Grilled Ratatouille

4.89 from 9 votes

My Grilled Ratatouille is a gorgeous roasted vegetable dish that packs a ton of flavor. Seasonal vegetables are layered on top of rich tomato sauce, seasoned with garlic and herbs, and roasted in the grill for a bright summer dish.

Prep Time30

Cook Time2 30

Total Time3

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: French

Keyword: Grilled Ratatouille

Servings: people

Author: Susie Bulloch (heygrillhey.com)

Ingredients

2 medium zucchini sliced into thin rounds
2 medium yellow squash sliced into thin rounds
2 small sweet potatoes peeled and sliced into thin rounds
5 roma tomatoes sliced into thin rounds
4 cups marinara sauce Link to my homemade version in the recipe notes
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 Tablespoon Chicken Rub
2 Tablespoons fresh basil chiffonade, as garnish

Instructions

Preheat the grill. Preheat your grill or smoker to 225 degrees F for indirect or two-zone grilling.
Slice the vegetables. Remove the tops and ends of your vegetables, peel your sweet potatoes and get to slicing! Slice your vegetables into thin rounds, keeping the thickness as even as possible for all of your vegetables.
Pour your marinara sauce in the bottom of a 12-inch cast iron skillet. Smooth the sauce with the back side of a spoon or spatula. Arrange the vegetables in a repeating pattern of tomato, sweet potato, yellow squash, and zucchini on top of the sauce. Start on the outside edge of the pan and gently nestle the vegetables rounds into the sauce at a slight angle. Once you've completed one full circle around the outside edge of the pan, repeat with the second round, laying the vegetables down in the opposite direction. Once that circle is completed, arrange the final row in the middle of the pan and nestle a few additional pieces of vegetables around the middle row to fill in the empty spaces.
Season. Drizzle the top of the vegetables with the olive oil and sprinkle evenly with the Chicken Rub.
Cook the ratatouille. Place your skillet in your grill or smoker over indirect heat. Close the lid and cook for 2 hours. This will allow the vegetables to get nice and tender while picking up great flavor from the grill.
Increase the heat and finish grilling. Increase the heat in the smoker to 375 degrees F. If using a grill, slide your pan over to the direct heat side of the grill. Cook for approximately 30-45 mintues. Keep an eye on the sauce in your pan to make sure it doesn't burn as the top of the vegetables start to caramelize.
Rest and serve. Remove from the grill and let the ratatouille sit for 10 minutes or so. Garnish with fresh basil before serving.

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Notes

Optional homemade sauce recipe: Smoke Roasted Garden Tomato Sauce

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