16 Blackstone Recipes For Beginners
This collection features 16 Easy Blackstone Recipes For Beginners, including breakfast, weeknight dinners, sandwiches, sides, and a few appetizers, too.
16 Blackstone Recipes For Beginners, From Breakfast to Dinner
If you just bought a Blackstone or you're still learning what it can do, the first few weeks can feel like a lot of guessing. Which heat setting should you use? How do you keep eggs from turning rubbery? Why does pizza come out pale on the bottom? I've been cooking on our griddles long enough to have answered most of those questions the hard way, so I put this list together to make the start easier.
These 16 posts include breakfasts, dinner, sandwiches, sides, and a few game day snacks. You'll find smash burgers and cheesesteaks for a casual night, chicken teriyaki and yakisoba for a weeknight, and frozen fries when you don't want to fire up the oven. Each one is a recipe I've made on the griddle myself, with the cooking steps and temperatures spelled out.
Start with whichever one sounds good for tomorrow's breakfast or dinner. Several of them come together in about 30 minutes, and you can always swap in what you already have in the fridge.
Fluffy Blackstone Scrambled Eggs
Eggs are the thing most new griddlers struggle with, so this post starts there. The method uses low heat, a splash of water to cool the griddle, and a gentle stir with a spatula, with no molds or extra pans needed. It makes a good first recipe, and the eggs can be folded into Blackstone Breakfast Quesadillas.
Blackstone Smash Breakfast Tacos
Sausage is pressed raw onto a tortilla and crisped on the griddle, then topped with melted cheddar and an egg. Breakfast is ready in less than 30 minutes, which makes it a good pick for busy mornings. It also teaches the smash technique in a low-stakes way.
Blackstone Steak Bites
Cubes of steak are marinated in soy, pineapple, honey, garlic, and sriracha, and the same marinade is simmered into a shiny sauce. The post says it takes about 10 minutes of active cooking. Sirloin works well here, and the bites go over rice or noodles.
Blackstone Chicken Teriyaki
Two to four hours of marinating gives the chicken time to soak up the flavor before it hits the griddle. It cooks on medium to medium-low heat for 3 to 5 minutes, then gets a spoonful of homemade teriyaki sauce. The low heat setting is a useful lesson for beginners who tend to run too hot.
Blackstone Pizza
Since heat on a griddle only comes from below, this post explains how to get the crust and toppings cooked through. The method uses a preheated sauce, puts the dough face down first, and relies on a dome lid to melt the cheese. No pizza oven is needed.
Blackstone Smashburger
Eight equal balls of beef are smashed flat on the griddle until a dark brown crust forms, then flipped and topped with cheese. The post also adds bacon and OWYD Smoky SPG seasoning. It's a good first burger to make, since you can stack the patties one to four high.
Blackstone Philly Cheesesteaks
Thinly sliced ribeye, onions, and peppers cook together on a flat top, and the bread gets toasted on the griddle at the same time. The post explains that you can buy pre-sliced cheesesteak meat in the freezer section or ask a butcher to slice fresh ribeye. It shows why a flat top suits this sandwich so well.
Blackstone Meatball Subs
The meatballs are made from lean ground beef, garlic, breadcrumbs, and milk, then browned and covered with a dome. Homemade marinara made with San Marzano tomatoes goes on the subs with mozzarella. The ciabatta buns are toasted in melted parmesan right on the griddle.
Blackstone Griddle Quesadillas
Leftover steak is the starting point here, which makes this a practical way to use extra dinner. Flour tortillas get crisp on the flat top while the cheese melts quickly inside. Cut them into wedges and serve with a few dips for an easy meal or snack.
Blackstone Griddle Frozen French Fries
This post walks through cooking a bag of frozen fries on the griddle with no oven or deep fryer. The key steps are preheating for 15 to 20 minutes, using a thin layer of oil, and not flipping the fries until they are brown. It's a helpful lesson for camping or outdoor cooking.
Blackstone Kielbasa and Pierogies
Bacon, cabbage, onion, kielbasa, and pierogies all cook on one griddle, so you skip the four pans you'd need on the stove. The cabbage gets tossed in a simple mix of oil, apple cider vinegar, and stone ground mustard. It's a hearty dinner with very little cleanup.
Blackstone Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
Fettuccine boils on the stove while the chicken and broccoli cook on the griddle, then everything is tossed in a homemade alfredo made with cream, garlic, butter, and Parmigiano Reggiano. The griddle gives the chicken a slight sear and keeps the broccoli crisp-tender. Reserving half a cup of pasta water helps the sauce come together.
Blackstone Chicken Yakisoba
A good yakisoba is hard to beat, and this version stir-fries chicken breast, cabbage, carrots, bok choy, and enoki mushrooms with the noodles. The post says it comes together in about half an hour. You can swap in whatever vegetables you have, which makes it a flexible weeknight pick.
Blackstone Mexican Chicken Pizzas
Corn tortillas are crisped on the griddle, then topped with seasoned chicken, black beans, and cheddar, and finished with salsa and sour cream. The post is a fun option for game day or a quick weeknight meal. Flour tortillas work too, but they won't get as crispy as corn.
Blackstone Italian Dunkers
Slices of loaf bread are buttered on both sides, toasted on low heat until garlicky, and dunked into a rich meat sauce. The post notes that low heat matters so the garlic doesn't turn bitter. It's a fun, kid-friendly dish with plenty of marinara.
Blackstone No Breading Chicken Parmesan
Seasoned chicken breasts are seared on the griddle, then topped with marinara, mozzarella, and parmesan and covered with a dome until the cheese melts. Skipping the flour, egg, and breadcrumb steps keeps it under 30 minutes. You can serve it plain, over pasta, or on a sandwich roll.
Pick one, fire up the griddle, and see how it goes. If it turns out great, come back and tell me which one you tried first, and check back for new Blackstone posts as I add them to the list.
