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Hairy Bikers Somerset chicken is a creamy cider and apple chicken breast bake, and a grilled Cheddar crust bubbles golden over the top. This dish comes from their BBC series Food Tour of Britain, serves 6, and takes about 55 minutes at roughly 840 calories a portion. On the recipe they call it comfort food …

A little cooked chicken goes a long way in this stew, since fluffy suet dumplings bulk it out into a filling supper. This Hairy Bikers chicken stew and dumplings comes from their Chicken and Egg cookbook, serves 4, and packs in a whole pile of root vegetables. Unlike a creamy pie or a tomato cobbler, …

A cobbler is a hearty stew topped with soft, scone-like ‘cobbles’ instead of pastry, and this one uses mashed potato in the dough. This Hairy Bikers chicken cobbler comes from their Chicken and Egg cookbook, serves 4, and bakes into a proper comforting one-pot dinner. Most cobblers use a plain flour scone topping, but the …

Swap the beef for chicken and stroganoff becomes a quick weeknight supper rather than a treat. This Hairy Bikers chicken stroganoff is from Ultimate Comfort Food, serves 4, and comes together in half an hour with soured cream, mushrooms, and paprika. What makes their version work is a clever prep trick, since they cut each …

Balmoral chicken is a Scottish showstopper: a chicken breast stuffed with haggis, wrapped in smoky bacon, and finished with a whisky sauce. The Hairy Bikers cooked their own version on the Go West series, and this is my tested take, ready in about an hour. They never printed the full recipe, though they did publish …

No standing over the hob stirring, no faff, just a creamy chicken and mushroom risotto baked in the oven. This Hairy Bikers version is from the Everyday Winners cookbook, serves 4, and leans on porcini powder for a deep, savoury hit. Most risottos ask you to stir in stock ladle by ladle for twenty minutes, …

Scrunched filo, cooked chicken, and a good handful of tarragon are all it takes for this Hairy Bikers chicken and tarragon pie. It comes from the Perfect Pies cookbook, serves 5 to 6, and the crème fraîche filling needs no long cooking at all. Justine, a friend of the Hairy Bikers, gave them this one, …

This Hairy Bikers tarragon chicken sears chicken breasts golden, then poaches them in white wine and stock. A cream and tarragon sauce finishes it, and it comes from the Mums Still Know Best cookbook, serving 4. You may know this dish better as chicken supreme, which simply means chicken breast cooked in a creamy white …

This Hairy Bikers chicken and mushroom pie packs diced chicken thighs and sliced mushrooms into a creamy béchamel under an all-butter puff pastry crust. It comes from the Chicken and Egg cookbook, serves 4, and it is built as a proper double-crust pie with pastry top and bottom. What sets this one apart is the …

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 …