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.
125g of chorizo and 100g of Puy lentils are what stop Hairy Bikers winter vegetable soup tasting like a plain bowl of root veg. British Classics builds it on carrot, turnip, potato and parsnip, finished with kale and soured cream. Six bowls take an hour and a half and come to roughly 320 calories each. …
A whole oxtail of about 1.3kg goes into Hairy Bikers oxtail soup, along with 300ml of red wine and two litres of beef stock. Meat Feasts publishes it as Oxtail Soup with Parsley Dumplings, and those dumplings are part of the recipe rather than a suggestion. It serves six and takes four hours from start …
Caramelised squash, smoked chipotle and lime are what you get from Hairy Bikers butternut squash soup, not cream. Everyday Winners publishes it under the name Squash, Lime and Chilli Soup, with 500g of squash and 250g of cauliflower. Four bowls take 45 minutes at about 210 calories each. They write in Everyday Winners that Mexican …
Ready cooked beetroot is what makes Hairy Bikers beetroot soup a weeknight job rather than a weekend one. The recipe is from Make It Easy, with carrot, celery, potato and shredded cabbage in beef stock. It serves four at 234 calories a bowl and takes about 50 minutes. They write in Make It Easy that …
The rice is boiled in a separate pan for Hairy Bikers mulligatawny soup, then stirred in only at the end. The recipe is from Mums Still Know Best, a curried vegetable soup with carrot, celery, sweet potato and apple. It serves four at about 295 calories a bowl and takes just over an hour. They …
Hairy Bikers celeriac and apple soup pairs 750g of celeriac with three eating apples and finishes with crispy bacon. It comes from Meat Feasts, one page before their pea and ham soup, and serves six at about 310 calories a bowl. Allow an hour and a half, because celeriac takes a while to peel. They …
Hairy Bikers tomato soup with fresh tomatoes is one swap away from the tinned original, a kilo of ripe tomatoes replacing two tins. The recipe is Cream of Tomato Soup from Mums Still Know Best, with onion, garlic, dried herbs and double cream. It serves four at about 290 calories a bowl, and takes just …
Hairy Bikers parsnip and apple soup matches its parsnips gram for gram with Bramley apples, 600g of each. Most recipes call for one or two apples, so this is a much sharper, more apple-led soup. It comes from British Classics and makes six bowls at around 215 calories, in just over an hour. They write …
The mushrooms get grated, not sliced, and that is what makes Hairy Bikers mushroom soup different. It comes from Mums Still Know Best, built on 300g of mushrooms, 450ml of stock and 450ml of milk. Four bowls take 40 minutes and come to about 205 calories each. They write in Mums Still Know Best that …
Two things carry Hairy Bikers broccoli and stilton soup: 500g of broccoli and 125g of Stilton. The rest of the base comes from One Pot Wonders, which is onion, celery, a floury potato and 800ml of stock. It serves four at about 300 calories a bowl and takes 45 minutes. Blue cheese and broccoli is …