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10 Southern Comfort Food Recipes Your Family Will Love

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I’ve been cooking and learning about traditional Southern recipes for at least 50 years. Most of them are recipes that I learned from my mother, grandmothers, and aunts when I was a child and that I’ve cooked for my family for the years. Here are 10 of the best! And if you like these, you’ll love the full collection on Lana’s Cooking!

Real Simple Southern Fried Chicken

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Making fried chicken doesn’t have to be complicated. Learn how to make simple, authentic fried chicken with my quick and easy recipe. Perfect for a family dinner or special occasion!

Gravy being poured onto country fried steak on a plate with mashed potatoes.

To learn more and get the recipe: Real Simple Southern Fried Chicken

Easy Hot Water Cornbread

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Light and fluffy on the inside with a crispy, crunchy exterior, this rustic and easy Hot Water Cornbread recipe is a classic Southern treat! All you need are four ingredients and about 15 minutes to make the best fried cornbread you ever put in your mouth!

To learn more and get the recipe: Easy Hot Water Cornbread

Southern Fried Okra

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Southern Fried Okra is a Southern summer dinner favorite! Tender fresh okra is dredged in a light coating of finely ground white cornmeal and fried to a crispy, golden brown in hot peanut oil.

To learn more and get the recipe: Southern Fried Okra

Southern Potato Salad

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What’s the perfect dish to bring to any potluck? Why, this Classic Southern Potato Salad Recipe, of course! With its steamed, tender potatoes, celery, pickle relish, and a dressing made from mayonnaise and yellow mustard, this recipe goes with nearly anything and is great year round.

To learn more and get the recipe: Southern Potato Salad

Old Fashioned Copper Pennies

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Old fashioned, vintage recipes are the very best in my book! One of my favorites from years gone by is this Old Fashioned Copper Pennies recipe. It’s a simple combination of marinated sweet and sour carrots, onions, and bell peppers that may be served as either a side dish or salad.

To learn more and get the recipe: Old Fashioned Copper Pennies

Fire and Ice Tomatoes

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You’re going to really enjoy this vintage Southern recipe for Fire and Ice Tomatoes. It’s a light, refreshing side dish or salad composed of sweet Vidalia onions, ripe tomatoes, and bell peppers marinated in a sweet-tart vinegar solution. It’s a great choice for all your summer meals.

To learn more and get the recipe: Fire and Ice Tomatoes

Southern Tomato Cracker Salad

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If you enjoy the flavors of the classic southern tomato sandwich, then you’ll fall head over heels for this Southern Tomato Cracker Salad recipe! It takes 15 minutes from start to finish and there’s no cooking at all. Perfect for hot summer days when you don’t want to heat up the kitchen.

To learn more and get the recipe: Southern Tomato Cracker Salad

Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake

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Red Velvet Cake is a classic, much-loved recipe. The combination of rich cocoa layers and the luscious cream cheese frosting studded with pecans is a Southern favorite!

To learn more and get the recipe: Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake

Chocolate Little Layer Cake

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Part cake and part confection, this heritage recipe for Chocolate Little Layer Cake is made by home cooks throughout southwest Georgia. The cake consists of tiny yellow layers baked individually then filled and topped with old fashioned boiled chocolate icing.

To learn more and get the recipe: Chocolate Little Layer Cake

Southern Sweet Tea

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Southern Sweet Tea, a strong infusion of black tea that is sweetened and served over ice, is as essential to southern cuisine as fried chicken and collard greens. Depending on personal preference, it may also include a squeeze of lemon juice. And it’s never limited to warmer weather here, it appears on our tables every day of the year!

To learn more and get the recipe: Southern Iced Sweet Tea

Lana Stuart is the cook, writer, and founder of Lana’s Cooking. Lana has been cooking since she was tall enough to reach the stove and started this blog in 2009 to share her delicious home cooking recipes. You'll find about 700 recipes here so there's sure to be something your family will like!
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