7 traditional British dishes you need to try (2024)
Are you looking to try some local cuisine whilst you are studying English in the UK? After all, you need brain food to fuel your learning and you want to experience everything the British culture has to offer, so check out these 7 most loved British meals and what ingredients are in each dish.
Warning: These delicious 7 traditional British dishes will make you very hungry.
1. Fish and Chips
This dish is a must try whilst you are in the UK, no matter where you are, you’ll be able to find a delicious plate of fish and chips. The very best place to eat fish and chips is in the open air, by the sea (just watch out for the seagulls), so if you are studying English at our Eastbourne school make sure you buy some and take them to the beach.
Also known as sausages and mash, this traditional dish consists of sausages and mashed potato, and is often accompanied with peas and gravy. This dish can usually be found on a menu in most pubs across the country, or can be made very easily at home.
3. Full English Breakfast
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, which is why if you are doing something physically or mentally demanding, such as the IELTs exam, you need to have a full English breakfast! This breakfast usually includes: bacon, sausages, eggs, baked beans, toast, mushrooms, tomatoes, hash browns and black puddings.
The Brits love their Sunday Roast dinners. This dish is made up of: roasted meat (beef, chicken, lamb or pork), roast potato, Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, vegetables (usually a selection of: roast parsnips, Brussels sprouts, peas, carrots, beans, broccoli and cauliflower, not necessarily all) and gravy.
5. Toad in the Hole
This hearty dish is another easy recipe you can make at home; it includes sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter and is often served with gravy and vegetables. Yes, you’ve probably guessed British people love Yorkshire puddings.
6. Shepherd’s Pie/Cottage Pie
These are two dishes are very similar; the only difference is the choice of meat used in the dish; in shepherd’s pie you use lamb whilst in cottage pie you use beef. And to confuse you even more, neither of these dishes are pies in the usual sense with pastry. Shepherd’s pie and cottage pie consists of: mince (lamb or beef), vegetables (such as; carrots, tomatoes, and onions), and potatoes which are on top of the meaty pie like filling.
7. Steak and Kidney Pie
This much loved British pie is definitely a dish you must try whilst you are in the UK. The ingredients include: beef, kidney, fried onion and gravy all wrapped up in pastry, so what’s not to love?
This is, without a doubt, the staple of classic British food. It could even be argued it is our national dish. When you think of popular traditional British food, fish and chips may be the first thing that comes to mind and for good reason!
This is, without a doubt, the staple of classic British food. It could even be argued it is our national dish. When you think of popular traditional British food, fish and chips may be the first thing that comes to mind and for good reason!
7 course meal: A 7 course dinner menu includes an hors d'oeuvre, soup, appetizer, salad, main course, dessert, and mignardise. 6 course meal: A 6 course dinner menu includes an hors d'oeuvre, soup, appetizer, salad, main course, and dessert.
As well as there is no single official National Day in the UK, there is not one single national dish of Britain, mainly because the UK is made up of four separate countries, each of which have their own national dishes: Chicken Tikka Masala in England; Haggis in Scotland; Welsh Cawl in Wales; and Irish Stew in Ireland.
Traditional British dishes include full breakfast, roast dinner, fish and chips, toad in the hole and shepherd's pie. Traditional desserts include trifle, scones, apple pie, sticky toffee pudding and Victoria sponge cake. Cheddar cheese originated in the village of Cheddar in Somerset.
Most popular British dishes in Great Britain Q1 2024
In 2024, fish and chips along with roast chicken were the two most popular British dishes in Great Britain (GB). About 86 percent of survey respondents had a positive opinion of each of the two dishes. Chips closely followed with about 85 percent.
British lunch ideas the nation is famous for include beer-battered fish and chips, and a succulent roast beef with all the trimmings. A bacon and Stilton quiche or steak and cheese pasties are tasty treats, and for Britain on a plate, look no further than individual cottage pies!
Breakfast - between 7:00 and 9:00,Lunch - between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m.Dinner (sometimes called Supper) - The main meal. Eaten anytime between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. (Evening meal.
Meat pie and gravy – usually served with mashed potato and peas – is a marvellous staple of British pub fare. Originally conceived as a solution for storing food long term, often at sea, pies became a favourite for workers who had them as a packed lunch.
We've gathered together all the fixings for a traditional British holiday feast, featuring classic dishes like holiday roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, braised red cabbage, and pureed parsnips, plus classic English Trifle and Christmas plum pudding. And for fun, don't forget the Christmas crackers for the guests!
Considered to be the national dish of the UK – and still the most popular takeaway in all four of its nations – fish and chips is something of a British institution! So it would be unthinkable to start the list of the best British food with anything other than our world-famous fish & chips…
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