Dishes made with salt
354 dishes from around the world that list salt as a main ingredient.
CaviarFish or seafood
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 moreSalt-cured fish roe, most prized from sturgeon of the Caspian and Black Sea
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Snacks
SurströmmingFish or seafood
🇸🇪 SwedenFermented Baltic herring with a famously strong smell, eaten cold in Sweden
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Dinner
GravlaxFish or seafood
🇸🇪 Sweden and 3 moreSalmon cured with salt, sugar and dill, sliced thin and served with mustard-dill sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
LutefiskFish or seafood
🇳🇴 Norway and 4 moreNordic dish of dried whitefish rehydrated and treated with lye
Main dish, Dinner
TaramasalataFish or seafoodταραμοσαλάτα
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreFish roe blended with oil, lemon and bread or potato, served as a meze spread
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Snacks
Dried and salted codFish or seafood
🇳🇴 Norway and 5 moreCod preserved with salt and dried for long storage and global cooking
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
StroganinaFish or seafoodстроганина
🇷🇺 RussiaFrozen raw fish sliced thin and served cold in Arctic Russia
Main dish
FesikhFish or seafoodفسيخ
🇪🇬 EgyptSalted, fermented and dried fish eaten for Egypt’s spring festival
Main dish
Pickled herringFish or seafood
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 5 moreHerring preserved in salt and vinegar, eaten across Northern and Eastern Europe
Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
KedgereeFish or seafood
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice and smoked fish with eggs, herbs and mild spices
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
RakfiskFish or seafood
🇳🇴 NorwayFermented trout or char from Norway, eaten uncooked with a strong aroma
Main dish
LoxFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesBrined salmon, often sliced thin and served on a bagel with cream cheese
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Polbo á feiraFish or seafood
🇪🇸 SpainOctopus boiled and dressed with olive oil, salt, and paprika, served hot
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SardineFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreSmall oily fish enjoyed fresh, canned, smoked or pickled in many countries
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PempekFish or seafood
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreFish and tapioca cakes from Palembang, served with a sweet-sour spicy sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Lobster rollFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesLobster meat in a split roll, served warm with butter or cold with mayonnaise
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Dinner
BacalhauFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreDried and salted cod, a staple of Portuguese cooking
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
FishcakeFish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreMinced fish mixed with starch, shaped and cooked as patties or balls
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
Pla raFish or seafood
🇹🇭 ThailandFermented fish seasoning from Thailand with a strong aroma and salty-sour taste
Sauce, pickle or ferment
Stuffed musselsFish or seafood
🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 moreMussels filled with herbed rice, sold as street food in Turkey and Armenia
Street food, Snacks
HinavaFish or seafood
🇲🇾 MalaysiaSabah salad of raw fish dressed with citrus, chilli, onion and ginger
Salad or side
GarudhiyaFish or seafoodގަރުދިޔަ
🇲🇻 MaldivesClear Maldivian soup made from tuna and salt
Soup
AguachileFish or seafood
🇲🇽 MexicoRaw shrimp and fish marinated in chili, lime and vegetables from Sinaloa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Lomi-lomi salmonFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesSalted salmon, tomato and onion salad served at Hawaiian gatherings
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Baccalà mantecatoFish or seafood
🇮🇹 ItalyVenetian spread of whipped dried cod, olive oil and garlic, served as an appetizer
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Mas huniFish or seafoodމަސްހުނި
🇲🇻 MaldivesMaldivian breakfast mix of tuna, coconut, onion, chili and lime
Main dish, Breakfast
SurströmmingFish or seafood
🇸🇪 SwedenFermented Baltic herring with a famously strong smell, eaten cold in Sweden
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Dinner
GravlaxFish or seafood
🇸🇪 Sweden and 3 moreSalmon cured with salt, sugar and dill, sliced thin and served with mustard-dill sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
LutefiskFish or seafood
🇳🇴 Norway and 4 moreNordic dish of dried whitefish rehydrated and treated with lye
Main dish, Dinner
TaramasalataFish or seafoodταραμοσαλάτα
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreFish roe blended with oil, lemon and bread or potato, served as a meze spread
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Snacks
Dried and salted codFish or seafood
🇳🇴 Norway and 5 moreCod preserved with salt and dried for long storage and global cooking
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
StroganinaFish or seafoodстроганина
🇷🇺 RussiaFrozen raw fish sliced thin and served cold in Arctic Russia
Main dish
FesikhFish or seafoodفسيخ
🇪🇬 EgyptSalted, fermented and dried fish eaten for Egypt’s spring festival
Main dish
Pickled herringFish or seafood
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 5 moreHerring preserved in salt and vinegar, eaten across Northern and Eastern Europe
Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
KedgereeFish or seafood
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice and smoked fish with eggs, herbs and mild spices
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
RakfiskFish or seafood
🇳🇴 NorwayFermented trout or char from Norway, eaten uncooked with a strong aroma
Main dish
LoxFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesBrined salmon, often sliced thin and served on a bagel with cream cheese
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Polbo á feiraFish or seafood
🇪🇸 SpainOctopus boiled and dressed with olive oil, salt, and paprika, served hot
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SardineFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreSmall oily fish enjoyed fresh, canned, smoked or pickled in many countries
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PempekFish or seafood
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreFish and tapioca cakes from Palembang, served with a sweet-sour spicy sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Lobster rollFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesLobster meat in a split roll, served warm with butter or cold with mayonnaise
Sandwich or wrap, Lunch, Dinner
BacalhauFish or seafood
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreDried and salted cod, a staple of Portuguese cooking
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
FishcakeFish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreMinced fish mixed with starch, shaped and cooked as patties or balls
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
Pla raFish or seafood
🇹🇭 ThailandFermented fish seasoning from Thailand with a strong aroma and salty-sour taste
Sauce, pickle or ferment
Stuffed musselsFish or seafood
🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 moreMussels filled with herbed rice, sold as street food in Turkey and Armenia
Street food, Snacks
HinavaFish or seafood
🇲🇾 MalaysiaSabah salad of raw fish dressed with citrus, chilli, onion and ginger
Salad or side
GarudhiyaFish or seafoodގަރުދިޔަ
🇲🇻 MaldivesClear Maldivian soup made from tuna and salt
Soup
AguachileFish or seafood
🇲🇽 MexicoRaw shrimp and fish marinated in chili, lime and vegetables from Sinaloa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Lomi-lomi salmonFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesSalted salmon, tomato and onion salad served at Hawaiian gatherings
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Baccalà mantecatoFish or seafood
🇮🇹 ItalyVenetian spread of whipped dried cod, olive oil and garlic, served as an appetizer
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Mas huniFish or seafoodމަސްހުނި
🇲🇻 MaldivesMaldivian breakfast mix of tuna, coconut, onion, chili and lime
Main dish, Breakfast
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pla ra: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Taramasalata: Robert Kindermann, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Mas huni: Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hinava: Alexander Synaptic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rakfisk: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gravlax: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lutefisk: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2, source
- Lobster roll: Lee Coursey, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lox: Pug50, CC BY 2.0, source
- Surströmming: Wrote, CC BY 2.0, source
- Stroganina: Cholbon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kedgeree: User:Justinc, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Polbo á feira: Tamorlan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pempek: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dried and salted cod: Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway), No restrictions, source
- Bacalhau: No machine-readable author provided. Glum~commonswiki assumed (based o, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pickled herring: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fesikh: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Baccalà mantecato: Ben & Lisa Waters [1], CC BY 2.0, source
- Sardine: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stuffed mussels: Fenerli1978, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Garudhiya: LittleT889, CC BY 4.0, source
- Fishcake: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Lomi-lomi salmon: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source