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.
Hairy Bikers keema curry has potatoes cooked right in it, which is what sets it apart from most mince curries. The recipe is in Great Curries and uses 500g of minced lamb, 475g of potatoes and a tin of tomatoes, feeding four to five at about 470 calories. They describe it as a great family …
Hairy Bikers oxtail stew takes 2kg of oxtail, three hours on the hob and one clever trick with the fat. The recipe is in One Pot Wonders, seasoned with red chilli, allspice and brown sugar, and finished with sweet potato so you do not need mash. It feeds four to six at roughly 710 calories. …
The rice never touches plain water in Hairy Bikers kedgeree. The smoked haddock poaches in 500ml of water first, then that liquid is saved and the rice cooks in it. The recipe is in British Classics and feeds six at about 355 calories. They are blunt about what usually goes wrong, saying kedgeree is too …
Hairy Bikers risotto carbonara is their own invention, not a traditional dish. It takes 300g of risotto rice, 150g of pancetta lardons, two egg yolks and Parmesan, and feeds four in about 40 minutes at roughly 600 calories. They own up to it in the book, calling it their genius idea of putting together the …
There is no cream in Hairy Bikers spaghetti carbonara, so the sauce is just eggs and cheese. The recipe is in Meat Feasts and uses 400g of spaghetti, 200g of pancetta, two eggs and two kinds of cheese, which feeds four in 25 minutes. They call it one of the best quick suppers going, and …
Fifteen minutes is the whole thing for Hairy Bikers pork stroganoff, start to finish. It uses 500g of pork medallions, mushrooms, sweet smoked paprika and half-fat crème fraîche, and comes from The Hairy Dieters Make It Easy at 228 calories a serving. They write in the book that it seems quite a fancy dish, not …
Half the beetroot never makes it into the pan whole. It goes in the blender with a litre of stock first, and the rice then absorbs that liquid instead of plain stock. Hairy Bikers beetroot risotto serves four at 371 calories, in about 45 minutes. They describe it on their site as dazzlingly pink, rich …
The prawns go into Hairy Bikers seafood paella twice. They are seared at the start, lifted out, then put back at the very end so they never overcook. Everyday Winners serves four at about 460 calories, in an hour. They write in Everyday Winners that they wanted a straightforward seafood version using shellfish you can …
Nothing is wasted in Hairy Bikers smoked haddock risotto. The fish poaches in 1.5 litres of stock, then that same liquid is strained and ladled back into the rice. Everyday Winners serves four in 45 minutes at about 560 calories. They open the recipe by drawing a line: this is definitely a risotto, not a …
This Hairy Bikers pork and apple pie is a hot dinner under a shortcrust lid, eaten with a knife, fork and plenty of gravy. Perfect Pies serves eight from one 23cm tin, at about 800 calories a slice. “Pork and apple are a classic flavour combination and make a belter of a pie,” says the …