Chip butty

Chip butty
Chip butty
A classic chip butty made with chips, white bread, and butter
Alternative namesChip sandwich, chip barm, chip roll, chip muffin, chip stottie, piece and chips, hot chip sandwich, chip sarnie, chip cob
TypeSandwich
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Main ingredientsBread or a bread roll, butter, chips, and sometimes condiments such as tomato ketchup, malt vinegar, brown sauce, or mayonnaise

A chip butty is a sandwich filled with chips (hot thick-cut deep fried potatoes), optionally eaten with condiments such as brown sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, or malt vinegar. The bread may be slices from a loaf or a bread roll, and is usually buttered. The chip butty can be found in fish and chip shops and other casual dining establishments in the British Isles.

Other names for the sandwich may relate to the variety of bread used, such as chip roll or chip muffin, or a regional type of bread roll such as chip bap, chip cob or chip barm.

Scallop butty

A variation frequently seen in the North of England is the scallop butty, in which potato scallops (potato slices that have been battered and deep fried) are used in place of chips.

Cultural context and references

Kate Fox noted in her book Watching the English, "even if you call it a chip sandwich rather than a butty, it is about as working-class as food can get".

A football chant called "The Greasy Chip Butty Song" (sung to the tune of "Annie's Song" by John Denver) is popular with the supporters of Sheffield United Football Club.

See also


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