Chip butty
 A classic chip butty made with chips, white bread, butter, and tomato sauce | |
| Alternative names | Chip sandwich, chip barm, chip roll, chip muffin, chip stottie, piece and chips, hot chip sandwich, chip batch, chip sarnie |
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| Type | Sandwich |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Main ingredients | Bread or a bread roll, butter, chips, and sometimes a condiment of ketchup, brown sauce, malt vinegar, or mayonnaise |
A chip butty is a sandwich made with chips (i.e. French fried potatoes) on buttered white bread or a bread roll, often with an added condiment such as ketchup, brown sauce, mayonnaise, or malt vinegar.[1][2][3][4][5] The chip butty can be found in fish and chip shops and other casual dining establishments in the United Kingdom. It is also known as a chip sandwich, chip batch, chip roll, chip muffin, piece and chips, chip piece, or chip sarnie.
One variation is the chip bap or chip barm, which uses a floury bap or barm cake instead of sliced white bread. In the East Midlands a chip butty made with a bread roll is referred to as a chip cob.
A chip butty can be vegetarian if the chips are not fried in lard or dripping.[6]
Scallop butty
A variation frequently seen in the North is the scallop butty, in which potato scallops (potato slices that have been battered and deep fried) are used in place of chips.[7][8]
In popular culture
A football chant (sung to "Annie's Song" by John Denver) called "The Greasy Chip Butty Song" is popular with the supporters of Sheffield United Football Club.[1][2]
The chip butty made appearances both as a power-up in the video game Earthworm Jim 2 and as a house in the PC game The Neverhood, introducing the dish to foreign gamers.
See also
References
- ^ a b Modha, Sanjana. "11 Reasons Why the Chip Butty Deserves Your Love and Respect". Food Network. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ a b Brooks, Zach. "Serious Sandwiches: The Chip Butty". Serous Eats. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Kapadia, Jess (5 April 2012). "Eating in England: Chip Butty". Food Republic. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Hayward, Tim (28 August 2015). "How to Make the Ultimate Chip Butty". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Chip Butty: The British Empire Strikes Back". Sandwich Tribunal. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Mindbender: Which Food is Sausage-Free?". Discovery Channel Canada. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ^ Groch, Laura (9 February 2012). "Try Some New Sandwich Ideas". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "5 Regional Treats Worth Traveling For". Enterprise Magazine. Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Retrieved 3 March 2017.