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🇮🇸 Traditional dishes from Iceland

3 dishes people actually cook in Iceland: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Lamb soup

120 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Lamb soup, a traditional dish from Iceland

Warm up with this hearty Icelandic lamb soup!

  • 800 g lamb shoulder
  • 200 g carrots
  • 300 g potatoes
  • 150 g onion
  • 100 g celery
  • 2000 ml water
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp thyme

Plokkfiskur

30 min · easy · 8 ingredients

Plokkfiskur, a traditional dish from Iceland

A comforting Icelandic fish stew that's easy to make.

  • 400 g cod fillets
  • 500 g potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 50 g butter
  • 300 ml milk
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Pylsur

30 min · easy · 7 ingredients

Pylsur, a traditional dish from Iceland

Taste the unique flavors of Icelandic hot dogs!

  • 4 icelandic hot dogs
  • 4 buns
  • 60 ml ketchup
  • 60 ml mustard
  • 50 g fried onions
  • 50 g raw onions
  • 60 ml relish

What do people eat in Iceland?

The three dishes from Iceland documented in Copper are Lamb soup, Plokkfiskur and Pylsur. Onion and potatoes each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 20 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Iceland?

The three recipes need 20 ingredients between them, of which 2 are shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Iceland entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Iceland take?

Plokkfiskur is the quickest at 30 minutes. Lamb soup is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 30 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from Iceland is easiest to make at home?

Plokkfiskur and Pylsur are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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