Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Hairy Bikers cod wrapped in Parma ham sits on a tray of roasted peppers, courgettes and red onion under a crunchy Parmesan crumb. From chopping board to table it takes about 50 minutes, serving 4 at 224 calories a portion according to Hairy Dieters. For a diet fish supper, it’s bold of Si and Dave …
Hairy Bikers stuffed marrow is a whole marrow, halved and hollowed, then packed with beef mince, tomato, garlic, thyme and two cheeses. At 6 portions, each is about 500 calories as I tot it up, and this Mums Still Know Best recipe takes 2 hours. According to Avis Davies from Wales, it was “her first …
Hairy Bikers pork casserole, as near as their books get, is their pig’s cheek casserole, braised slowly in cider with leeks, mushrooms, bay and thyme. Though it takes over 2 hours, the Meat Feasts recipe is easy, feeding 4 at what I work out as about 550 calories a plate. There’s no stock at all, …
Hairy Bikers shakshuka is a pan for the middle of the table, with eggs set into soft peppers and onions warmed by cumin and caraway. While there are no calories listed in Chicken & Egg, I work a plate with yoghurt out at about 405, ready in 50 minutes. Shakshuka has “so many recipes”, as …
Hairy Bikers Thai green curry belongs to Auntie Daeng, a Bangkok chef who once cooked for the Thai royal family. With no times or calories in Asian Adventure, I make it about an hour for 4 bowls of roughly 570 calories each, before rice. For all the pounding, Si and Dave still call her recipe …
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 …