England
Fakeaway recipes in Nottingham
Historic pub city with strong Indian and Middle Eastern food scenes.
Nottingham has a rich pub-and-food culture — Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem (claimed to be England's oldest inn, dating from 1189) is a tourist must, but the city has moved well beyond old-man-pub food. The Lace Market area has the strongest concentration of Indian and Middle Eastern restaurants — Kathmandu, MemSaab, Kushi-Ya, the Jerusalem-style shawarma shops.
Nottingham is also a university city — the student area (Lenton, Beeston) has strong takeaways for the budget end: pizza, kebabs, fried chicken, the standard student-fare canon. The weekly pizza-and-kebab is the local student ritual.
For chains: McDonald's, KFC, Subway, Nando's, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Five Guys. Greggs is everywhere. The local chain is the Battered Cod (mostly just chippies but some have expanded).
The Nottingham signature dishes: Nottingham larder (a fruit cake with marmalade and nuts), Goose Fair (an annual fair in October, food stalls are the highlight), and a strong Stokies (Nott'm slang) stew.
Top 5 fakeaway recipes in Nottingham
Hand-picked from the recipes that matter most to Nottingham — chains you actually order, cuisines you'd walk past on the high street, regional dishes we couldn't leave out.
Chicken Tikka Masala-style creamy tomato curry
Marinated chicken pieces in a creamy tomato-masala sauce. The British-favourite curry-house staple.
Butter Chicken-style silky tomato-butter-cream sauce
Tandoor-grilled chicken in a silky tomato-butter-cream sauce with subtle spice. The milder cousin of tikka masala.
Beer-battered fish and chips recipe with mushy peas
How to make beer-battered fish and chips at home — cod with a crisp golden crust, twice-cooked chips, and proper mushy peas. The Friday-night chippy, done at home.
Bangers and mash recipe with rich onion gravy
How to make bangers and mash at home — proper pork sausages on a bed of buttery mashed potato, drowned in a deep onion gravy. The pub-grub classic.
Chicken Shawarma-style yoghurt-marinated grilled wrap
Yoghurt-marinated chicken thighs with warm shawarma spices, charred on a hot griddle and wrapped in pillowy flatbread with garlic sauce, pickled cabbage and tahini.
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