Basket (food)

Food served in a basket, a basket platter or a basket with fries is a sandwich or other main dish that is served on top of a basket of an accompanying foodstuff, usually french fries.

The "basket" is usually either made of plastic and lined with paper, or is simply a disposable paperboard box or tray.

This term is common in the Midwestern U.S.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom, chicken in a basket, fried chicken on a bed of chips, was a popular dish in pubs and modest restaurants from the late 1960s through the 1970s.

[1][2] In the 1970s, the dish became so ubiquitous in UK venues offering evening entertainment that the locations became known to musicians and entertainers as the "chicken-in-a-basket circuit".

[3][4][5] In the TV drama Life on Mars, Sam "invents" chicken in a basket while working undercover in a pub.