Southern Recipes

The American South has so many beloved food traditions: biscuits, cornbread, collard greens, fried green tomatoes, fried chicken. And oh, the pies and pralines! Are you passionate about Southern food? Chime in, we love to hear!

Moravian chicken pie on a plate and in a dish with a missing slice utensils placed beside on a checkered cloth on a marble surface

The 5-Ingredient Chicken Pie I Grew Up Eating (You’ll Love It, Too)

Slices of Lane cake with a fruit and nut topping on a wooden board

My Retro Lane Cake Is So Much Easier Than the Original (and Just as Delicious)

Whole cooked onion cut open served with sauce on a plate with a knife and fork

This Southern "Onion Boil" Is the Perfect Side Dish

A serving of baked cabbage casserole with cheese and crispy toppings a yellow serving spoon in the dish

The Easy Cabbage Casserole Southerners Swear By

dish of Southern Banana Pudding topped with whipped cream next to a bowl of the pudding with a fork

For Classic Southern Banana Pudding, Make This No-Fail Recipe

Bowl containing peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a spoon

3-Ingredient Peach Cobbler

Pot of succotash with corn, lima beans, cherry tomatoes, seasoned sauce, wooden spoon on the side

The Easy Summer Recipe I Wait All Year Long to Make

Several ears of corn on the cob in a serving dish with a pat of butter melting on top

The Southern Way To Cook Corn on the Cob—It's So Much Better

Overhead view of a blue dutch oven of finished Country Captain Chicken recipe on a white background

Country Captain Chicken Is the Southern Dinner You Need To Make

Angled view of a cream pie topped with pecans with a slice removed in a clear glass pie plate resting on a blue plate and a wooden tabletop

Company's Coming Pie

Arkansas Possum Pie with one slice removed

Arkansas Possum Pie

Pineapple Casserole in a casserole dish with a large serving spoon next to a scooped out section

Pineapple Casserole

Funeral Sandwiches on a serving board, one sandwich being pulled by a hand, delicious looking cheese stretch

Funeral Sandwiches

Angled view of a baking dish of pineapple and mandarin orange cake with a slice being removed with a spatula

Pig Pickin’ Cake

overhead view of a bowl of Southern “Fried” Cabbage with a serving spoon

Southern “Fried” Cabbage

Tomato cracker salad in a bowl with a serving spoon

Southern Tomato Cracker Salad

pickled green beans on a platter next to a glass of water and a stack of plates

Pickled Green Bean Salad

soda cracker pie slice (topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberries) on a small plate with a fork

Grandma's Soda Cracker Pie

Bowl of Alabama fire crackers surrounded by a bottle and glasses of beer and a light maroon table napkin

Alabama Fire Crackers

Chocolate Chess Pie With Some Cut Into Slices in a Pie Dish, and in the Surroundings, a Pie Server and a Bowl With Whipped Cream

Chocolate Chess Pie

Dirty Rice With Shrimp in a Dutch Oven Surrounded by Glasses of Water and a Plate With Utensils

Dirty Rice with Shrimp

Twisted Cheese Straws on a Plate Next to a Drink and a Kitchen Towel. One Twisted Cheese Straw Is Broken in Half Next to the Plate.

Creamy Southern Lima Beans in a Bowl

Creamy Southern Lima Beans

Swamp soup in a dutch oven at a table setting with bowls, a glass, utensils, and a kitchen towel

Chow Chow in Canning Jars with One Can Open

Chow Chow Relish

Pickled Watermelon Rinds in a Jar

Pickled Watermelon Rinds

Pimento Cheese in a Bowl Next to Some Crackers

Slice of Egg Custard Pie on Plate with Cream

Egg Custard Pie

Honey honey chicken on white plate.

Oven-Fried Hot Honey Chicken

Vegetarian biscuits and gravy on a white plate.

Vegetarian Biscuits and Gravy

Smothered and covered chicken and gravy in a skillet.

Smothered Chicken Thighs in Onion Gravy

Virginia Peanut Pie with Porter on white plates.

Porter Peanut Pie

Nashville hot chicken sandwich with pickles and served on a plate.

Nashville Hot Chicken

Kentucky Hot Brown Sandwich

Kentucky Hot Brown

Overhead view of the best chess pie with a slice removed. The slice is on a blue plate with forks and a pie server to the right.

Shrimp and grits on a white plate

Shrimp and Grits

Easy chicken fried steak covered with gravy on a plate

Chicken Fried Steak

Southern Cornbread in a Skillet with a Piece Cut Out and Another Piece on a Plate

Southern Cornbread

Side view of fried chicken breast stacked on a platter.

Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Southern Biscuits with White Lily Flour - hands holding a plate of biscuits

Classic Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

Overhead view of a plate of green tomatoes that have been breaded and fried.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Biscuits and gravy on a plate.

Biscuits and Gravy

New Orleans Beignets

Hoppin John

Pecan candy

Overhead view of dirty rice in a skillet.

Cajun-Style Dirty Rice

Oyster Stew

How to Make Jambalaya in the Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker Jambalaya

Pile of angel biscuits on a wire trivet

Smothered Turkey Wings

Smothered Turkey Wings

easy collard greens and bacon

Collard Greens With Bacon

How to Make Spicy Fried Chicken

Spicy Fried Chicken

Overhead view of southern collard greens in a black bowl on a wood surface.

Southern Style Collard Greens

Green Chile Mac Cheese

Green Chile Mac and Cheese

Oven fried chicken

Sweet Tea Fried Chicken

Side view of a fillet of broiled jerk salmon. The salmon has juices pooled at the bottom of it. A mixed green salad with citrus, two lime wedges and rice are visible on the plate behind the salmon. The plate is on a blue linen.

Quick and Easy Jerk Salmon

Okra Pilau

Side view of a blue plate with a tall slice of southern hummingbird cake and a cake on a cake stand behind it.

Hummingbird Cake

Best Stewed Tomatoes and Okra

Stewed Okra and Tomatoes Creole Style

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