Dishes made with leek
17 dishes from around the world that list leek as a main ingredient.
Tofu skin roll
🇨🇳 ChinaTofu skin wrapped around a savoury filling, served steamed or fried as dim sum
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
UkhaFish or seafoodуха
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreClear Russian fish soup with root vegetables and herbs
Soup
Ghormeh sabziMeatقرمه سبزی
🇮🇷 IranPersian stew of herbs, beans, dried lime and lamb, served with saffron rice
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pot-au-feu
🇫🇷 FranceFrench boiled meat and vegetable stew served in two courses
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
VichyssoiseVegetarian
🇫🇷 FranceChilled soup of puréed leek, potato, onion and cream
Soup
Waterzooi
🇧🇪 BelgiumBelgian stew of fish or chicken with vegetables in a creamy broth
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
MurtabakMeatمُطَبَّق
🇾🇪 Yemen and 5 moreA stuffed, folded pancake or flatbread with savoury or sweet fillings
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Soup JoumouMeat
🇭🇹 HaitiHaitian squash and beef soup served hot for New Year's Day
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
Bolani
🇦🇫 AfghanistanAfghan flatbread filled with vegetables or meat and fried until crisp
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Barbajuan
🇲🇨 Monaco and 2 moreFried pastry parcels filled with chard, cheese and rice from Monaco and the Riviera
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
Cawl
🇬🇧 United KingdomWelsh soup or broth with meat and root vegetables
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Tabriz meatballsMeatتبریز کوفتهسی
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreLarge stuffed meatballs from Tabriz, cooked with herbs and split peas
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Rosół
🇵🇱 PolandClear Polish chicken soup often served with thin noodles
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
LoukanikoMeatλουκάνικο
🇬🇷 GreeceGreek sausage made with pork or lamb, orange peel, fennel, and herbs
Sausage or cured food
Cock-a-leekie soupcock-a-leekie
🇬🇧 United KingdomScottish chicken and leek soup, sometimes thickened with rice or barley
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Fish pieFish or seafood
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreBaked dish of fish in creamy sauce topped with mashed potato
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Instant-boiled muttonMeat涮羊肉
🇨🇳 ChinaPaper-thin mutton slices cooked in a bubbling hot pot at the table
Main dish, Dinner, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Barbajuan: Lemone, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ukha: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tabriz meatballs: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Pot-au-feu: Muesse, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ghormeh sabzi: Amin Majidi, CC0, source
- Tofu skin roll: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vichyssoise: BocaDorada, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Waterzooi: ayustety, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Murtabak: Mojackjutaily, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bolani: arnold | inuyaki, CC BY 2.0, source
- Loukaniko: Nikchick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Rosół: Silar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fish pie: Atelier Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cock-a-leekie soup: Laurel F, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Instant-boiled mutton: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source