Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Hairy Bikers soup recipes from the cookbooks, from thick winter warmers to light blended bowls, each one tested and written up in full.
A whole can of coconut milk goes into Hairy Bikers pumpkin soup, and there is no stock at all. Mums Still Know Best builds it on pumpkin, ginger, thyme and half a Scotch bonnet, cooked in plain water. It serves four to six at around 205 calories a bowl. They did not write this one. …
Nobody peels the artichokes in Hairy Bikers Jerusalem artichoke soup, and that is deliberate. Eat Well Every Day publishes it as leek and Jerusalem artichoke soup, built on 500g of scrubbed artichokes with leeks, celery and a litre of stock. Four bowls come to 264 calories each. Leaving the skin on is why the book …
Hairy Bikers red lentil and harissa soup comes from Eat to Beat Type 2 Diabetes. It uses 200g of red lentils, a tin of tomatoes and one to two tablespoons of harissa paste, so the heat is your choice. Six bowls take about 35 minutes at 166 calories each. They write in the book that …
There is no stock in Hairy Bikers smoked haddock chowder, just 750ml of milk. One Pot Wonders publishes it as smoky fish chowder, built on 200g of smoked haddock and 300g of white fish with leeks, potatoes and sweetcorn. Four bowls take about 55 minutes at 475 calories each. They write that it came from …
An hour at the stove is the price of Hairy Bikers french onion soup, and there is no way round it. A kilo of onions sliced 3mm thin caramelise in butter, then sherry, sherry vinegar and stock go in. Ultimate Comfort Food serves it four at about 570 calories. They break with tradition on the …
White wine and fresh tarragon are what separate Hairy Bikers chicken and vegetable soup from an ordinary broth. Diced chicken thigh braises with carrot, celery, potato and leek before 750ml of stock and a splash of cream go in. Four bowls take an hour at about 350 calories each. They write in Ultimate Comfort Food …
Two egg yolks thicken Hairy Bikers asparagus soup, whisked with crème fraîche and sherry and stirred in off the heat. Under that sit 500g of asparagus, butter, a shallot and 700ml of chicken stock. Big Book of Baking publishes it as German White Asparagus Soup and serves six at about 165 calories. They write in …
Hairy Bikers big soup gets its flavour from just 75g of chorizo, spread across six generous bowls. Carrots, green beans, cannellini beans and curly kale fill it out in a tomato broth. It comes from The Hairy Dieters Eat for Life at 157 calories a portion. They write in the book that it is a …
Hairy Bikers caldo verde starts with 200g of chorizo fried alone in a dry pan, so its orange fat becomes the cooking oil for everything after. Waxy potatoes, onions and a big bag of shredded greens follow it into a litre of stock. Four bowls take 45 minutes at around 340 calories each. They have …
Butternut squash, carrots and parsnips are the whole of Hairy Bikers golden vegetable soup, blended smooth with water and a stock cube. It comes from The Hairy Dieters, their weight loss book, and lands at 102 calories a bowl. Six servings take just over an hour. They write in The Hairy Dieters that it has …