Get your grill on

Long summer evenings call for cooking over the coals and with these recipes, you'll have all occasions covered

Lemon&herb chicken club burger

The joy of barbecuing chicken breasts is that they take minutes to cook, which makes them suitable for all barbecues - whether you're cooking on a portable one or using a larger grill in the garden. Here, we've stacked the chicken with a winning combination of bacon, lettuce, avocados and a lemony burger sauce.

SERVES 4 PREP 30 mins plus chilling COOK 20 mins EASY

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

8 rashers smoked bacon

4 burger buns, split

4 slices of your favourite

cheese (optional)

2 avocados, halved, stoned,

peeled and sliced

2 tomatoes, sliced

4 handfuls of lettuce leaves

For the marinade

1 garlic clove

2 tsp chopped thyme leaves, or 1 tsp dried thyme

½ lemon, juiced

3 tbsp olive oil

For the burger sauce

3 tbsp mayonnaise

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp mustard small splash of chilli sauce (optional)

1 First, make the marinade. Crush the garlic with the thyme and a pinch of salt using a pestle and mortar. Add the lemon juice, olive oil and plenty of cracked black pepper and mash together to combine. Lay the chicken breasts out on a board and flatten slightly using a rolling pin until they are an even thickness. Transfer to a container with the marinade, then seal, shake and chill until needed, or for up to 1 hr. Light the barbecue and wait until the coals are ashen, or heat a gas barbecue to medium. Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and keep chilled.