Foods That Start With I

Only a few famous dishes have names that start with the 9th letter of the English alphabet. But that does not mean there aren’t any – below are over 50 wonderful foods that begin with an ‘I.’

Foods That Start With I

List of Foods Beginning With I

Fruits

  • Indian Gooseberry
  • Ice Cream Bean
  • Icaco 
  • Illawarra Plum
  • Imbe Fruit
  • Ice Apple
  • Inca Berries
  • Ilama Fruit
  • Indian Fig
  • Indian Jujube
  • Ita (Ité Palm)
  • Indian Jujube Fruit
  • Iyokan

Vegetables

  • Indian Pea
  • Ivy Gourd
  • Iceberg Lettuce
  • Ice Plant
  • Italian Chicory (Radicchio)
  • Indian Corn

Meat, Fish, and Seafood

  • Italian Sausage
  • Irish Bacon
  • Iberian Ham (Jamón Ibérico)
  • Iridescent Shark Catfish
  • Ivory King Salmon
  • Irish Oysters

Cheese

  • Idiazábal
  • Innes Brick
  • Isle of Mull Cheddar
  • Ibores

Sauces, Spices, and Condiments

  • Italian Dressing
  • Iodized Salt
  • Indian Curry Sauce
  • Icing Sugar
  • Icing
  • Irish Whiskey Sauce
  • Italian Parsley

Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Foods)

Snacks, Appetizers, and Side Dishes

  • Irish Nachos
  • Instant Noodles
  • Italian Wedding Soup
  • Injera Bread
  • Icelandic Rye Bread (Rúgbrauð)
  • Irish Soda Bread

Main Course Dishes

  • Irish Stew
  • Idli (South Indian savoury rice cake)
  • Idiyappam (South Indian rice noodle dish)
  • Indian Curries (Various traditional Indian dishes with vegetables, meat, seafood, and spices)
  • Imam Bayildi (Greek dish with stuffed eggplants)
  • Isi Ewu (Traditional Igbo dish from Nigeria, made with head)
  • Ikokore (Nigerian yam porrige dish)
  • Ika Shoga-yaki (Japanese grilled squid dish)
  • Ika Mata (A raw fish dish from the Cook Islands)
  • Ikan Bakar (Indonesian charcoal-grilled fish dish)
  • Iskender Kebab (Turkish meat dish)
  • Ital Stew (A hearty Rastafarian stew)
  • Imoyo (Nigerian fish stew)
  • Izmir Köfte (Smyrna Meatballs, a Turkish dish)
  • Istrian Stew (A stew with lots of vegetables and meat, from the Adriatic region)

Sweets and Desserts

  • Ice Cream
  • Ice Pop
  • Irish Potato Candy (Traditional Philadelphian candy with cream cheese, sugar, and coconut)
  • Imarti (Indian dreep-fried dessert item)
  • Indian Pudding
  • Ice Cream Cake
  • Italian Kisses

Drinks and Beverages

  • Instant Coffee
  • Irish Cream
  • Irish Coffee
  • Ice Cream Soda
  • Irish Whiskey

FAQ

What popular Thanksgiving foods have names starting with ‘I’?

The Indian pudding is a traditional dish often made for Thanksgiving. This cornmeal and molasses dessert has its roots in American Indigenous cuisine, with its history dating back to colonial times

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