Hairy Bikers Main Courses

This creamy beef stroganoff recipe is made with tender beef fillet strips, button mushrooms, Dijon mustard, and soured cream. It comes together in just 30 minutes and serves 4. I make this Hairy Bikers version whenever I want something that feels special but doesn’t take all evening. The optional brandy flambé lifts it from a …

This Hairy Bikers Shepherd’s Pie is a rich lamb mince filling with red wine, rosemary and chopped tomatoes under a golden mashed potato topping. It feeds 6 and takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. I make this one most Sunday evenings during the colder months. It is proper comfort food …

This Hairy Bikers moussaka recipe layers spiced lamb ragù with golden aubergines and Maris Piper potatoes under a thick, creamy béchamel. It comes out of the oven bubbling and deep golden brown. Serves 6 and takes about 2 hours from start to table. I first made this for a cold Saturday evening and it quickly …

This tangy, glossy sweet and sour chicken is made with tinned pineapple, crisp peppers, water chestnuts, and tender chicken breasts. It’s a lighter take on the takeaway classic, ready in 30 minutes and serving 4. I make this nearly every week as a quick fakeaway dinner. It comes from the Hairy Dieters cookbook, and it’s …

This tender slow cooker lamb tagine is made with lamb neck, sweet dried apricots, chickpeas, and warm Moroccan spices. The slow cooker does all the work, turning everything into a rich, thick stew in about 6 hours. It serves 4–6 and needs just 30 minutes of prep. I make this on cold weeknights when I …

This Hairy Bikers slow cooker rabbit stew is made with dry cider, smoked streaky bacon, and chantenay carrots. The cider gives the sauce a rich, slightly sweet depth that pairs perfectly with the lean rabbit meat. It serves 6 and takes about 20 minutes to prepare before 6–8 hours of hands-off slow cooking. I first …

This slow cooker pork goulash recipe is made with tender pork shoulder, sweet paprika, roasted peppers, balsamic vinegar and fennel seeds, all slow-cooked in a rich tomato sauce. The result is a deeply savoury stew where the pork falls apart at the touch of a fork. It takes about 5 hours in the slow cooker …

This easy slow cooker steak and ale pie is made with braising steak, smoked bacon, mushrooms and a rich dark ale gravy under crisp puff pastry. Just set it going for 7–8 hours and it serves 6. I love this recipe because you do 30 minutes of prep in the morning, then the slow cooker …

This Hairy Bikers slow cooker steak and kidney pudding is made with stewing steak, lambs’ kidneys, and a light suet pastry. It needs just 20 minutes of prep before the slow cooker does the rest over 6 to 8 hours. Serves 6. I make this on cold winter weekends when we want something filling without …

This tender slow cooker pheasant casserole is made with dry cider, streaky bacon, juniper berries and double cream. The pheasant falls off the bone after hours of gentle cooking, and the sauce is strained and reduced into a rich, velvety finish. Ready in about 7 hours, it serves 6. I make this every autumn when …