Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
This Hairy Bikers colcannon recipe mashes potatoes with warm cream and butter, then folds in savoy cabbage fried with smoked bacon and spring onions. So their Perfect Pies version serves 6 in about 45 minutes, at roughly 440 calories a portion by my estimate. “A fab accompaniment to a home-made pie” is how Si and …
This Hairy Bikers onion frittata cooks 600g of red onions slowly until golden, then sets them in 6 eggs with Parmesan and fresh herbs. So the Mediterranean Adventure recipe serves 2 to 4, at around 315 calories a quarter by my estimate, and takes about 70 minutes. They cooked it while filming in Calabria with …
This Hairy Bikers rough puff pastry recipe cuts cold butter into strong bread flour, then rolls and folds it six times for flaky layers. Plus one Perfect Pies batch lids a pie for 4 to 6 in 90 minutes with chilling, and I estimate 360 calories per sixth. They promise it “rises beautifully, is flaky …
This Hairy Bikers Greek salad recipe roasts green pepper and red onion, then sets them on cos, tomatoes and chickpeas beneath feta and olives. Plus their Roasted Vegetable Greek Salad, from The Hairy Dieters Make It Easy, serves 4 at 279 calories in 30 minutes, plus cooling. Rather than leave the classic alone, they “boosted …
This Hairy Bikers bang bang chicken salad griddles five-spice chicken breasts, then lays them over crunchy raw vegetables with a peanut and coconut sauce. Plus Chicken & Egg has it serving 4, while my own estimate puts it at about 385 calories and 50 minutes. Starter, main or buffet dish, Si and Dave say it …
This Hairy Bikers flapjack recipe packs porridge oats with butter, golden syrup and chopped dates, then studs them with raisins, glacé cherries and pecans. And one British Classics tray makes 10 big slices at about 630 calories each by my estimate, in 45 minutes plus cooling. Dave says flapjacks were “one of the first things …
This Hairy Bikers stuffed peppers recipe fills halved red or yellow peppers with chestnut mushrooms, hazelnuts, sun-dried tomato, breadcrumbs and feta. And the Hairy Dieters recipe serves 2 at 401 calories a portion, and it’s on the table in under an hour. They call them “a delight to the eye as well as the tastebuds”, …
This Hairy Bikers tuna pasta bake recipe binds short pasta, tuna and sweetcorn in a creamy béchamel, then bakes it under Cheddar until browned. From Everyday Winners, it serves 4 in 55 minutes plus milk-cooling time, at roughly 785 calories a portion by my estimate. They pitch it as “a real step up from the …
This Hairy Bikers vegetable biryani recipe layers saffron-streaked basmati over carrots, cauliflower and runner beans in a spiced yoghurt sauce, with fried onions. While it looks a project, this Veggie Feasts dish serves 4 to 6 in 1¾ hours, at about 400 calories each by my estimate. “A biryani is a celebration dish”, as they …
This Hairy Bikers granola recipe bakes porridge oats, coconut and cashews in maple syrup and stem ginger, then mixes in raisins and dried mango. So the One Pot Wonders batch takes about 75 minutes plus cooling, and by my estimate makes 12 bowls of roughly 280 calories before milk. Writing their first Hairy Dieters book, …