Hairy Bikers Recipes

This Hairy Bikers chicken tangle pie layers torn chicken, smoked ham, and a creamy leek and white wine sauce under scrunched filo pastry. The recipe comes from the Hairy Dieters cookbook and serves 5 at just 429 kcal in about an hour. The headnote promises a filling ‘so rich and creamy’ you would never guess …

Hairy Bikers chicken traybake piles chicken thighs, potatoes, fennel, and spring veg onto one tin for an easy supper. It comes from their Ultimate Comfort Food cookbook, serves 4, and roasts in about 45 minutes at roughly 450 calories a portion. In the book they say they are extra happy with this one, out of …

Hairy Bikers Mediterranean roast chicken roasts a whole bird over lemon, garlic, new potatoes, and olives on one tray. It comes from their Mediterranean Adventure cookbook, serves 4 to 6, and roasts in about 80 minutes at roughly 540 calories a portion. In the book they call it a trip to the sun, made for …

Hairy Bikers Thai pot roast chicken cooks a whole bird in a red curry coconut sauce, so it stays juicy and full of flavour. It comes from their Our Family Favourites cookbook, serves 4 to 6, and takes about 90 minutes at roughly 500 calories a portion. The recipe started as a family invention, and …

A good roast chicken makes the whole Sunday dinner, and Hairy Bikers roast chicken nails it with a foolproof timing trick. It comes from their Chicken and Egg cookbook, serves 4 to 6, and roasts in about 90 minutes at roughly 490 calories a portion. They call it the best method after decades of practice, …

Hairy Bikers Somerset chicken is a creamy cider and apple chicken breast bake, and a grilled Cheddar crust bubbles golden over the top. This dish comes from their BBC series Food Tour of Britain, serves 6, and takes about 55 minutes at roughly 840 calories a portion. On the recipe they call it comfort food …

A little cooked chicken goes a long way in this stew, since fluffy suet dumplings bulk it out into a filling supper. This Hairy Bikers chicken stew and dumplings comes from their Chicken and Egg cookbook, serves 4, and packs in a whole pile of root vegetables. Unlike a creamy pie or a tomato cobbler, …

A cobbler is a hearty stew topped with soft, scone-like ‘cobbles’ instead of pastry, and this one uses mashed potato in the dough. This Hairy Bikers chicken cobbler comes from their Chicken and Egg cookbook, serves 4, and bakes into a proper comforting one-pot dinner. Most cobblers use a plain flour scone topping, but the …

Swap the beef for chicken and stroganoff becomes a quick weeknight supper rather than a treat. This Hairy Bikers chicken stroganoff is from Ultimate Comfort Food, serves 4, and comes together in half an hour with soured cream, mushrooms, and paprika. What makes their version work is a clever prep trick, since they cut each …

Balmoral chicken is a Scottish showstopper: a chicken breast stuffed with haggis, wrapped in smoky bacon, and finished with a whisky sauce. The Hairy Bikers cooked their own version on the Go West series, and this is my tested take, ready in about an hour. They never printed the full recipe, though they did publish …