List of potato dishes

Lyonnaise potatoes

This is a list of potato dishes that use potato as a main ingredient. The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop. It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat and maize.^[1] The annual diet of an average global citizen in the first decade of the 21st century included about 33 kg (73 lb) of potato.^[1] The potato was first domesticated in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia^[2] between 8000 and 5000 BCE.^[3] It has since spread around the world and become a staple crop in many countries.

Potato dishes

Name	Image	Region	Description
Ajiaco		Colombia	A potato soup with regional variations
Aligot		France	Made from melted cheese blended into mashed potatoes (often with some garlic)
Aloo gobi		India	A dish of cauliflower, potato and turmeric. It is sometimes prepared with additional spices.
Aloo gosht		India Pakistan	Potatoes with meat, usually lamb or mutton, in a stew-like gravy
Aloo pie		Trinidad and Tobago	A soft, calzone-shaped pie filed with boiled, spiced and mashed potatoes and other vegetables like green peas or chana dal, and fried
Aloo tikki		North India	A spiced, boiled potato croquette
Baeckeoffe		Alsace, France	A mix of sliced potatoes, sliced onions, cubed mutton, beef and pork which have been marinated overnight in Alsatian white wine and juniper berries and slow cooked in a sealed ceramic casserole dish.
Baked potato		International	A potato baked in an oven, typically, but not always, served whole
Bangers and mash		England	Mashed potatoes with sausages, topped with gravy
Batata harra		Lebanon	A spicy dish made of potatoes, red peppers, coriander, chili, and garlic which are all fried together in olive oil
Batata vada		India	A type of savory fritter. This snack food can also be made with lentil, dal, or gram flour.
Bauernfrühstück		Germany	A breakfast dish made from fried potatoes, eggs, onions, leeks or chives, and bacon or ham. It is similar to the somewhat simpler English bubble and squeak.
Bengal potatoes		India	Potatoes that are baked with spices, peppers and curry, and then battered and deep fried
Bonda		India	A typical South Indian snack prepared with potatoes or other vegetables. There are various sweet and spicy versions in different regions.
Boxty		Ireland	A traditional Irish potato pancake
Brændende kærlighed		Denmark	A dish of mashed potatoes, butter, and whole milk or cream. An indent in the mashed potatoes is made to form a well into which bacon cubes that have been fried along with some sliced onions are placed.[4]
Bryndzové halušky		Slovakia	Potato dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon
Bubble and squeak		England	A traditional dish made with leftovers, the main ingredients being potato and cabbage.
Canarian wrinkly potatoes		Canary Islands, Spain	A traditional baked potato dish eaten in the Canary Islands that is usually served with a pepper sauce called Mojo, or as an accompaniment to meat dishes.
Carne asada fries		Southwestern United States	Typically consists of french fries, carne asada, guacamole, sour cream and cheese.[5] The dish is high in calories, with a meal-sized portion containing 2000 calories (kcal) or more.[6][7]
Cepelinai		Lithuania	A national dish that's also very popular in the northeastern part of Poland, it's a type of dumpling made from riced potatoes and usually stuffed with minced meat
Chapalele		Chile	A dumpling prepared with boiled potatoes and wheat flour.
Cheese fries		United States	A popular fast food dish consisting of french fries covered in cheese
Chips	For the fried potato sticks, see § French fries. For the crisp, sliced potatoes, see § Potato chip.
Chips and dip			A food combination consisting of various types of chips or crisps and various dips. Pictured is crab dip with potato chips.
Chocolate-covered potato chips		United States	Potato chips that have been dipped into melted chocolate or cocoa, and coated with the chocolate.
Chorrillana		Chile	French fries topped with sliced beef and sausages, scrambled eggs and fried onions
Chuño		South America	A freeze-dried potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru,[8] and is known in various countries of South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
Clapshot		Scotland	A traditional Scottish dish that originated in Orkney, it's created by the combined mashing of swede turnips and potatoes ("neeps and tatties") with the addition of chives, butter or dripping, salt and pepper. Some versions include onions.
Coddle		Ireland	Often made to use up leftovers, and therefore without a specific recipe, coddle most commonly consists of layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and rashers (thinly sliced, somewhat fatty back bacon) with sliced potatoes and onions.
Colcannon		Ireland	A traditional Irish dish mainly consisting of mashed potatoes with kale or cabbage.
Corned beef pie		United Kingdom	Made from corned beef, onion and often thinly sliced, cubed or mashed potato. Corned beef pie is pictured at the left in the image.
Cottage pie		United Kingdom Ireland	This dish consists of a bottom layer of minced beef, with a top layer of mashed potatoes. A variation using lamb mince is known as shepherd's pie.
Crisp sandwich		England	A sandwich that includes crisps (potato chips) as one of the fillings. In addition to the crisps, any other common sandwich ingredient may be added.
Crocchè		Sicily, Italy	Made from mashed potato and egg, which is covered in bread crumbs and fried
Croquette		International	A small bread-crumbed fried food roll that may be prepared with many various ingredients such as potato, ground meats, cheese and vegetables, among others.
Dabeli		Kachchh, India	A snack food of India, originating in the Kutch or Kachchh region of Gujarat. It is a spicy snack made by mixing boiled potatoes with a dabeli masala, and putting the mixture between pav (burger bun) and served with chutneys made from tamarind, date, garlic, red chilies, etc.
Duchess potatoes		France	Consist of a purée of mashed potato and egg yolk, butter, salt, pepper, nutmeg, which is forced from a piping bag or hand-moulded into various shapes which are then baked
Dum Aloo		India	Potatoes, usually smaller ones, are first deep fried, then cooked slowly at low flame in a gravy with spices.[9]
Far far		India	Snack food composed primarily of potato starch and tinted sago. They may also contain tapioca and wheat flour.[10]
Fish pie		England	A traditional casserole with a layer of white fish in béchamel sauce underneath, and a layer of mashed potatoes on top.
French fries		International	Deep-fried potato sticks
Fried potatoes		Ireland	Boiled or steamed potato is allowed to cool, then sliced and then fried on a pan with pepper added as a seasoning. Fundamentally different from chips or home fries as the potatoes must be boiled first.
Fritter roll		Scotland	One or two potato fritters enclosed in a floury bap (bread roll) and is usually served with salt and vinegar, sometimes with tomato ketchup or brown sauce atop the fritters.
Funeral potatoes		Intermountain West region of the United States	A traditional potato hotdish, or casserole[11] of the Intermountain West region. People called this dish funeral potatoes because the casserole is commonly served as a side dish during traditional after-funeral dinners,[12]
Gamja ongsimi		Korea	Dumplings made from ground potato and chopped vegetables in a clear broth
Gamjajeon		Korea	A variety of jeon, or Korean style pancake, made by pan-frying finely grated potato on a frying pan with vegetable oil
Gamjatang		Korea	A spicy Korean soup made with pork spine or ribs, vegetables and other ingredients. It is a matter of contention whether the name of the soup comes from the word for potato (감자; gamja) or not, because the soup is frequently served without potatoes.[13]
German fries		International	A preparation of fries in which potatoes are sliced into uniform sizes and shapes,[14] fried or deep fried and sometimes prepared with additional cooked ingredients such as onion, green pepper and bacon[15][16][17]
Gnocchi		Italy	Thick, soft dumplings that may be made from semolina,[18] ordinary wheat flour,[19] flour and egg,[20] flour, egg, and cheese,[21] potato,[22] breadcrumbs,[23] or similar ingredients.[24][25][26]
Gratin		France	A widespread culinary technique in food preparation in which an ingredient is topped with a browned crust, often using breadcrumbs, grated cheese, egg and/or butter.[27][28][29] Gratin is usually prepared in a shallow dish of some kind. It is baked or cooked under an overhead grill or broiler to form a golden crust on top and is traditionally served in its baking dish.[27]
Hachis Parmentier		France	Made with mashed, baked potato, combined with diced meat and sauce lyonnaise and served in the potato shells.[30]
Halal snack pack		Australia	Deep fried potato chips topped with doner kebab meat and cheese. The dish is topped with a trio of garlic sauce, chilli sauce and BBQ sauce
Hash browns		International	Potato pieces that are pan-fried after being shredded, julienned, diced, or riced.
Home fries		United States United Kingdom	A type of basic potato dish made by pan- or skillet-frying chunked, sliced, wedged or diced potatoes that are sometimes unpeeled and may have been par-cooked by boiling, baking, steaming, or microwaving.
Hot hamburger plate		United States	Bread (usually white) with a hamburger patty placed on top that is then covered in French fries and topped with brown (beef) gravy
Hutspot		Netherlands	Boiled and mashed potatoes, carrots and onion
Janssons frestelse		Sweden	A traditional casserole made of potatoes, onions, pickled sprats, bread crumbs and cream. It is commonly included in a Swedish Christmas smörgåsbord.
Kapsalon		Netherlands	Fries, topped with döner or shawarma meat, grilled with a layer of Gouda cheese until melted and then subsequently covered with a layer of dressed salad greens
Knish		Eastern Europe	A savory snack consisting of potato, usually covered in dough, baked, grilled, or deep fried.
Knödel		Central Europe	Large round poached or boiled potato or bread dumplings, made without yeast
Kouign patatez		Brittany, France	Breton for 'potato cake', it's prepared with crushed boiled potatoes mixed with flour. The resulting dough is then shaped into small pancakes and then pan fried.
Kroppkaka		Sweden	Potato dumplings with a filling of onions and pork or bacon.
Kugel		Ashkenazi Jews, Europe	A pudding or casserole made from egg noodles or potatoes.
Kugelis		Lithuania	Potatoes, bacon, milk, onions, and eggs, baked in a low casserole dish
Kyselo		Czechia	A soup based on sourdough and mushrooms
Latka		Eastern Europe	In Ashkenazi cuisine, a potato pancake made with grated potato
Lefse		Norway	A traditional flatbread prepared with leftover potatoes and flour
Llapingacho		Ecuador	Fried potato patties or thick pancakes stuffed with cheese
Lyonnaise potatoes		Lyon, France	Sliced pan-fried potatoes and thinly sliced onions, sautéed in butter with parsley
Mashed potato		International	A dish of potatoes that have been boiled and mashed, typically prepared with milk and butter.
Massaman curry		Thailand	A Thai curry of meat, most often prepared with halal meats such as beef or chicken due to the its Persian origin, and potatoes.
Meat and potato pie		Yorkshire, England	A meat and potato pie has a similar filling to a Cornish Pasty and differs from a meat pie in that its content is often minced and usually less than 50% meat. They are typically eaten as take-aways.
Munini-imo		Japan	A savory pancake made with potato flour.[31]
Nikujaga		Japan	A stew of potatoes and onion with sweetened soy sauce
Olivier salad		Russia	A salad with many variations. Also known as Russian salad or Stolichny salad. It usually includes potatoes, diced boiled chicken (or sometimes ham or bologna sausage), eggs, brined dill pickles, carrots, green peas and onions, dressed with mayonnaise. Variations of this salad are also popular in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Spain, as well as in some Asian and South American countries.
Panackelty		North East England	A casserole dish consisting of meat (mainly corned beef) and root vegetables (mainly potatoes and onions) left to bake throughout the day in an oven pot on low heat
Papa a la Huancaína		Peru	An appetizer of boiled yellow potatoes (similar to the Yukon Gold potatoes) in a spicy, creamy sauce called Huancaína sauce
Papa rellena		Peru	Mashed potatoes stuffed with seasoned ground meat and spices that is deep fried
Papas chorreadas		Colombia	A red potato and creamy cheese dish served with onion and tomato
Pasty		United Kingdom	A baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, the westernmost county in England. It is made by placing uncooked filling typically of meat and vegetables
Patatas bravas		Spain	Often served as a tapa in bars. It typically consists of white potatoes that have been cut into irregular shapes of about 2 centimeters, fried in oil and served warm with a sauce such as a spicy tomato sauce or an aioli
Patatnik		Bulgaria	Slow cooked grated potatoes, onions, salt and spearmint
Pâté aux pommes de terre		France	A speciality of the Limousin and the Allier (Bourbonnais) regions in Central France,[32] its main ingredients are potato slices and crème fraîche, which are used to fill a puff pastry crust
Pattie		England	A battered and deep fried disc of mashed potato, seasoned with sage and onion. It is sold in the port towns of Hartlepool, Kingston upon Hull and Liverpool.[33]
Péla		France	Prepared with fried potatoes and Reblochon cheese
Pickert		Germany	A flat, fried or baked potato dish that can be considered a kind of flattened dumpling or pancake
Pitepalt		Sweden	Mostly made of raw potatoes and barley flour; the dish has many varieties
Pommes Anna		France	Sliced, layered potatoes cooked in lots of melted butter
Pommes dauphine		France	Sometimes referred to as dauphine potatoes,[34] they are crisp potato puffs made by mixing mashed potatoes with savoury choux pastry, forming the mixture into dumpling shapes, and then deep frying them at 170° to 180 °C.[34]
Pommes soufflées		France	Twice-fried slices of potato. First fried at 150 °C (300 °F), cooled, then fried again at 190 °C (375 °F), causing the slices to puff up.
Potato babka		Eastern Europe	A savoury dish, popular especially in Poland, where it is known as babka kartoflana, and Belarus. It is made from grated potatoes, eggs, onions, and pieces of smoked, boiled or fried bacon and (especially in Poland) sausage.
Potato bread		Ireland	A form of bread in which potato replaces a portion of the regular wheat flour.
Potato cake		International	May refer to different preparations of potatoes
Potato chip		United States	Thinly sliced potatoes that have been deep fried or baked until crunchy
Potato doughnut		United States	Sometimes called a Spudnut, it's a doughnut, typically sweet, made with either mashed potatoes or potato starch instead of flour
Potato filling		Pennsylvania Dutch	Prepared with mashed potatoes, bread and additional ingredients[35]
Potato pancake		Eastern Europe	Shallow-fried pancakes of grated or ground potato, flour and egg, often flavored with grated onion or garlic and seasoning
Potato salad		International	A dish made from boiled potatoes that comes in many versions in different regions of the world. Though called a salad, it is generally a side dish, as it usually accompanies the main course.
Potato scone		United Kingdom	A regional variant of the savoury griddle scone which is especially popular in Scotland. Many variations of the recipe exist, and they generally include liberal quantities of boiled potatoes, butter and salt.
Potato skins		United States	A snack food or appetizer made with slices of half-spherical pieces of potatoes with the skin left on. They may be partially hollowed out to allow space for various toppings. The potato side is covered with toppings such as bacon, cheddar cheese, green onions, and anything else that might be found on a baked potato.
Potato waffle		United Kingdom	A potato-based savoury food in a waffle-like lattice shape. They are common in the UK and Ireland and are also available in some other countries.
Potato wedges		United States	A variation of french fries. As their name suggests, they are wedges of potatoes, often large and unpeeled, that are either baked or fried.
Potatoes O'Brien		Boston, United States	Pan-fried potatoes along with green and red bell peppers
Potatonik		Ashkenazi Jews, Europe	May refer to two distinct potato-based dishes derived from Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine. One version is a hybrid between potato kugel and bread, containing shredded potatoes, onion, flour and leavened with yeast.[36] Another dish, apparently unrelated but called by the same name, is essentially a very large latke meant to be cut into wedges at the table.[37]
Poutine		Quebec, Canada	A common Canadian dish, originating in Quebec, made with french fries, topped with a light brown gravy-like sauce and cheese curds.[38]
Poutine râpée		Acadia, Canada	A traditional Acadian dish that in its most common form consists of a boiled potato dumpling with a pork filling; it is usually prepared with a mixture of grated and mashed potato.
Raclette		Switzerland	Raclette is both a type of cheese and a Swiss dish based on heating the cheese and scraping off (racler) the melted part.
Ragda pattice		India	Patties made from boiled mashed potatoes and covered with the stew-like curry which consists of mashed and fried peas with onions, spices and tomatoes
Rappie pie		Canada	A casserole-like dish traditionally formed by grating potatoes, then squeezing them through cheesecloth, upon which additional ingredients are added
Raspeball		Norway, Germany	A dumpling prepared with grated potato, salt and flour, with barley being used often
Reibekuchen		Germany	Potato fritters that are common in many areas of Germany
Rewena bread		New Zealand	A traditional Māori (Polynesian) sourdough potato bread
Rösti		Switzerland	Consists primarily of grated potatoes, and a number of additional ingredients are sometimes added
Rumbledethumps		Scotland	A traditional dish from the Scottish Borders. The main ingredients are potato, cabbage and onion
Salchipapas		Latin America	A fast food dish commonly consumed as street food throughout Latin America, it typically consist of thinly sliced pan-fried beef sausages and French fries, mixed together with a savory coleslaw on the side.
Salt potatoes		Syracuse, New York, United States	As the potatoes cook, the salty water forms a crust on the skin and seals the potatoes so they never taste waterlogged, as ordinary boiled potatoes often do. The potatoes have a unique texture closer to fluffy baked potatoes, only creamier.[39]
Samosa		India	A fast food of India with mashed potatoes and wheat as main ingredient.
Scotch pie		Scotland	A small, double-crust meat pie filled with minced mutton or other meat[40] that may include mashed potatoes in its preparation.
Silesian dumplings		Poland	In Polish: kluski śląskie. Made of boiled and then mashed potatoes (moderately cooled, but still warm), potato flour, an egg (optional) and a little bit of salt.
Skomakarlåda		Sweden	Composed of a slice of beef served with gravy and mashed potatoes and typically garnished with diced bacon and chopped pieces of leek
Spanish omelette		Spain	Potato and egg fried in olive oil (also called a tortilla)
Spice bag		Ireland	French fries/chips chicken strips, peppers and spices
Stamppot		Netherlands	Potatoes mashed with vegetables and sausage or other stewed meets
Stargazy pie		United Kingdom	Baked pilchards, eggs and potatoes wrapped in a pastry crust
Steak frites		France and Belgium	Pan-fried steak paired with deep-fried potatoes (French fries)
Stegt flæsk		Denmark	Fried bacon served with potatoes and a parsley sauce (med persillesovs).
Stoemp		Belgium	A Brussels variant of the stamppot dish in the cuisine of Belgium and the Netherlands. It consists of pureed or mashed potatoes, other root vegetables and can also include cream, bacon, onion or shallot, herbs, and spices.
Stovies		Scotland	A stew containing potatoes with variations containing onion, leftover roast beef, corned beef, mince or sorts of meat.
Sweetened potato casserole		Finland	A Christmas dish of puréed potatoes mixed with wheat flour.
Sweetened potato chips		India	a Indian dish: Potato chips mixed with cashew and dried grapes.
Szałot		Silesia	A type of potato salad made with carrots, peas, ham, various sausages, pickled fish, boiled eggs, with olive oil or mayonnaise.
Tartiflette		Haute-Savoie, France	Potatoes, Reblochon cheese, lardons and onions. Tartiflette is pictured on the left in the image.
Tater Tots		United States	Hash browns formed into small cylinders and deep fried
Tombet		Spain	Sliced potatoes, eggplant, and red bell peppers previously fried in olive oil, served in a low-sided dish.
Trinxat		Catalonia, Spain	A dish of potatoes, cabbage, and pork. In the image Trinxat is on the right.
Truffade		France	A kind of thick pancake of slowly cooked, thinly sliced potatoes that are then mixed with strips of tome fraiche.
Vada		South India, Sri Lanka	A type of deep fried fritter served as a snack.
Woolton pie		England	One of several dishes commended British Ministry of Food World War II to provide a nutritional diet despite food shortages and rationing, of especially meat.
Xogoi Momo		Tibet	Balls of breaded, mashed potato and dough shaped with minced meat filling.

See also

• List of potato cultivars
• List of vegetable dishes

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