A chip butty is a

sandwich A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a po ...

filled with chips (thick-cut deep fried potatoes, similar to

steak fries French fries (North American English), chips (British English), finger chips ( Indian English), french-fried potatoes, or simply fries, are '' batonnet'' or ''allumette''-cut deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium and France. Th ...

), optionally eaten with condiments such as brown sauce,

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, or

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. 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 shop A fish and chip shop, sometimes referred to as a chip shop, is a (often fast food) restaurant that specialises in selling fish and chips. Usually, fish and chip shops provide takeaway service, although some have seating facilities. Fish and ...

s and other

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establishments in the

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. 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

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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 Deep frying (also referred to as deep fat frying) is a cooking method in which food is submerged in hot fat, traditionally lard but today most commonly oil, as opposed to the shallow oil used in conventional frying done in a frying pan. Norm ...

) 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

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as food can get". A

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called " The Greasy Chip Butty Song" (sung to the tune of " Annie's Song" by

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) is popular with the supporters of

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Scallop butty

Cultural context and references

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