List of potato dishes facts for kids

Potatoes cooked in different ways.

The potato is a super important root vegetable! It's a starchy plant that grows underground. Did you know it's the fourth biggest food crop in the world? Only rice, wheat, and corn are grown more! People all over the globe eat a lot of potatoes.

Potatoes were first grown by ancient people in what is now southern Peru and Bolivia, way back between 8000 and 5000 BCE. From there, they traveled around the world and became a main food in many countries.

Here's a list of yummy dishes that use potatoes as a main ingredient:

Name	Region	Description
Ajiaco	Colombia	A potato soup with different versions depending on the area.
Aligot	France	Mashed potatoes mixed with melted cheese, often with garlic.
Aloo gobi	Indian subcontinent	A dish with cauliflower, potato, and turmeric. Sometimes other spices are added.
Aloo gosht	Indian subcontinent	Potatoes cooked with meat, usually lamb or mutton, in a stew-like sauce.
Aloo pie	Trinidad and Tobago	A soft, fried pastry filled with spiced, mashed potatoes and other veggies.
Aloo posto	West Bengal, India	Poppy seed paste and potato pieces cooked with mustard oil and dry black chilies.
Aloo tikki	North India	A spiced, boiled potato patty.
Älplermagronen	Switzerland	A dish with both potatoes and pasta, made creamy with cheese and onions.
Baeckeoffe	Alsace, France	A mix of sliced potatoes, onions, and different meats, slow-cooked in a pot.
Baked potato	International	A potato cooked in an oven, often served whole.
Bangers and mash	England	Mashed potatoes with sausages, usually covered in gravy.
Batata harra	Lebanon	A spicy dish of potatoes, red peppers, chili, and garlic, fried in olive oil.
Batata vada	India	A type of savory fried snack, often made with potatoes.
Batates bechamel	Egypt	A dish of potatoes, creamy bechamel sauce, and meat.
Bauernfrühstück	Germany	A breakfast dish with fried potatoes, eggs, onions, and bacon or ham.
Bengal potatoes	India	Potatoes baked with spices, peppers, and curry, then battered and deep-fried.
Bombay potatoes	India	Cubes of potato fried with spices.
Boulangère potatoes	France	Thinly sliced potatoes and onion cooked in layers in a casserole dish with broth.
Bonda	India	A common South Indian snack made with potatoes or other vegetables.
Boxty	Ireland	A traditional Irish potato pancake.
Brændende kærlighed	Denmark	Mashed potatoes topped with fried bacon and onions.
Bryndzové halušky	Slovakia	Potato dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon.
Bubble and squeak	England	A traditional dish made from leftovers, mainly potato and cabbage.
Cacasse à cul nu	Ardennes department, France	Potatoes, onions, and often meat, cooked in a special pot.
Canarian wrinkly potatoes	Canary Islands, Spain	Small, salt-cooked potatoes, often served with a pepper sauce called Mojo.
Carne asada fries	Southwestern United States	French fries topped with grilled meat, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.
Cepelinai	Lithuania	A national dish of potato dumplings, usually filled with minced meat.
Chapalele	Chile	A dumpling made with boiled potatoes and wheat flour.
Cheese fries	United States	French fries covered in melted cheese.
Chips and dip	International	A snack combo of chips (like potato chips) and various dips.
Chocolate-covered potato chips	United States	Potato chips dipped in melted chocolate.
Chorrillana	Chile	French fries topped with sliced beef, sausages, scrambled eggs, and fried onions.
Chuño	South America	A freeze-dried potato product traditionally made by people in Bolivia and Peru.
Clapshot	Scotland	A traditional Scottish dish of mashed potatoes and turnips, with chives and butter.
Coddle	Ireland	A stew often made with layers of sausages, bacon, sliced potatoes, and onions.
Colcannon	Ireland	A traditional dish mainly of mashed potatoes with kale or cabbage.
Cottage pie	United Kingdom Ireland	A dish with a bottom layer of minced beef and a top layer of mashed potatoes.
Crisp sandwich	England	A sandwich that includes potato chips as a filling.
Crocchè	Sicily, Italy	Mashed potato and egg, covered in breadcrumbs and fried.
Croquette	International	A small, bread-crumbed fried roll, often made with potato, meat, or cheese.
Dabeli	Kachchh, India	A spicy Indian snack with boiled potatoes mixed with spices, served in a bun.
Di san xian	Northeastern China	Stir-fried potato, eggplant, and sweet peppers.
Duchess potatoes	France	Mashed potatoes mixed with egg yolk and butter, shaped and then baked.
Dum aloo	Indian subcontinent	Small potatoes are deep-fried, then slow-cooked in a spicy gravy.
Farali potatoes	India	Deep-fried potatoes prepared with green chili peppers, sometimes eaten during fasting.
Far far	India	A snack made mostly from potato starch.
Fish pie	England	A casserole with white fish in a creamy sauce, topped with mashed potatoes.
Fondant potatoes	France	Potato cylinders partly fried, then finished cooking in butter and broth.
French fries	International	Deep-fried potato sticks.
Fries with the works	Prince Edward Island, Canada	French fries topped with gravy, ground beef, and green peas.
Fritter roll	Scotland	One or two potato fritters served in a bread roll, often with salt and vinegar.
Funeral potatoes	Intermountain West region of the United States	A potato casserole often served at gatherings after funerals.
Gamja ongsimi	Korea	Dumplings made from ground potato and vegetables in a clear soup.
Gamjajeon	Korea	A Korean pancake made by pan-frying finely grated potato.
Game chips	England	Thin, fried slices of potato.
Gefillde	south-west Germany and Alsace, France	Potato dumplings filled with pork, beef, or liver sausage.
German fries	International	Sliced potatoes fried or deep-fried, sometimes with onion, green pepper, and bacon.
Gnocchi	Italy	Thick, soft dumplings often made from potato, flour, and egg.
Gratin	France, Switzerland	A dish, often with potatoes, topped with a browned crust of cheese or breadcrumbs.
Hachis Parmentier	France	Mashed potatoes mixed with diced meat, often served in potato skins.
Halal snack pack	Australia	Deep-fried potato chips topped with kebab meat, cheese, and sauces.
Hash browns	International	Shredded or diced potato pieces that are pan-fried.
Hasselbackspotatis (Hasselback potato)	Sweden	A baked potato cut into thin slices partway through, topped with butter.
Home fries	United States United Kingdom	Pan-fried chunks or slices of potato.
Hot hamburger plate	United States	Bread with a hamburger patty, covered in French fries and brown gravy.
Hutspot	Netherlands	Boiled and mashed potatoes, carrots, and onion.
Janssons frestelse	Sweden	A traditional casserole of potatoes, onions, pickled fish, breadcrumbs, and cream.
Kapsalon	Netherlands	Fries topped with döner or shawarma meat, grilled with cheese, and then salad.
Knish	Eastern Europe	A savory snack of potato, usually covered in dough, then baked or fried.
Knödel	Central Europe	Large round poached or boiled potato or bread dumplings.
Kopytka	Poland	Potato dumplings popular in Central and Eastern Europe.
Kouign patatez	Brittany, France	Breton for 'potato cake', made from crushed boiled potatoes mixed with flour and pan-fried.
Kroppkaka	Sweden	Potato dumplings filled with onions and pork or bacon.
Kugel	Ashkenazi Jews, Europe	A pudding or casserole made from egg noodles or potatoes.
Kugelis	Lithuania	A baked dish of potatoes, bacon, milk, onions, and eggs.
Latka	Eastern Europe	In Jewish cooking, a potato pancake made with grated potato.
Lefse	Norway	A traditional flatbread made 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, cooked in butter with parsley.
Maluns	Grisons region of Switzerland	Boiled potatoes mixed with flour, then slowly fried in butter.
Mashed potato	International	Boiled and mashed potatoes, usually with milk and butter.
Meat and potato pie	Lancashire, England	A pie with a filling of minced meat and potatoes.
Mince and tatties	Scotland	Minced beef with vegetables and broth, served with boiled or mashed potatoes.
Munini-imo	Japan	A savory pancake made with potato flour.
Nikujaga	Japan	A stew of potatoes and onion with a sweet soy sauce.
Nilaga	Philippines	A soup made with meat, potatoes, carrots, and cabbage.
Okroshka	Russia	A cold soup with raw vegetables, boiled potatoes, eggs, and cooked meat.
Olivier salad	Russia	A salad with many versions, usually including potatoes, chicken, eggs, and vegetables.
Papa a la Huancaína	Peru	An appetizer of boiled yellow potatoes in a spicy, creamy sauce.
Papa rellena	Peru	Mashed potatoes stuffed with seasoned ground meat and deep-fried.
Papas chorreadas	Colombia	A red potato and creamy cheese dish served with onion and tomato.
Papet Vaudois	Vaud region of Switzerland	Mainly boiled potatoes and leeks, served with pork sausages.
Patatas bravas	Spain	Fried white potatoes served warm with a spicy tomato sauce or aioli.
Patatnik	Bulgaria	Slow-cooked grated potatoes, onions, salt, and spearmint.
Pâté aux pommes de terre	France	A specialty pie with potato slices and cream filling in a puff pastry crust.
Pattie	England	A battered and deep-fried disc of mashed potato, seasoned with sage and onion.
Suan la tu dou si (酸辣土豆丝)	Northeastern China	Hot and sour shredded potato salad.
Péla	France	Prepared with fried potatoes and Reblochon cheese.
Perkedel / begedil	Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore	Deep-fried ground potato patties, sometimes filled with meat or vegetables.
Pickert	Germany	A flat, fried or baked potato dish, like a flattened dumpling or pancake.
Pitepalt	Sweden	Potato dumplings mostly made of raw potatoes and barley flour.
Pommes Anna	France	Sliced, layered potatoes cooked in a lot of melted butter.
Pommes dauphine	France	Crisp potato puffs made by mixing mashed potatoes with choux pastry and deep-frying.
Pommes sarladaise	France	Sliced potatoes cooked in goose or duck fat with garlic.
Pommes soufflées	France	Potato slices that are fried twice, causing them to puff up.
Potato babka	Eastern Europe	A savory dish from grated potatoes, eggs, onions, and bacon or sausage.
Potato bread	Ireland	A type of bread where potato replaces some of the regular wheat flour.
Potato candy	Appalachian	A sweet treat made from mashed potatoes and powdered sugar, often filled with peanut butter.
Potato cake	International	Can refer to different ways of preparing potatoes.
Potato chip	International	Thinly sliced potatoes that have been deep-fried or baked until crunchy.
Potato doughnut	United States	A doughnut made with mashed potatoes or potato starch instead of flour.
Potato filling	Pennsylvania Dutch	Prepared with mashed potatoes, bread, and other ingredients.
Potato pancake	International	Shallow-fried pancakes made from grated or ground potato, flour, and egg.
Potato salad	International	A dish made from boiled potatoes, with many different versions around the world.
Potato scallops	Australia	In Australia, thin slices of potato, battered and deep-fried.
Potato scone	United Kingdom	A savory scone popular in Scotland, made with boiled potatoes, butter, and salt.
Potato skins	United States	Potato halves with the skin left on, often hollowed out and filled with toppings like bacon and cheese.
Potato Stew	United States, Eastern Europe	A main dish with large-cut potato pieces, boiled or baked with tomato sauce and other vegetables.
Potato waffle	United Kingdom	A savory potato food shaped like a waffle.
Potato wedges	International	Thick, often unpeeled, wedges of potato that are baked or fried and seasoned.
Potatoes O'Brien	Boston, United States	Pan-fried potatoes with green and red bell peppers.
Potatonik	Ashkenazi Jews, Europe	Can be a potato and bread hybrid or a very large potato pancake.
Poutine	Quebec, Canada	A Canadian dish of French fries, topped with gravy and cheese curds.
Poutine râpée	Acadia, Canada	A traditional Acadian potato dumpling with a pork filling.
Raclette	Switzerland	A Swiss dish where melted cheese is scraped over boiled potatoes.
Rakott krumpli	Hungary	A layered and baked potato dish with sour cream, smoked sausage, and hard-cooked eggs.
Ragda pattice	India	Patties made from boiled mashed potatoes, covered with a curry of mashed and fried peas.
Rappie pie	Canada	A casserole made by grating potatoes, squeezing out water, and adding other ingredients.
Raspeball	Norway, Germany	A dumpling made with grated potato, salt, and flour.
Reibekuchen	Germany	Potato fritters common in many parts of Germany.
Rewena bread	New Zealand	A traditional Māori sourdough potato bread.
Rösti	Switzerland	A dish made mostly of grated potatoes, sometimes with other ingredients.
Rumbledethumps	Scotland	A traditional Scottish dish with potato, cabbage, and onion.
Salchipapa	Latin America	A fast food dish of thinly sliced pan-fried sausages and French fries.
Salt potatoes	Syracuse, New York, United States	Potatoes cooked in salty water, which gives them a unique fluffy and creamy texture.
Samosa	Indian subcontinent	A fried pastry snack with a filling of spiced potatoes, sometimes with other vegetables.
Schupfnudel	southern Germany, Austria	A type of potato dumpling or thick noodle, often served with sauerkraut.
Silesian dumplings	Poland	Dumplings made from boiled and mashed potatoes, potato flour, and an egg.
Sjömansbiff	Sweden	A Scandinavian dish of beef, onions, and potatoes cooked in beer.
Skomakarlåda	Sweden	A slice of beef with gravy and mashed potatoes, often topped with bacon and leek.
Slaps	England	Sliced potatoes stacked, baked, and then fried, sometimes with cinnamon.
Spanish omelette	Spain	A thick omelette made with potato and egg, fried in olive oil.
Spice bag	Ireland	French fries, chicken strips, peppers, and spices mixed together.
Stamppot	Netherlands	Potatoes mashed with vegetables and served with sausage or other meats.
Steak frites	France and Belgium	Pan-fried steak served with deep-fried potatoes (French fries).
Stegt flæsk	Denmark	Fried bacon served with potatoes and a parsley sauce.
Stoemp	Belgium	A Belgian version of stamppot, with mashed potatoes and other root vegetables.
Stovies	Scotland	A stew with potatoes, often including onion, leftover roast beef, or other meats.
Sweetened potato casserole	Finland	A Christmas dish of pureed potatoes mixed with wheat flour.
Sweetened potato chips	India	An Indian dish of potato chips mixed with cashews and dried grapes.
Szałot	Silesia	A type of potato salad with carrots, peas, ham, sausages, fish, and eggs.
Tartiflette	Haute-Savoie, France	Potatoes, Reblochon cheese, bacon bits, and onions.
Tashmijab	Svaneti, Georgia	A type of mashed potatoes mixed with sulguni cheese.
Tater Tots	United States	Small, deep-fried potato cylinders, similar to hash browns.
Tombet	Spain	Sliced potatoes, eggplant, and red bell peppers fried in olive oil.
Trinxat	Catalonia, Spain	A dish of potatoes, cabbage, and pork.
Truffade	France	A thick pancake of slowly cooked, thinly sliced potatoes mixed with cheese.
Woolton pie	England	A dish promoted during World War II to provide good nutrition when meat was scarce.
Xogoi Momo	Tibet	Balls of breaded, mashed potato and dough filled with minced meat.
Zippuli	Italy	Fried potato dough.
Potatisbullar	Sweden	Smashed potatoes and eggs covered in breadcrumbs and fried.

List of potato dishes facts for kids

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