Hairy Bikers
AKA Si KIng and Dave Myers.
With their irresistible enthusiasm, Si King and Dave Myers, have become national treasures. Big hearted, down-to-earth cooks with a love of good food, they have been cooking together for more than twenty years.
Born and bred in Barrow-in-Furness, Dave Myers’ versatile skills have taken him to some unusual places. He worked as a furnaceman in a steelworks as a student, to finance his studies in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, where he then joined the BBC as a make-up artist specialising in prosthetics. Hailing from North East England, Si is a big, blonde-bearded biker with a charm that’s vital when it comes to getting into people’s hearts and homes. He worked for many years as a First Assistant Director and Locations Manager for film and television, including the Harry Potter films.
Their television back catalogue includes over 20 series’ including Mums Know Best, Bakeation, Meals on Wheels and most recently, Asian Adventures. In 2012, the boys shed more than six stone between them on Hairy Dieters: How to love food and lose weight. The tie-in paperback book knocked 50 Shades of Grey off the top of the bestsellers charts and sold 1.5 million copies. They have since published a second Hairy Dieters book, created a range of low-fat sauces (available in Asda and Ocado), and launched an online-subscription based weight-loss club, The Hairy Bikers’ Diet Club.
Dave and Si are both Members of the Food Writers’ Guild. Dave lives with his wife and step-children in Barrow-in-Furness, whilst Si lives in Newcastle and has three children
Packed with 80 delicious low-calorie Hairy Bikers recipes, tips, and techniques to learn, this collection of diet recipes is the Hairy Bikers at their best. Si King and Dave Myers are the nation’s favourite food heroes
These Hairy Bikers recipes prove that you can eat your favourite foods and still lose weight. Jam-packed full of delicious, low-cal versions of traditional classics and family favourites, they have taken the deprivation out of dieting and helped millions shift the pounds
Who doesn’t love a curry?
In this book, Si and Dave have put together loads of brand-new Hairy Bikers recipes for the most delicious, authentic curries you’ve ever tasted in your own kitchen
Hairy Bikers Recipes
- Aberdeen butteries (Rowies)
- Ajitsuke tamago (Japanese pickled eggs)
- Almond rice pudding and cherry compôte
- American style pancakes with sausage
- American-style pancakes with blueberries
- Anchovy and sage crisps
- Anglesey eggs with bacon chops
- Apple and rhubarb muffins
- Apple crumble
- Apple pie
- Apricot tarte tatin
- Aromatic beef curry
- Asian slaw
- Asparagus soup (Spargel)
- Aubergine and walnut caviar
- Autumn pudding
- Bacon and egg canapés
- Bacon or crackling scones (pogácsa)
- Baked almond cheesecake
- Baked sea bream with garlic prawns
- Baked Welsh cake cheesecake
- Bakewell tart
- Balinese Rice Pudding
- Banana and treacle pudding
- Banana cake
- Banana pancakes with streaky bacon
- Banana splits
- Banana tarte tatin
- Bara brith
- Barbecue belly pork
- Barnsley chops with Cumberland sauce
- Basic white rolls
- Basque chicken pie
- Battenberg cake
- Beachside paella
- Beef and apple tagine
- Beef and honey stew
- Beef and oyster pie
- Beef and Stilton pie with celeriac mash and honey-roasted beetroot
- Beef chilli with bitter chocolate
- Beef empanadas
- Beef goulash soup (Gulyas leves)
- Beef pasties
- Beef rendang
- Beef stroganoff
- Beef suet puddings with cauliflower cheese and kidneys cooked in sherry
- Beef sukiyaki
- Beef, stout and chestnut casserole with leek colcannon
- Beer and cheese bread
- Beer-battered fish
- Beer-battered scampi with tartare sauce
- Belgian chocolate truffle cheesecake
- Bengali fish curry
- Best-ever banoffee pie
- Bigos stew
- Biker’s cherry pecan brownies
- Black Forest gâteau
- Black Forest gâteau trifle
- Blackberry fool with hazelnut biscuits
- Bobotie
- Boeuf bourguignon
- Boiled fruit cake
- Boozy Trinity cream with langues de chat biscuits
- Boxty with crisp streaky bacon and maple syrup
- Braised feather blade beef
- Braised steak with gravy
- Brandy snaps with ginger cream and chocolate
- Bread pudding (Zemlovka)
- Breakfast pizza
- Brioche sausage roll (Saucisson brioche)
- Brioche toast with caramelised pears and ginger syrup
- Bubble and squeak and candied shallots
- Buffalo wings
- Bunny burgers with chunky chips
- Butternut squash ravioli with fried sage leaves and sun-dried tomatoes
- Caldeirada (Portuguese monster fish stew)
- Caldo verde (Portuguese cabbage soup)
- Cardamom and lemon stamped cookies
- Caribbean chicken and pumpkin curry
- Carrot and sultana cake with creamy orange frosting
- Cauliflower cheese
- Cawl
- Celeriac and apple soup with bacon and parsley
- Chai bread and butter pudding
- Chashu (Japanese braised pork)
- Chashu pork ramen
- Cheese and chorizo rolls
- Cheese and onion pie
- Cheese and tomato chutney turnovers
- Cheshire soup with fried cheese sarnies
- Chestnut and mushroom pie
- Chestnut, roasted butternut squash and Bramley apple soup
- Chicken and cheese quesadillas with guacamole, sour cream and mango salsa
- Chicken and chorizo paella
- Chicken and leek suet pudding
- Chicken and mushroom pie
- Chicken and wild mushroom pie
- Chicken bastilla
- Chicken breast stuffed with Cumberland sausagemeat, sun-dried tomato and basil
- Chicken casserole with potato cobbler
- Chicken chasseur for a crowd
- Chicken cordon bleu
- Chicken curry (shorshe murgi)
- Chicken kiev with a cucumber and spring onion salad
- Chicken korma
- Chicken leg tagine with prunes, apricots and roasted almonds
- Chicken liver and almond pilaf
- Chicken meatballs in Asian-style noodle broth
- Chicken meatloaf
- Chicken paprika
- Chicken parmo
- Chicken pasties
- Chicken puttanesca with linguine
- Chicken shawarma
- Chicken tagine with preserved lemon and green olives
- Chicken with forty cloves of garlic
- Chicken with rice, peas and dumplings
- Chilli salad bowls
- Chilli-spiced salmon
- Chocolate and cherry buns
- Chocolate and hazelnut cake (Torta gianduia)
- Chocolate and hazelnut filo rolls
- Chocolate and orange soufflé with orange liqueur sauce
- Chocolate cake
- Chocolate cake (Schokogugelhupf)
- Chocolate fondant puddings with lime syrup and coconut custard
- Chocolate sponge pudding
- Cholent
- Christmas pudding vodka
- Cinnamon and apple pork belly with mulled cider cabbage and roast almonds
- Cinnamon, ginger and red chilli wings
- Citrus meringue pie
- Citrus-crusted chicken breasts with potato latkes
- Classic meatballs with pasta sauce
- Coarse country terrine
- Cockles, laverbread and Welsh bacon
- Coconut and sticky rice pudding with lime and papaya salad
- Coconut-curried vegetables
- Codfish (klippfisk) soup
- Confit salmon with pommes noisettes
- Coq au Pouilly-Fumé
- Coq au vin rouge with rice and savoy cabbage
- Corned beef and oatmeal pudding
- Corned beef and onion pie
- Coronation chicken
- Cottage pie to feed a crowd
- Cottage pie with cheesy mash
- Crab and leek tart
- Crab and scallop Mornay
- Crab spaghetti in a tomato and caper sauce
- Cranachan
- Crayfish chowder
- Creamy chicken, ham and leek pie
- Creamy cockle chowder
- Creamy haddock gratins
- Creamy parsnip and apple soup
- Crispy noodles with prawn and crab (Mee krob)
- Crocodile or chicken skewers with cashew nut satay
- Crumpets
- Crunchy palak paneer
- Cullen skink
- Cumberland sausage, chicken and squash traybake
- Cumin-crusted vegetables
- Curly pie
- Deep-filled homity pie
- Deep-filled lemon meringue pie
- Deep-fried ice cream with rum and raisin sauce
- Devilled herrings with green sauce
- Devilled kidneys
- Diggers
- Dolcelatte, pear and walnut tarts
- Double baked cheese soufflés
- Duck à l’orange
- Duck a l’orange
- Duck tikka
- Dundee cake
- Eastern-spiced shepherd’s pie with Bombay potato topping
- Easy Boston baked beans with potato cakes
- Easy creamy vanilla custard
- Egg and bacon pie
- Egg fried rice with five-spice pork belly
- Egg-free sponge cake
- Egg, bacon and asparagus flan
- Eggs Benedict
- Estonian lamb shanks
- Eve’s pudding
- Extra special beef biryani
- Fabulous fish pie
- Festive duck breast with pancetta, Savoy cabbage and mash
- Fiery octopus (Ojingeo bokkeum)
- Fillet of beef Prince Albert
- Fillet steaks stuffed with goats cheese
- Finnish pancakes
- Finnish pea soup
- Fish cakes with dill tartar sauce
- Fish cakes with parsley sauce
- Fish in parsley sauce
- Fish soup with rouille-topped crostini
- Fishcakes with cheddar sauce
- Flan de Saint Jean de Minervois
- Flat rib broth
- Fondant potatoes
- Foolproof mayonnaise
- Fortune cookies
- Fragrant chicken noodle soup
- French dip sandwich
- Fresh oysters, oysters Mornay and Essex cockle chowder
- Fresh sardines on toast with sweet pickled red onion
- Freshly-salted cucumbers
- Fried bacon with poached egg and tomatoes
- Fried fish in oatmeal with tartare sauce
- Fruit and yoghurt with homemade granola
- Fruity bread and butter pudding
- Fudgy walnut cake
- Gala picnic pie
- Galician pie (Empanada Gallega)
- Game pie
- Gammon and pease pudding
- Gazpacho Hispaniola
- Giant pavlova
- Ginger sponge cake
- Glamorgan sausages with red onion and chilli relish
- Gnudi with arrabiata sauce
- Goats’ cheese and chive soufflé
- Goose risotto
- Great sausage casserole
- Greek-style chicken and aubergine bake with insalata caprese
- Green tea panna cotta with cardamom tuile biscuits
- Greens with bacon and hazelnuts
- Gyoza (Japanese dumplings)
- Ha long crab and white fish vermicelli soup with rao ram herb
- Haggis, clapshot and whisky sauce
- Hairy Bikers chicken pie
- Hairy Bikers’ spaghetti bolognese
- Halloumi and mushroom kebabs with salsa verde and couscous
- Hazelnut and chocolate ‘vacherin’
- Herb-crusted fish
- Hoi An crispy beef
- Homemade beans on toast
- Homemade fish fingers
- Honey and marmalade-glazed gammon joint
- Honey-glazed guinea fowl with pomegranate and pineapple
- Hot and spicy Thai squid salad (Yam pra-muek)
- Hot chocolate
- Hot mustard pickle
- Hungarian pork stew
- Israeli chicken schnitzel with red cabbage and apple coleslaw
- Italian-style stuffed marrow
- Jam roly-poly
- Jam sponge pudding
- Japanese tofu, aubergine and lotus root stew
- Jerk pork chops with rice and peas
- Jollof rice with fried plantains
- Julie’s bread and butter pudding
- Jumbo cheese and ham straws
- Kefta mkawra tagine (Meatballs with eggs on top)
- Kentish cobnut cake and apple compôte
- Kerala parathas and South Indian tiger prawns in coconut
- Keralian hotpot
- Key lime pie
- King prawn and scallop stir fry
- Korean fried chicken
- Lamb and barley hot pot
- Lamb and mint sausages
- Lamb kofta curry
- Lamb pie
- Lamb vindaloo
- Lancashire hot pot
- Langosi (sweet pancakes with hazelnut cream)
- Langoustines flamed in whisky sauce with dill and lemon potato cakes and salad with citrus dressing
- Lasagne
- Last minute Christmas chutney
- Last-minute Christmas pudding
- Latvian salad
- Layered beef and mushroom suet pudding
- Lazybones buns (Luilakbollen)
- Leftover turkey vindaloo
- Lemon and almond cake
- Lemon and blueberry muffins
- Lemon and lime chicken with coriander-fried rice
- Lemon and thyme pork schnitzel with potato salad
- Lemon-and-herb stuffed shoulder of lamb
- Lemony pond pudding
- Lincolnshire plum bread
- Linzertorte
- Liver and bacon with onions and gravy
- Loin of venison in a sloe gin and blackberry glaze
- Lotus leaf wraps (Lo mai gai)
- Love in a transit (coq au vin)
- Low-fat beef and potato pies
- Luscious lemon Swiss roll cake
- Mackerel kebabs
- Malvern pudding
- Maple syrup, walnut and buttermilk wholemeal scones
- Marsala lamb chops with smothered onions and fried kidneys
- Maryland fried chicken with waffles and maple syrup
- Masala-marinated chicken with minted yoghurt sauce
- Mayan stew
- Meat and cabbage buns (Bierocks)
- Meat and potato pie
- Meat patties
- Meatball and pearl barley stew
- Meatballs in gravy
- Melton Mowbray pork pie
- Milk and white chocolate tart
- Mince and dumplings
- Mince with herb dumplings
- Minced beef pinwheels
- Mincemeat flan with orange Chantilly
- Miso-baked black cod
- Mom’s meatloaf
- Mozzarella stuffed chicken meatballs with roasted tomato sauce
- Mulligatawny soup
- Mum’s everyday fish pie with cheese mash
- Mushroom and sauerkraut pierogi
- Mushroom and spinach tagliatelle
- Mushroom soup
- Mutton saag
- Nargis kebabs
- Nasi goreng (Indonesian-style fried rice)
- Norfolk dumplings with mince and boiled potatoes
- Old fashioned rabbit stew
- Old-fashioned sweet mince pies
- One pot partridge with bacon and chestnuts
- Orange cake
- Oriental-style marinated rump of lamb
- Our paella
- Our special cassoulet
- Oxtail curry with pink grapefruit chutney
- Oxtail soup with mini parsley dumplings
- Oxtail stew
- Oyster po’boys
- Pampushki (Baltic buns)
- Pan-fried pheasant breast with gamekeeper’s pie
- Pan-fried pork medallions with leeks and flageolet beans
- Pancetta king prawns, pecorino and pear foam and a beetroot and apple salad
- Pappardelle pasta
- Parkin
- Party vol-au-vents
- Patagonian lamb adobo
- Pavlova
- Peach paradise pudding
- Pear frangipane
- Pearl couscous
- Pears poached in cardamom, cinnamon and chilli syrup with salted caramel sauce
- Pecan toffee cheesecake
- Penang fish curry
- Pepperoni pizza
- Perfect apple pie
- Perfect cauliflower cheese with bacon and mushrooms
- Perfect steak and chips
- Pheasant, wild mushroom and bacon ‘pie’
- Pickled eggs
- Pickled pears
- Pickled scotch eggs
- Pilau rice
- Pineapple with star anise
- Piri-piri chicken
- Pissaladière with olives and anchovies
- Pistachio and rose ice cream
- Ploughdue (Ploughman’s fondue)
- Ploughman’s canapé
- Plum and almond pie
- Plum and marzipan tart with orange mascarpone
- Polenta pork
- Polish flatbread
- Pork and apple pie
- Pork and chicken terrine
- Pork belly with apples and sage
- Pork chow mein
- Pork fillet stuffed with black pudding and an apple, mushroom and cider sauce
- Pork loin chops with apples, cider and creamy butter bean mash
- Pork meatloaf with soured cream (Faschierter Rahmbraten)
- Pork schnitzel with parsley sauce
- Pork tenderloin stuffed with apricots, apples and ginger
- Pork Wellington with black pudding and creamy apple sauce
- Pork with dried fruit
- Pork-stuffed cabbage leaves
- Pork, leek and apricot raised pie with cider and sage jelly
- Pot roast beef brisket
- Pot-roast hogget with barley
- Potato and butter pie with mushroom gravy and wilted spinach
- Potato bread (Kartoffelbrot)
- Potato croquettes
- Potato salad
- Potato-crusted pork with braised red cabbage
- Potted shrimp risotto
- Prawn and crab dim sum
- Prawn cocktail
- Pretzels
- Pretzels with corned beef hash and poached eggs
- Profiteroles with two chocolate sauces
- Prosciutto, mozzarella and basil stromboli
- Pumpkin, chilli and coconut soup
- Pytt i panna
- Quick syrup and lemon sponge pudding
- Rabbit and prune casserole
- Raclette
- Raspberry and white chocolate waffle pudding
- Raspberry Bakewell pudding
- Raw salsa
- Real guacamole
- Really good kedgeree
- Really good rye bread
- Red lentil and bacon soup
- Refried beans
- Reuben sandwich
- Rhubarb and custard tart
- Ribbon beef tartare (Yukhoe)
- Riesling pork pies (Rieslingspaschteit)
- Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and creamed horseradish
- Roast chicken and sage and onion stuffing and gooseberry sauce
- Roast chicken with morel sauce
- Roast chicken with sage and onion stuffing
- Roast goose with apples and cider gravy
- Roast Herefordshire beef rolls with homemade creamed horseradish
- Roast loin of pork with sage-and-onion Yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings
- Roast stuffed partridges with festive stuffing
- Roasted cod with Parma ham and peppers and wilted spinach
- Roasted figs wrapped in Parma ham with blue cheese and rocket
- Roasted spiced guinea fowl served with coconut and cucumber salad
- Roasted vegetable and goats’ cheese tart
- Rock salt and star anise baked crayfish tails with lemon butter
- Rose veal tonnato
- Roti
- Rum and honey babas
- Rustic Spanish bread (Pan Rustico)
- Rye crispbread
- Saag aloo with roasted gobi curry
- Sage and onion tear and share bread
- Sage and parmesan palmiers
- Salmon and sea bass ceviche
- Salmon gravlax with gin
- Salmon pie with spinach and hollandaise
- Salt fish fritters
- Saltfish and ackee with fried dumplings
- Sausage and ale casserole with mash
- Sausage and bacon rustic hotpot
- Sausage casserole
- Savoury pies with Jarlsberg cheese and ham (Norwegian pierogi)
- Scallops with bacon, black pudding and colcannon
- Scandinavian rye bread
- Scotch broth
- Scotch eggs
- Sea bass with lemon mash and a saffron mussel sauce
- Seafood pasta with garlic bread
- Seafood pearl barley paella
- Seasonal crumble
- Sesame tuna with noodle stir fry
- Shakshuka
- Shashlik kebabs with sour cream dip and plum sauce
- Shepherd’s pie
- Shropshire fidget pie
- Simnel cake
- Simple chicken and potato curry
- Simple layered salad
- Singapore noodles
- Skinny beef lasagne
- Skinny lemon cupcakes with drizzly icing
- Slow-roasted lamb, racks and spiced meatballs with rich wine gravy
- Smoked haddock and potted brown shrimp soufflé
- Smoked haddock soup
- Smoked salmon and dill tian with warm potato galette and fennel and apple salad
- Snow queen
- Soda bread rolls
- Sole Veronique
- Somerset chicken
- Sour cherry and stem ginger florentines
- South Indian chicken curry
- South Indian dry masala fish curry with tomato and coconut chutney
- South Indian prawn curry with lemon rice
- Spaghetti with clams and chilli
- Spanish garlic prawns
- Spanish tomato bread
- Spatchcocked duck with posh peas and celeriac chips
- Speculaas biscuits (traditional continental Christmas biscuits)
- Spiced beef empanadas
- Spiced cauliflower
- Spiced chicken and pandan leaves (Gai how bi towey)
- Spiced fillet of lamb in filo pastry
- Spiced gingerbread pudding
- Spiced macadamia nuts
- Spiced mackerel with horseradish potatoes
- Spiced pavlova with plums and cherries
- Spiced pulled pork with sage and onion stuffing and barbecue sauce
- Spiced rice pudding with prune and Marsala compôte
- Spiced roasted cauliflower cheese
- Spiced teacakes
- Spicy chicken with vegetable ragù
- Spicy chilli con carne with guacamole
- Spicy Middle Eastern kofte
- Spinach and cheese samosas
- Spotted dick
- Squid with chilli and garlic dipping sauce
- Sri Lankan crab curry with Keralan parathas
- Staffordshire oatcakes
- Steak and kidney pudding
- Steak Diane with sauté potatoes
- Steak pasty
- Steak with béarnaise sauce and triple cooked-chips
- Steak with chimichurri salsa and onion rings
- Steamed apple sponge pudding with blackberry sauce
- Steamed syrup sponge pudding
- Sticky chilli ginger sponge
- Sticky toffee pudding
- Strawberry fool
- Strawberry jam millefeuille
- Stuffed marrow
- Suffolk pork chops with cider and caramelised apples
- Sultan’s delight with creamed aubergine
- Summer berry cheesecake
- Summer berry trifle
- Summer vegetable soup
- Super-posh chewy cookies
- Sushi
- Swedish meatballs with cream sauce
- Sweet chestnut and chocolate charlotte
- Sweet pierogi
- Sweet ravioli with chocolate ganache and passion fruit sauce
- Sweetcorn fritters
- Swiss roll
- Tandoori chicken samosas
- Tandoori mixed grill
- Tartiflette
- Tempura scallops and asparagus with ponzu dressing
- Tex-Mex brick chicken
- Thai-style crab cakes with quick chilli jam
- The Biker burger
- Traditional chicken pie
- Vegetable chilli with peanut butter cabbage and sadza
- Vegetarian Puy lentil lasagne
- Venison loin stuffed with peaches, apples and ginger
- Very posh chicken breast fricassée with lemony artichokes and mushrooms
- Very summery summer pudding