3-in-1 (fast food dish)

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3-in-1
Alternative names
Place of origin Ireland
Serving temperatureHot in a takeaway container
Main ingredients

A 3-in-1, trio or three-in-one, is a fast-food dish consisting of chips, boiled rice (or egg fried rice), and curry sauce served in a single foil tray or plastic container. [4] It became popular in Ireland as a dish from chip shops and chinese restaurants in the early twenty-first century. [1] It developed a cult-following in the 2010s, [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] and media-outlets debated the merits of it compared to a spice bag which became popular around the same time. [9] [10]

Related dishes (four-, [11] [4] five-in one) contain additional ingredients such as chicken balls, or chicken or beef pieces. [12]

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