Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Hairy Bikers chicken recipes from the cookbooks, from curries and casseroles to roasts and pies, each one traced to the book it came from.
This Hairy Bikers chicken noodle soup simmers a whole chicken with onions, carrots, green pepper, and egg noodles into a clear, golden broth. It comes from the Hairy Bikers Cookbook, serves 6 to 8, and it is the kind of soup that quietly fixes a bad day. There is a proper story behind this one. …
This Hairy Bikers jambalaya is a Creole rice pot with chicken, chorizo, and prawns from the Chicken and Egg cookbook. Cajun spices, long-grain rice, and a good shake of Tabasco make it spicy and rich, and it all cooks in one pot. Si and Dave call this dish a sort of paella with attitude, brought …
This Hairy Bikers Spanish chicken is a one-tin chicken and chorizo tray bake with new potatoes, tomatoes, and smoked paprika. It comes from the Hairy Dieters cookbook at just 370 calories a portion, because all the fat comes from the chorizo and none is added. This recipe comes from The Hairy Dieters, where Si and …
This Hairy Bikers chicken and chorizo paella bakes chicken on the bone and cured chorizo with red peppers, paprika, and rice in one pan. It comes from the Mums Still Know Best cookbook, serving 6, and it finishes in the oven so you are not stuck stirring. This recipe comes from a home cook called …
This Hairy Bikers chicken jalfrezi is a two-pan stir-fry where the chicken cooks in a spiced tomato sauce while the peppers and onions char separately. Six green chillies, cumin, and garam masala go in from the Great Curries cookbook, serving 4 at around 460 kcal in about 30 minutes. The headnote says “jalfrezi means hot-fry” …
Grilling the chicken on skewers until it chars at the edges is what separates this Hairy Bikers chicken tikka masala from every shortcut version. The spices get toasted whole and ground fresh, and the sauce is blitzed smooth so it coats like a restaurant dish. The Great Curries cookbook calls this “by far the best …
The trick to this Hairy Bikers chicken balti recipe is blitzing the onion base smooth before the chicken goes anywhere near the pan. That one step turns soft onions, garlic, ginger, and curry paste into a proper sauce that coats every piece evenly. The Great Curries cookbook calls this “Very Good Balti Chicken” and says …
Star anise, a strip of orange peel, and half a cinnamon stick are what give this Hairy Bikers Chinese chicken curry that takeaway smell the moment the lid comes off. The sauce comes from the Asian Adventure cookbook, and 800g of boneless thighs simmer in it for 25 minutes at around 505 kcal. The cookbook …
“Throw away those jars of instant chasseur sauce and discover the real thing” is how the Mums Still Know Best cookbook opens this Hairy Bikers chicken chasseur. Eight skin-on thighs, 300ml of white wine, mushrooms, and banana shallots do the rest, serving 4 at around 620 kcal in under an hour. Chasseur means hunter in …
Fresh mango is the twist in this Hairy Bikers coronation chicken recipe, and it replaces the usual sultanas with something brighter and juicier. The chicken gets steamed rather than poached, which keeps it tender, and the whole thing serves 4 at around 650 kcal. The Chicken and Egg cookbook calls this “an oldie but a …