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Spicy Grilled Watermelon
[ Photographs: Joshua Bousel ]
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Adapted from watermelon.org
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About This Recipe
| Yield: | serves 10 to 12 |
| Active time: | 20 minutes |
| Total time: | 20 minutes |
| Special equipment: | Grill |
| This recipe appears in: | Hold Onto Summer: Spicy Grilled Watermelon |
Ingredients
Procedures
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1
In a small bowl, whisk together honey, lime juice, cayenne pepper, and salt.
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2
Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and spread the coals evenly over entire surface of coal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate. Brush each side of watermelon slices with spicy lime and honey mixture. Place watermelon and grill and cook until grill marks developed, about 2 minutes per side.
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3
Remove watermelon from grill, sprinkle with mint, and serve.