Main Courses

Hairy Bikers jerk chicken came to them from Lorenzo Richards, who cooked it at his Worcestershire restaurant with a scotch bonnet and soy marinade. And of its 2 hours, one is marinating, giving 6 portions from Chicken & Egg at around 520 calories each, at a guess. Lorenzo gave them this recipe “to spread the …

For these Hairy Bikers chicken burgers, thighs are chopped small by hand with onion, oregano and tarragon. With no figure in Chicken & Egg, my sums say about 415 calories a burger, and a batch of 4 takes 40 minutes after chilling. Nothing binds these but the chicken itself, because there’s no egg, breadcrumb or …

Hairy Bikers Mediterranean burgers put grated courgette and grated onion into 400g of lean steak mince, with light mozzarella melted on top. In about 33 minutes they feed 4, and the original Hairy Dieters book puts each one at 413 calories. Here they bulk the beef out with veg and promise “no one will notice …

Hairy Bikers veggie burgers are black bean patties held together with brown rice, breadcrumbs and an egg, with a quick homemade burger sauce. So this Veggie Feasts recipe makes 4 burgers at about 450 calories each with bun and sauce, in 90 minutes with chilling, by my estimate. “It’s quite a simple recipe,” Si and …

This Hairy Bikers burger recipe swaps shop mince for beef chuck you mince or chop yourself, with optional bone marrow and a chipotle burger sauce. So you get 4 big burgers at about 715 calories each by my estimate, in 50 minutes plus chilling, from British Classics and Meat Feasts. “The secret is to use …

Hairy Bikers ham and egg pie hides 12 quails’ eggs in a terrine of ham hock, pork shoulder and belly, sealed in hot-water crust. And this Perfect Pies recipe serves 6 at my estimate of 930 calories each, though it takes about 13 hours by my reckoning. As kids, Si and Dave write, they “always …

Hairy Bikers egg and bacon pie bakes 9 eggs, smoked streaky bacon and 4 tablespoons of milk in butter shortcrust on a 23cm plate. As written in Mums Still Know Best, it serves 4 in about 1 hour 45 minutes, standing included, at my estimate of 970 calories each. “We just can’t get enough of …

Hairy Bikers turkey and ham pie turns Boxing Day leftovers into a creamy double-crust pie, with leeks softened in wine and 200g of stuffing. And from BBC Food it feeds 6 in about 3 hours 20 minutes at 955 calories each, both by my reckoning. About their One Pot Wonders casserole, they write “many of …

Hairy Bikers cheese and onion pie wraps diced potato, onion, Lancashire and mature Cheddar in a lard and butter crust, baked free-form on a tray. So it’s a pie for 4 from British Classics, taking about 1 hour 40 minutes, at my estimate of around 1,125 calories a quarter. Dave ate “two cheese and onion …