35 Old-Fashioned Southern Dishes to Make Tonight

It's no secret that Southern food is some of the most comforting homestyle cuisines in the United States. And sometimes nothing else will suffice except making recipes the old-fashioned way. That includes foods with slowly developed flavors that seep their delicious cooking smells through the house, making waiting impossible (more than one Southern child has burned their mouth on a just-cooked piece of fried chicken). We have you covered from appetizers to desserts with these classic Southern foods you could find in a Southern grandma's recipe collection any day, plus the creative recipe ideas for recreating them at home.

Whether you grew up in the South enjoying home-cooked versions of these meals or you've just tried them at a restaurant, your mouth will be watering when you're done reading this list. Southerners know how to do food right—especially when there's an old family recipe involved. And for more, don't miss these 8 "Southern" Foods That Aren't Actually From the South.

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