List of Foods that Start with S

The letter S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. Here is a list of foods that start with the letter S, along with their definitions.

Common Foods that Start with S

• Saffron: A spice extracted from the dried stigmas of crocus flowers, used in cooking and to color and flavor food.
• Sage: A leafy plant of the mint family, used as a flavoring in cooking.
• Salad: A mixture of raw vegetables or greens, often with a dressing.
• Salmon: Any of various silvery fishes of the family Salmonidae.
• Salt: A white crystalline mineral used to season and preserve food.
• Sandwich: A food form consisting of two or more layers of bread with meat, cheese, lettuce, or other toppings between the layers.
• Sardine: A small, oily fish.
• Sauce: A liquid or semi-liquid flavoring for food.
• Sauerkraut: A dish food by fermenting raw cabbage with lactic acid bacteria.
• Sausage: A food usually made from pork mixed with fat and other ingredients and formed into the shape of a tube.
• Scallop: A bivalve shellfish related to oysters.
• Scampi: A small, shrimp-like crustacean.
• Scones: A type of bread or biscuit, usually buttery and sweetened, often served for breakfast.
• Seaweed: Any of various marine plants used as food.
• Seeds: The reproductive part of a plant, containing an embryo and capable of developing into a new plant when planted.
• Semolina: The coarse, purified wheat middlings from which pasta, couscous, and sweet puddings are made.
• Sesame: A seed of the sesame plant used as a flavoring and coloring agent and in cooking.
• Shallots: Small onions with a pungent flavor, used as a flavoring.
• Shrimp: A small crustacean found in salt and freshwater.
• Slaw: A mixture of shredded raw vegetables often used as a salad or in sandwiches.
• Soda Bread: A type of bread made with sodium bicarbonate instead of yeast.
• Soft drink: A nonalcoholic beverage.
• Sorbet: A frozen dessert made from fruit juice or wine sweetened with sugar and fruit syrup.
• Sorghum: A cereal grain.
• Sorrel: A plant with a sour taste and used for flavoring.
• Soup: A liquid food made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables.
• Sour Cream: A food product made chiefly from soured milk and cream and used as a garnish.
• Sourdough: A type of bread made from lactobacilli and yeast.
• Soybean: The seed of an Asian plant used for making soy sauce, tofu, and other foods.
• Spaghetti: A long, thin dried pasta.
• Spices: A seasoning made from a dried, ground herb, usually used in cooking to add a distinctive flavor.
• Spinach: An edible plant with dark green leaves, usually cooked and eaten as greens.
• Sprinkles: A dried form of confectionery sugar used as a topping for ice cream or cake.
• Squash: Any of a number of summertime vegetables of the gourd family.
• Squid: A soft-bodied mollusk related to the octopus, eaten as food.
• Steak: A slice of beef, usually cut across the muscle fibers.
• Stew: A mixture of meat and other ingredients cooked together in liquid.
• Stir-Fry: A cooking method involving rapidly stir-frying food in a wok or frying pan.
• Strawberry: A small, red, edible fruit.
• String Bean: A long, thin, green bean.
• Strudel: A thin, rolled pastry.
• Succotash: A dish of cooked corn, beans, and lima beans.
• Suet: The soft fat around the kidneys of beef cattle or sheep and used as a substitute for butter in cooking.
• Sugar: A white crystalline substance that is a principal ingredient of sweet foods.
• Sugar Cane: The tall, cane-like plant from which extracted sugar is made.
• Sundae: A food consisting of ice cream or other dessert covered with syrup and served topped with whipped cream and fruit.
• Sweet Potato: A large, starchy root vegetable with a sweet taste.
• Syrup: A thick, concentrated liquid made by boiling sugar with water.

British Foods that Start with S

• Shepherd’s Pie: A traditional minced meat pie with a mashed potato topping.
• Steak And Kidney Pie: A pie with steak, kidney and brown gravy.

European Foods that Start with S

• Salami: [Italian] Cured sausage made of minced pork.
• Scaloppine: [Italian] Slices of meat dipped in wheat flour and sautéed.
• Soufflé: [French] A light, spongy cake made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites.

Mexican Foods that Start with S

• Salsa: A sauce used as a condiment for tacos, and normally made of tomatoes, peppers, and onions.
• Sopapilla: A fried pastry.

Indian Foods that Start with S

• Samosa: A triangular-shaped pastry containing a spiced meat or vegetable filling, often eaten as a snack or appetizer.

Oriental Foods that Start with S

• Shark Fin Soup: [Chinese] A soup with shark fin
• Som Tam: [Thai] A papaya salad.
• Soy Sauce: A salty, fermented sauce made from soybeans and used as a flavoring.
• Spring Roll: A fried pastry filled with meat, fish, or vegetables.
• Sticky Rice: A glutinous rice that is boiled and then steamed to become sticky.
• Sushi: [Japanese] Slices of raw fish served with rice
• Sweet And Sour Sauce: A sauce made with vinegar, sugar, and sometimes soy sauce.

Middle Eastern Foods that Start with S

• Sfiha: A type of round flatbread that is cooked on a griddle and topped with minced meat.
• Shawarma: A dish consisting of meat that is cooked on a rotating spit.
• Shish Kebab: A skewer of meat that is grilled.

African Foods that Start with S

• Serobe: [Botswanan] Lungs and intestines of cow, sheep, or goat which are cooked until tender.
• Seswaa: [Botswanan] National dish consisting of stewed meat.
• Shiro: [Ethiopian & Eritrean] A stew of ground chickpeas, onion, and garlic.
• Skilpadjies: [South African] Lamb’s liver wrapped in caul fat.
• Sosatie: [South African] Minced meat cooked on skewers.
• Suya: [West African] Skewered meat marinated in various spices and barbequed.