The best summer barbecue recipes

The only thing that makes a juicy, straight-off-the-grill burger taste even better? Some levelled-up toppings. Think hot honey bacon, mango chutney mayo and a crunchy apple slaw. Check out three of our favourites – ideal for your next barbecue.

Instead of the usual burgers, try searing steak on the grill then piling into fluffy ciabatta with mayo and spicy corn cobs – we guarantee everyone will be going back for seconds.

Hot, sour, crunchy and refreshing all at the same time, this salad will pair brilliantly with barbecued sausages or chicken wings. If you’re making it ahead, save the crunchy peanut and onion topping to scatter over just before you’re ready to eat.

Switch up your usual kebabs with this Thai-inspired version, made with a shortcut Thai red curry paste. They’re full of flavour, even more so when deeply charred on the barbie.

No barbecue would be complete without a potato salad, and this one packs in next-level flavours thanks to the truffle butter and super-creamy dressing. Use any small, waxy potatoes for this recipe.

Impress your mates with these deceptively easy rosemary-skewered scallops, seared on the barbecue and served with an elegant pea shoot salad.

Bursting with the sun-drenched flavours of Greece, Emily English’s one-pan chicken recipe combines seared, shawarma-marinated chicken thighs with fudgy potatoes. It’s served with a super creamy feta-spiked tzatziki.

Tom Kerridge’s tomato and sourdough panzanella salad makes the most of ripe, in-season tomatoes that abound at this time of year. Making it ahead will help the crusty bread absorb all the tomato juices, so it’s a good choice if you’ve got people coming round.

Your barbecue isn’t just for bangers and burgers. Charring the melons on the grill intensifies their flavour, which works so well with salty feta and mint in this simple salad.

Pasta salads have a bad rep, but this fresh, lemony version is here to challenge that. The lemon-infused olive oil gives it a gorgeous zing. Plus, it’s ready in 15 minutes.