Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Best Lamb Recipes From The Hairy Bikers Cookbooks
Rogan josh is a Kashmiri classic, and this Hairy Bikers lamb rogan josh from their Great Curries book does it properly. Slow-melted onions and kashmiri chilli build a deep red sauce. Lamb leg, potato and spinach make it a one-pot meal for six at around 450 calories. The colour is the giveaway with a good …
This Hairy Bikers lamb dopiaza comes from their Great Curries book. It cooks yoghurt-marinated leg meat in a spiced onion sauce, finished with onion wedges, and serves five at around 560 calories a portion. Dopiaza means “double onions”, and that is the trick. Some onions are sliced thin and cooked down to a soft, browned …
This Hairy Bikers lamb dhansak comes from their Great Curries book. It simmers chunks of leg meat with red lentils and butternut squash, then finishes with a squeeze of lime. It serves six at around 520 calories a portion, and most of the work happens in the oven so you barely touch it. What sets …
This Hairy Bikers lamb biryani comes from their Great Curries book. It layers yoghurt-marinated neck fillet under saffron rice, then seals the pot with a dough lid so the steam stays in. It serves six at around 750 calories a portion, with eight hours of marinating before the cooking even starts. The sealed pot is …
This Hairy Bikers lamb stew from The Hairy Bikers Cookbook is their take on a classic Irish stew, a white stew of lamb chops, potatoes and onions with very little else. And it serves four in about two hours at around 550 calories, built on the idea that a few good ingredients beat a long …
This Hairy Bikers lamb shoulder from Meat Feasts marinates overnight in yoghurt, curry powder, garlic and ginger before slow roasting for up to four hours. And it serves six at around 550 calories with a coriander and lemon gravy made from the pan juices. Si and Dave say “shoulder is quite a bit cheaper than …
This Hairy Bikers lamb curry from Meat Feasts is a proper saag that braises lamb in a pounded spice and spinach paste. And it serves six in about three hours at around 445 calories, which is low for a curry this rich because the spinach does most of the work. Dave called this one his …
Lamb neck fillet is the cut Si and Dave reach for more than any other, and the One Pot Wonders book sums up why: it is “a good economical cut, lean and tasty.” It is cheap, full of flavour and almost impossible to dry out because the fat keeps it moist through long cooking. These …
This Hairy Bikers lamb vindaloo from Meat Feasts marinates lamb shoulder in red wine vinegar then braises it in a spiced double onion sauce with potatoes. And it serves six in about two hours of oven time at around 700 calories, plus two hours marinating beforehand. The Goan roots show in the vinegar, which is …
This Hairy Bikers slow roast leg of lamb from Mums Know Best cooks a 2kg leg in foil at 160°C for four to five hours. And it serves six at around 480 calories with a red wine and redcurrant jelly gravy from the resting juices. Si and Dave say “a roast leg of lamb makes …