Southern food is all about comfort food made with love. This collection of recipes has classics like baked mac and cheese, corn bread, banana pudding and meatloaf. Many of these recipes are easy to make for a delicious family style dinner with a little something sweet for dessert. Add these favorite Southern style recipes to your weekly menu rotation for a dinner your family will love and thank you for.
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Fried Cabbage with Onions and Bacon
This classic southern recipe makes a delicious side dish that comes together in just 30 minutes. The tender cabbage is cooked with bacon for a delicious savory bit.
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Creamsicle Orange Fluff Jello Salad
This fluffy fluff salad is made with mandarin oranges, cool whip and cream cheese to give the flavor of a creamsicle. This is the perfect no-bake dessert to serve at picnics and holiday gatherings!
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Southern Hoe Cakes Recipe (JohnnyCakes)
These easy southern hoe cakes are made with cornmeal. They cook quickly and require minimal ingredients.
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Vidalia Onion Casserole
This Vidalia Onion Casserole is a classic Southern side dish. This version uses sweet onions and only needs 9 ingredients. It can be made in advance for a weeknight side or your Thanksgiving table.
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Easy Chicken And Dumplings With Canned Biscuits
This family favorite comfort meal is quick and easy to make with refrigerated canned biscuits. The biscuits cook into soft pillowy dumplings in the broth for a wonderful one pot dinner.
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Easy Southern Country Gravy
This homemade country gravy is perfect to be drizzled over biscuits. Packed full of flavor this sausage gravy is perfect for breakfast or brunch.
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Smothered Chicken Breast with Gravy
This Smothered Chicken Breasts with Gravy recipe is the perfect comfort food. Juicy pan-fried chicken in a creamy, savory gravy is perfect for any weeknight dinner. It can be ready in 30 minutes. What's not to like?
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Southern Chessmen Cookie Banana Pudding
Southern Chessmen Cookie Banana Pudding is made with layers of buttery cookies, bananas and a decadent pudding. This is made in a 13x9 inch dish making it an easy potluck dessert.
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Fried Green Tomatoes
Healthy crunchy Southern snack for your whole family to enjoy - these perfectly seasoned tangy green tomatoes fried in egg and flour with hot sauce. A great 10-minute appetizer.
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Strawberry Fluff Salad
Loaded with fresh strawberries, mini marshmallows and Cool Whip this strawberry fluff salad is the perfect light dessert for any occasion. Easy to make and can be made ahead!
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Southern Yellow Fried Squash
You should absolutely try this recipe to make yellow squash not just healthy but super savory. Fried in the buttermilk-based secret mix, these squash slices become an addictive snack (especially paired with your favorite dip!).
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Cajun Potato Salad
A classic potato salad with a Southern twist and some heat. The creamy texture of soft potatoes and mustard-mayo dressing, the sweetness of bell peppers, the savory boiled eggs, and the heat of Cajun peppers - it all makes one of the best salads you've tried.
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Easy Southern Meatloaf Recipe
This hearty meatloaf dish is a perfect recipe for a weekend family dinner. Juicy pork and beef combined with parsley, bell pepper, onions, and parmesan make the best comfort food.
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Southern Pineapple Casserole
This Southern Pineapple Casserole is such a comforting and satisfying dish to make. It is easy to make and is topped with buttery cracker crumbs to give it that extra bite. You will love it!
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Southern Baked Mac and Cheese
Creamy southern baked mac and cheese with a secret ingredient is always one of my most popular recipes! The best southern mac and cheese is the best baked mac and cheese recipe! It's the ultimate comfort food for Sunday dinner or a holiday celebration!
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Old Fashioned Southern Squash Casserole
A classic cracker barrel squash casserole with a modern twist. It is moist, cheesy, creamy, and has crackers on top!
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Sweet Potato Pie
This classic southern sweet potato pie recipe turns fresh sweet potatoes and a few simple ingredients into a tasty pie that’s sure to be a hit with the whole family. You have to try this one!
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Southern Pimento Cheese Spread With Jalapenos Recipe
This creamy pimento cheese spread is easy to make for an appetizer or addition to sandwiches and other recipes. This has a bit of heat from the jalapenos making for the perfect spicy spread.
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Southern Low Country Boil
This Southern Low Country Boil features crab legs, shrimp, sausage, and vegetables for a spicy, flavorful meal! Cook everything in one pot in under an hour.
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Southern Collard Greens Recipe
This easy side dish is perfect for holidays or anytime you need a comforting side dish. Southern style collard greens are a southern tradition!
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Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
Homemade buttermilk biscuits are light and fluffy and are made with just six simple ingredients. Top the biscuits with butter and jam, honey, or sausage gravy for a tasty breakfast.
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Easy Blackened Chicken Tenders With Spice Recipe
These blackened chicken tenders are cooked in a cast iron skillet for a tasty flavorful chicken recipe. Use a homemade spice rub that takes only minutes to make.
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Air Fried Southern Catfish
If you love catfish then this is the perfect recipe to enjoy it but air frying means you use less oil. Juicy and delicious you are going to love how simple this recipe is and the air fryer southern catfish can work perfectly with you favorite side dish.
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Chicken and Waffles with Honey-Cinnamon Butter
Southern chicken and waffles are a sweet and savory dish of flavorful crispy fried chicken and sweet cream fluffy Belgian waffles, topped with scoops of honey-cinnamon butter.
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Black Eyed Pea Salad with Collard Greens
Black eyed pea salad with collard greens is a vegan side dish of black eyed peas drizzled in a garlic and ginger vinaigrette and fresh vegetables.
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Creamy Southern Coleslaw
With colorful cabbage in a tangy yet creamy dressing, this Southern Coleslaw is as easy as it is delicious! This coleslaw can be made in 10 minutes, and then it just needs 10 minutes to chill. Ideal for BBQs, picnics, or weeknight dinners.
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Shrimp And Grits
This is a real traditional Southern dish that is packed full of flavor. Soft grits mixed with juicy shrimp, served with some crispy bacon and sprinkled with parmesan cheese.
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Southern Green Beans with Bacon
Fresh green beans with bacon is a combination made in heaven. You will slowly cook the green beans so that they are tender and delicious.
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Southern Buttermilk Pie
Southern Buttermilk Pie is an easy-baked dessert that is full of flavor. This old-fashioned pie recipe is sweet but has a citrus twist.
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Sweet Southern Cornbread
Sweet Southern Cornbread is the ultimate soul food. Moist and tender, it has a scrumptiously sweet with a tangy flavor from buttermilk. It has a smooth and buttery texture.
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Southern Oxtail
Braised oxtail smothered in rich brown gravy is a tasty Southern dinner recipe. It's seasoned to perfection and pairs well with rice, mashed potatoes, and your favorite veggies.
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