Southern comfort food is the best comfort food there is. It's artery-clogging, soul-satisfying goodness that just feels right on a cold winter day.
Or a hot summer day.
Basically, any day.
Fried chicken, collard greens, black-eyed peas, cornbread … If you're from the South, or just love Southern comfort food, you're going to love this ultimate collection of Southern comfort food recipes!
Grab your apron and get cookin’!
This Southern pimento cheese is incredibly flavorful, simple to make, and can be used in many different ways! Spread it over some crackers, add it to your favorite sandwich, or top a burger patty with it - there's no wrong way!
A delicious twist on classic Southern Deviled Eggs! Try this Bacon Swiss Deviled Eggs on your next brunch. This recipe includes your breakfast favorites - avocado, swiss cheese, and crispy bacon.
Crispy on the outside, nice and fluffy on the inside, these fried balls of cornmeal are a perfect side to many dishes - a true Southern comfort classic.
Taste the spicy flavors of New Orleans in this classic red beans and rice made with chicken sausage.
Look no further when searching for excellent comfort food on a chilly night! This chicken and dumplings recipe combines all the flavors you love from chicken pot pie into a lighter stew, topped with a fluffy dumpling!
Sweet Potato Casserole is not just meant for the holidays! This is an excellent side throughout the year when you're craving some Southern comfort.
Easy and nutritious southern collard greens with bacon and bone broth slow cooked in the oven or on the stove.
An easy and delicious peach cobbler recipe made with fresh Georgia peaches in a cast iron skillet with a buttery biscuit topping.
A tender breaded steak covered in a velvety chicken gravy with mushrooms and onions. You'll be shocked by how quick and easy it is to make delicious Chicken Fried Steak at home!
Served with Sriracha Aioli, these crispy delights are sure to please!
You will love this Alton Brown's biscuit recipe. They are soft, flakey, and taste amazing with some sausage gravy!
If you are making biscuits from the previous recipe, this is the only gravy recipe you need to make a perfect Southern comfort combo!
This classic Southern pecan pie recipe couldn't be more simple, and it tastes absolutely incredible. Great served warm or cold, with ice cream or cream.
This classic southern comfort food is made with succulent shrimp, creamy grits, and various flavorful spices. It's a dish that satisfies even the most discerning palate. And best of all, it's easy to make!
The perfect recipe for BBQ pork you are guaranteed to make over and over again.
Classic Southern Fried Chicken to comfort your soul. The breading adds a crisp crust to the chicken's exterior while retaining juices in the meat.
This super easy Southern dessert will not disappoint!
Corn pudding is a mixture of ingredients that’s a bit like cornbread but much creamier. You need a few ingredients: eggs, kernel corn, creamed corn, butter, a box of Jiffy corn mix, and cheese.
These buttermilk beignets are unbelievably light and fluffy. You can make them the night before and serve them for breakfast.
If you like buttermilk fried chicken tenders and cornmeal waffles, then Southern-Style Chicken and Waffles are for you! This sweet and savory recipe for fried chicken and waffles is easy to make! Crunchy chicken strips and crisp-tender waffles!
These crab cakes are light, filled with veggies, herbs, and tons of sweet, juicy crab meat.
The dish goes back as far as 1841 Charleston, South Carolina. In the South, eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is thought to bring a prosperous year filled with luck.
Learn to make a most delicious and most Southern Lemon Pound Cake from Chef Tovia. No concentrated lemon juice here, folks, just real lemons here!
When you think of mud pie, I'm sure a few things come to mind. Chocolate, whipped cream, crust, you get the idea. But what about a Mississippi mud pie? If you haven't heard of this southern-hailing dessert, you will now! This decadent pie starts with a chocolate crust, then gets a layer of brownie, a layer of rich chocolate pudding, a layer of fluffy vanilla whipped cream, then a beautiful dusting of shaved chocolate. Is your mouth watering yet?
It doesn’t matter who you are or where you are from; Tomato Gravy is good Southern food. If you have never had tomato gravy, you must try this recipe. This delightfully different gravy recipe is flavorful and filling.
Hummingbird cake is such an amazing southern dessert staple!
This is an amalgam of all your favorite Southern food fantasies on a plate. Juicy peaches, summer-ripe tomatoes, cornbread croutons, country ham, glazed pecans over peppery arugula, red onions, scallions, and sweet corn.
