Collocations for dish - noun

deep
flat, shallow
empty
baking, roasting, serving
ovenproof (esp. BrE)
china, glass, metal, plastic, silver
casserole, gratin (esp. BrE), pie, soufflé, soup
butter, candy (AmE), food, soap, vegetable
your pet's food dish

culture, lab (informal), laboratory, Petri

in a/the dish
Arrange the salad in a serving dish.

clean, washed
dirty, unwashed
The dirty breakfast dishes were still in the sink when we got home.

breakfast, dinner

clean (AmE), do, wash
It's your turn to do the dishes.

dry
He dried the dishes and put them away.

clear, clear away, put away

main, side
Serve one or two main dishes with a choice of salads and nibbles.

favourite/favorite
Do you have a favourite/favorite dish?

delicious, tasty, wonderful
popular
elaborate
simple
a simple dish, beautifully prepared

classic, traditional
exotic
savoury/savory, sweet
spicy
cold, hot
international, local, national, regional
The national dish is ‘feijoada’—pork with beans.

Chinese, French, etc.
vegetarian
cheese, egg, fish, meat, pasta, rice, seafood, vegetable
Goulash is a meat dish.

breakfast, dinner (esp. AmE), lunch, supper (esp. BrE)
Smoked salmon makes a wonderful supper dish.

signature (= a dish that identifies a particular restaurant/chef)

cook, make, prepare
She cooked us a delicious French dish with pork and tomatoes.

serve
a restaurant that serves traditional Indian dishes

eat
recommend
order
sample, try
They sampled all the local dishes.

the dish of the day
I can recommend the dish of the day.