Easy Summer Party Recipes
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Food Network knows how to throw a great party. We've compiled easy recipes for dishes you can eat without utensils—perfect for an outdoor barbecue.

Asian-Style Marinated Fried Chicken Thighs

Grill marinated chicken kebabs until lightly charred and serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
Recipe: Asian-Style Marinated Fried Chicken Thighs
American Crab Cocktail Salad

Toss the crabmeat chunks with a little mayonnaise and mustard and arrange on Boston lettuce leaves. Serve in a cocktail glass or on a shell.
Recipe: American Crab Cocktail Salad
Stuffed potatoes filled with Spanish romesco sauce

Scoop out the flesh from halved new potatoes and stuff with romesco sauce, sour cream and crispy serrano ham pieces.
Recipe: Stuffed potatoes filled with Spanish romesco sauce
Crudite with flavored olive oil and balsamic

Instead of heavy or creamy sauces, serve summer vegetables with spiced olive oil and peppery balsamic vinegar dip.
Recipe: Crudite with flavored olive oil and balsamic
Queso fundido with chorizo sausage

Make a mozzarella and Monterey Jack cheese dip with cooked chorizo and sliced jalapeños.
Recipe: Queso fundido with chorizo sausage
Ricotta spread with honey and thyme

Drizzle fresh ricotta cheese with warm honey and thyme and drizzle with olive oil for a refreshing dip for crostini.
Recipe: Ricotta spread with honey and thyme
Tandoori Meatballs with Cilantro Yogurt Sauce

Serve mini Indian-style meatballs on lettuce wedges for dipping in the cooling yogurt sauce.
Recipe: Tandoori Meatballs with Cilantro Yogurt Sauce
Summer rolls with shrimp and peanut dipping sauce

The light rice paper allows the flavors of coconut shrimp and rice noodles to fully emerge.
Recipe: Summer rolls with shrimp and peanut dipping sauce
Grilled Spiral Sausages

These sausage rolls on skewers will be a hit at your next picnic or backyard party, and they only require two ingredients: sausage rolls and store-bought bagel dough.
Recipe: Grilled Spiral Sausages
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