Hairy Bikers Recipes

The secret to Si and Dave’s chicken shawarma is patience, since the flavour is built the day before you cook. Boneless thighs sit overnight in a marinade of lemon, garlic, and warm spices, cumin, coriander, smoked paprika, and a little cinnamon and cayenne, then get grilled and sliced. It comes from their Chicken and Egg …

There is a shortcut quesadilla and there is this one, and Si and Dave went for the proper version. It starts with a big batch of Mexican pulled chicken, slow-cooked for hours in a spiced tomato sauce, then that tender, saucy meat gets loaded into tortillas with peppers, two cheeses, and avocado. It comes from …

Most chicken puttanesca just drops thighs into a jar of sauce, but Si and Dave do something cleverer. They tie each boneless thigh into a neat round parcel with string, brown it, then bake it in a punchy anchovy-and-caper tomato sauce, all served over linguine. It comes from their Chicken and Egg book and serves …

Think of everything that tastes of the South of France on one plate: white wine, olives, capers, lemon, and sweet roasted tomatoes. That is Hairy Bikers chicken provençal, a one-pan braise of crisp-skinned chicken from their Chicken and Egg book, serving 4 at around 650 kcal with soft polenta. The chicken does not stew in …

This is the version of paprika chicken to cook when you are watching the calories, since it comes in at just 282 a portion. It is from the Hairy Dieters book, feeds 6, and Si and Dave built it by taking a rich Romanian dish and quietly stripping out the fat. The clever bits are …

Paprikash is the Hungarian classic where chicken slowly cooks down into a sweet, red, soured-cream sauce, and this is the Hairy Bikers version of it. They actually picked it up filming in Romania, tweaked it over years, and settled on skin-on thighs braised in sweet and hot paprika, from their Chicken and Egg book. It …

This Hairy Bikers chicken meatloaf is nothing like the dry, plain loaf you might be picturing. It has a hidden line of melting Gruyère through the middle, a full wrap of streaky bacon on top, and a sticky maple glaze, and it comes from Chicken and Egg at around 600 kcal for 4. The big …

The Hairy Bikers chicken biryani is a one-pot rice dish where marinated chicken and basmati cook together in layers. It comes from Chicken and Egg, feeds 4 at around 650 kcal, and you need to marinate the chicken the day before. Most of the flavour comes from the marinade, so it is worth doing properly. …

If you want one pan, one hob, and dinner sorted without much washing up, this is a proper midweek curry. Boneless chicken thighs, red lentils, and 400g of spinach all cook down together, so it comes from Chicken and Egg, serves 4 at around 430 kcal, and the book calls it an ideal midweek supper. …

Hairy Bikers chicken dhansak is a sweet and sour curry where skin-on chicken thighs simmer slowly into split red lentils, tamarind, and a warm dhansak spice blend. It comes from Our Family Favourites, serves 4 at around 550 kcal, and needs about 45 minutes on the hob once the chicken is browned. Si and Dave …