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grilled asparagus and scallions on a white plate

Grilled Scallions With Romesco Sauce: A Fresh Twist On Calcots

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Grilled calcots, similar to green onions or scallions, with romesco sauce, are a delicious rite of spring in Spain.
Grilled asparagus spears topped with cheese shavings

Grilled Asparagus Recipe

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

This tested recipe for grilled asparagus develops rich flavors you just can't get by boiling or steaming. Click here to read.
potatoes

Easy Spring Potato Salad Recipe

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Dave Joachim, AmazingRibs.com Editorial Director

This tasty recipe for a potato salad is a bit sharper tasting than traditional American style potato salad, thanks to a healthy dose of vinegar in the dressing. It is more akin to German style potato salad without the mustard and served cold instead of warm.
warm French potato salad

This Warm French Potato Salad Has Got To Be The World’s Easiest Potato Salad Recipe

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

The warm French potato salad just might be the world's easiest potato salad. Olive oil, salt, and fresh herbs are all you really need.
Small potatoes embellished with parsley and butter

Salt Potatoes Are A Unique Specialty Of Syracuse, New York

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

This delicious salt potatoes recipe is based on a traditional upstate New York side dish. Click here for the details.
slender green ramps with liquid and whole spices in mason jar

Pickled Chicago (Pickled Ramps) Recipe

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Sweet, sour, tangy pickled onions or ramps are a great relish on the side, or topping on BBQ and grilled foods.
hard boiled eggs

How To Hard Boil An Egg

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Here's the best way to make hard boiled eggs. Bottom line: None of them are foolproof, but this method is pretty good.
Egg Salad sandwich

Smoked Egg Salad Is Anything But Ordinary

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Smoked eggs? You bet! Egg salad is an old standard. But you can amp it up to 11 with this tested recipe for smoked egg salad.
Cooked artichoke with breadcrumb topping

Yes, You Can Cook Artichokes On Your Grill

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

If you like steamed or boiled whole artichokes, try them stuffed with a simple herbed bread crumb stuffing. The secret ingredient in this stuffed artichoke recipe is "Roman mint." But any kind of mint will do. You can even cook these artichokes on your grill!
colorful pickled eggs

This Colorful Pickled Eggs Recipe Will Brighten Your Day

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

In addition to vinegar, sugar, and spices in this recipe, our pickled eggs are stained purple with beet juice for wow factor.

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