Dishes made with salt
354 dishes from around the world that list salt as a main ingredient.
TocinoMeat
🇵🇭 Philippines and 5 moreCured or fried pork enjoyed in Spain, the Philippines, and the Caribbean
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
ChorizoMeat
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA seasoned pork sausage from the Iberian Peninsula, made in many regional styles
Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch
BiltongMeat
🇿🇦 South AfricaAir-dried, spiced meat snack from Southern Africa
Sausage or cured food, Snacks
SaloMeat
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 4 moreSalt-cured slabs of pork fat, eaten across Central and Eastern Europe
Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
BratwurstMeat
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreGerman sausage made from pork, veal, or beef, often grilled and served in a bread roll
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PastirmaMeat
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreAir-dried cured meat coated in a spiced fenugreek paste
Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch
Corned beefMeat
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 moreSalt-cured beef, often pink, eaten fresh or canned in many countries
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Frankfurter WürstchenMeat
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreThin, smoked pork sausages from Frankfurt, served hot with bread or mustard
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
OscypekVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandSmoked sheep’s milk cheese from Poland’s Tatra Mountains
Cheese or dairy food
KielbasaMeat
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 moreA family of seasoned sausages from Poland and Eastern Europe
Sausage or cured food, Lunch, Dinner
CharcuterieMeat
🇫🇷 FranceFrench tradition of cured, cooked, and preserved meats, often from pork
Sausage or cured food
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
Ibérico hamMeat
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreCured leg of Black Iberian pig, prized in Spain and Portugal
Sausage or cured food
SobrassadaMeatsobrasada
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 moreSoft, cured sausage from the Balearic Islands made with pork and paprika
Sausage or cured food
ChistorraMeat
🇪🇸 SpainThin, bright-red sausage from Navarre, often fried and served as a tapa
Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
SaucissonMeat
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreThick, dry-cured French sausage made mostly from pork
Sausage or cured food, Snacks
Longaniza
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA seasoned sausage with many regional styles across Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines
Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch
SheftaliaMeatσεφταλιά
🇨🇾 CyprusCypriot sausage made with minced meat wrapped in caul fat
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Nanjing salted duckMeat盐水鸭
🇨🇳 ChinaDuck cured, salted and cooked in the style of Nanjing, China
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Sai krok IsanMeatไส้กรอกอีสาน
🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreFermented pork and rice sausage from northeastern Thailand
Sausage or cured food, Snacks
Carne de solMeat
🇧🇷 BrazilLightly salted beef cured in the open air of Northeastern Brazil
Main dish
Back baconMeat
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreLean bacon cut from the pork loin, common in British and Irish cooking
Sausage or cured food
KourdassMeat
🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 moreLamb offal sausage, salted, spiced, sun-dried and boiled for festivals and weddings
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kielbasa: Mariuszjbie, CC BY 3.0, source
- Corned beef: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Biltong: Jamsta at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chorizo: Asturnut ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carne de sol: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pastirma: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tocino: Original uploaded by Kguirnela (Transfered by Diádoco ), CC BY 2.5, source
- Bratwurst: Pressestelle BFK Urfahr-Umgebung, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kourdass: مصطفى ملو, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Frankfurter Würstchen: WordRidden / Jessica Spengler, CC BY 2.0, source
- Oscypek: Pawel Swiegoda ( Paberu ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Ibérico ham: Cantabrucu, CC0, source
- Salo: Roland Geider ( Ogre ), Public domain, source
- Sobrassada: Slastic, Public domain, source
- Chistorra: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Charcuterie: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pickled herring: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Saucisson: User:Arnaud 25, Public domain, source
- Sheftalia: Georgios LCA, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Longaniza: Koffermejia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nanjing salted duck: NNU10.24100114, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sai krok Isan: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Back bacon: Unknown author, Public domain, source