The phrase "a dish based on" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a dish that is created using specific ingredients or inspired by a particular recipe or cuisine.
Example: "The chef prepared a dish based on traditional Italian flavors, featuring fresh basil and tomatoes."
Alternatives: "a dish inspired by" or "a dish derived from".
Traditionally everyone brings a dish based on a theme.
I asked for a dish based on four ingredients that seemed to belong nowhere near each other: chicken livers, Greek yoghurt, wasabi and tequila.
There were the corn pancakes known as cachapas, and a dish based on asado negro, the caramelized beef that is a staple of Caraqueño family life, accompanied by the near-national salad of tomato, hearts of palm and avocado.
Billing itself as "a chef's best assistant in the kitchen", this is a cookery app drawing more than 10k recipes from food blogs, with a tablet-friendly design, synchronised shopping lists across devices, and the ability to suggest a dish based on whatever ingredients you have in the cupboards.
Most of the great 'poor' cuisines of Europe have a dish based on this combination of ingredients – in France, the cassoulet of Carcassonne is the most famous example – but a perfectly prepared fabada outdoes them all.
Khimo in particular, a dish based on the Indian keema, became a specialty of Mahajanga.
As I was waiting my turn at the Pura Vida Fisheries stand (you can listen to an interview with the owner), I worked out a whole dish based on cabbage and caraway seeds and paprika: the fish would sit on a mound of mashed potatoes surrounded by a kind of cabbage goulash vaguely reminiscent of a sauerkraut dish from George Lang's excellent book The Cuisine of Hungary.
Viennese rostbraten, a workaday sort of dish based on sirloin in a sweet and sour vinegar and wine sauce, would look ridiculous putting on airs.
There's no point in using lousy or even blah tomatoes here: rich, savory flavors, lots of juice and a good balance between sweetness and acidity are vital in a dish based so completely on this single ingredient.
Amber chose one rice dish based on something my husband and I ate in the Sahara, miles from anywhere.
Ask for it to be served separately, or it might arrive as it did in an order of adana kebab (another dish based on ground lamb) -- under a flood of yogurt spilling first out of the plate as it was carried from the kitchen and then over the cloth when the plate was set down on the table.
