Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Find hearty and delicious Hairy Bikers main course recipes. From comforting pies and stews to quick chicken and beef dishes, discover your next family favorite.
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. Creamy white wine chicken is a French bistro classic, and this Hairy Bikers version gets its lift from tarragon. …
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 …
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 …
No oil goes in the pan for this Hairy Bikers spaghetti bolognese, because the mince releases enough fat on its own to cook the veg alongside it. 500g of lean beef, mushrooms, and a splash of red wine simmer for 40 minutes, serving 5-6 at around 480 kcal. This recipe comes from the Mums Still …
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 …