What are some real southern food recipes?

Question

I just moved to the south, and I am looking for some recipes of real southern foods. Dishes that have been cooked by many southern generations. Like fired okra, fried pickles, fried green tomatoes, and fired chicken. If anyone has some real southern recipes, I would greatly appreciate them. Thank you so very much.

Wow, there are so many good answers, I couldn't choose a best answer. So I am just going to put it up to vote. Thank you all so very, very much. I can't wait to start cooking!!!

Answer 1

I live in Georgia and these are some of my favorites that are tried and true recipes from my family.
Cube Steak with Onion Gravy:
1 lb. cube steak
1 cup flour
Salt, pepper, garlic powder
2 cans beef broth
1 onion, chopped
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 tbsp. worchestershire sauce
Salt, pepper, 1/2 tsp. thyme

Place flour in a shallow dish and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Coat cube steak with flour well and place in a hot skillet with vegetable oil. Brown cube steaks well on both sides and remove from skillet-- you're not cooking them all the way through now. With drippings/oil from the pan add in enough flour to make a roux, usually 2-3 tbsp. Brown the flour/oil/roux mixture until it turns a deep golden brown over medium low heat, usually takes 10 minutes. Whisk in enough beef broth for a gravy-- this you have to use your judgment on. Keep whisking to remove all lumps. Now add in all seasonings such as salt, pepper, thyme. onion soup mix, worchestershire sauce, and chopped onion and stir to combine. Add in browned cube steak and turn heat to low and simmer covered for one and a half hours. You may need to add more broth during cooking time. Serve over hot buttered rice and enjoy!

Here's my recipe for Macaroni and Cheese- southern style that's baked. Boil one 8 oz box of elbow noodles until done and drain. Meanwhile, mix together one 12 oz can evaporated milk, 1 cup sour cream, salt/pepper/cayenne to taste, 1 egg, and 8-16 oz cheddar cheese. You can add as much cheese as you want but hold out some of it for the top of the mac and cheese. Mix that together and add in your cooked elbow macaroni. Pour into a greased casserole dish, top with remaining cheese, and bake at 350 degrees for 30 mintues. Check the mac and cheese to see if it's done. If it still looks like it has liquid left you can cook it for longer or take it out if you like creamy mac and cheese.

Banana Pudding is a southern staple at all potlucks and family reunions. Here's the recipe I use and everyone loves it.
Banana Pudding:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups cold water
1 pkg. 4 serving size vanilla pudding
1 pint heavy whipping cream
3 bananas, sliced
1 box vanilla wafers

Whisk the sweetened condensed milk and water together. Add in the pudding mix, stir and chill in fridge. Meanwhile in a chilled bowl, beat the whipping cream with hand mixer until stiff peaks form. Fold the whipped cream together with the pudding/milk mixture. Layer pudding/cream mixture on bottom of another bowl with layers of bananas and wafers until you have used all the pudding mixture, bananas, and wafers. Chill and serve.

Buttermilk Biscuits:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening, chilled
1/4 cup butter, chilled
3/4 cup buttermilk
Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl. Cut in shortening and butter until the fats are the size of small peas. Stir in buttermilk gently. If dough is dry add a few more tablespoons of buttermilk. Depending on the weather you may need more or less buttermilk. Turn dough out onto floured surface and roll to thickness desired (1/2 inch for high biscuits). Cut with biscuit cutter and place on greased baking sheet and brush tops of biscuits with extra buttermilk or melted butter. Bake at 500 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

ANY food can be comfort food. Red or Pinto Beans with Ham Hocks, Fried Potatoes, hot buttered sliced Corn Bread, Cole Slaw, and Iced Tea with Sugar are some southern comfort foods to me.

Answer 4

Go to foodnetwork.com and look up recipes by Paula Deen. Excellent southern food!

As for the fried green tomatoes, very simple.

Slice a green tomato, salt both sides to bring out the moisture, roll them in cornmeal. Fry them in Crisco until golden brown.

Answer 5

I'm a South Carolina native, and tonight I'm cooking the following:
fried pork chops
rice and gravy
macaroni and cheese
yellow squash and green onions
field peas
fried fatback

A couple of good websites are www.chefrick.com and http://southernrecipes.info/recipes/index.php.

You should be able to find anything and everything on either of those. I sometimes just get my ideas for supper from one or both. Enjoy true Southern cookin', but watch the waistline while you're doing so! (We're not known for cooking with lots of butter or pork fat for nothing - lol.)

Answer 6

Here is a link that has BUNCHES of southern receipes! Click on the link and have fun looking them over.
http://www.foodieview.com/food/recipes/southern.jsp

Answer 7

Here is my favorite.

Southern-Fried Chicken

1 3 lb chicken, cut up
1/3 cup butter milk
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup lard or oil, lard will give the best flavor.

1. Combine flour, salt and pepper in a paper or plastic bag. Dip chicken in the buttermilk. Shake one or two pieces of chicken in bag to coat.

2. In a large deep frying pan, melt lard over medium-high heat to 375 degrees. Add chicken pieces and cook turning frequently until brown and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

OMG you have to go to paula Deans website...she is the queen on Southern Cookin

http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/searchResults?searchString=Paula+Dean&site=food&gosearch=Submit&searchType=Recipe

enjoy!

Answer 10

Mama's Southern Fried Chicken

1 package of chicken breast tenders
1 package of Sylvia's fried chicken mix
oil for frying
3 eggs

Dip the chicken into the egg and coat it evenly. In a plastic ziplock bag, pour the Sylvia's mix in and put in a piece of chicken. Shake up and fry it!

Answer 11

fried cat fish fried chicken chicken fried steak mashed pot toes just about any thing fried green beans fried okra tomato's brown grave home made bisects