Hairy Bikers Recipes

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 …

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 …