Southern Comfort Foods You Need To Try Before You Die

There are many great cuisines in America. The farmlands of the Midwest feature your classic meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and corn dishes. When you’re down in the Southwest, you can’t miss out on Tex-Mex dishes, and the east and west coasts are the lands of classic sandwiches and fusion foods.

Arguably, the most comforting dishes of America come from the South. Fried okra, country ham and red-eye gravy, hush puppies, and gumbo are just a few dishes from the south that will warm your heart and comfort your soul.

Let’s take a deep dive into the Southern cuisine and discover the Southern comfort foods you need to try before you die.

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Beignets | 0:00
Biscuits and gravy | 0:44
Boiled peanuts | 1:21
Bourbon bread pudding | 2:02
Brunswick stew | 2:32
Fried catfish | 3:09
Chicken & dumplings | 3:40
Chicken fried steak | 4:04
Chicken gizzards | 4:32
Chicken pot pie | 4:58
Ambrosia salad | 5:32
Chitlins | 5:59
Chow-chow | 6:32
Collard greens & bacon | 6:56
Red-eye gravy | 7:22
Crawfish etouffee | 7:45
Fried chicken & waffles | 8:08
Fried green tomatoes | 8:36
Jambalaya | 9:17
Fried okra | 9:47
Hot Brown | 10:06
Hushpuppies | 10:30
Pecan pie | 10:50
Pimento cheese | 11:11
Potlikker | 11:39
Red beans & rice | 11:58
Seafood gumbo | 12:25
Mac and cheese | 12:52
Sweet potato casserole | 13:23

[MashedFood]

What's your favorite southern dish?

[lankyblackbird]

This was made by someone who’s not from the south.

[killbot]

Where's the banana pudding, and steak, and gravy?

[joseph-owhf]

I grew up in the south. When I discovered cooking I ran away from it, embracing the likes of Julie Child. Now at 61, I've come back to my southern roots. I love all things Cajan/Creole. Slow cooked greens, and yes pot likker. (although instant pots mean it doesn't have to actually be slow) Love okra, whether fried, in gumbo or sautéed w/ tomatoes and a bit of cajun seasoning. Biscuits for sure. But best of all is corn bread cooked in cast iron. Especially to go w/ those greens.

I was a huge fan of Tony Bourdain, and he used to talk about how the most creative, interesting food was born of poverty. And that is the origin of classic southern cuisine.

[kyndread]

"South Comfort Food" and NO peach cobbler?
Blasphemy.

[gingerhammond]

That "sausage gravy" looks completely gross and appetizing...and no Southerner would put American cheese on their sausage gravy biscuits...

[mintinired]

The next time you guys want to do a video on authentic southern food, I'm happy to offer my services to fact check the pictures you use so you don't do things like post bread pudding with whole slices of bread in it, and sausage gravy with american cheese.

[smeadows]

What the hell? How are you NOT going to include bbq on this list?

[mariannecrews]

Who eats their biscuits and gravy with cheese? I eat cheeses with everything... but not that

[leannaestep]

If the gravy wasn't a dead give away that these folks don't know Southern food, there was the English guy cooking catfish.

[timstroud]

If you can't open a boiled peanut with your bare hands, you are either a quadriplegic, dead, or there is something very wrong with the peanuts.

[marieantoinettescake]

Red Beans & Rice ALL DAY!!😋😋😋 Where's the Black Eyed Peas & Banana Pudding?? ❤️

[sassygrammy]

I’m 75-years old and I have never seen biscuits and gravy served with American (processed) cheese. 🤢. For an awesome pimento cheese sandwich, cook it as if you were making a traditional grilled cheese. 😋

[lovelyladycarter]

The narrator is a vegan who clearly knows nothing about southern food😒🤦🏽‍♀️

[DWG]

Only a lunatic would put cheese on their biscuits and gravy.

[dianestacks]

Native Texan here who was blessed with a grandmother who made spectacular chicken fried steak. It was NOT made with cubed steak. Moreover, most of the time other people used round steak that had been somewhat tenderized and cut into individual portions. My grandmother made hers from a thick sirloin steak beaten within an inch (or more like a half inch) of its life, cut into individual sized portions (usually about the size of an adult hand), seasoned with salt and pepper, covered with milk in a large bowl and placed in the refrigerator overnight. When preparing the meal the next day, the pieces were dredged in flour, fried in bacon drippings or vegetable oil and served. The WHITE gravy is made from the remains in the frying pan, the flour and the seasoned milk. The fork-tender steak melted in your mouth. I'm sure the San Antonio version is tasty; but, be assured, it is not the traditional dish.

[matthewdresslaer]

You can tell that this video is made from somebody from California because they suggested to use fake gravy mix. And if the creator of this video is from the south I'm pulling your card.

[j.p.]

I’m from the South and the only thing I won’t eat are chitlins. Disgusting

[joeyyoung]

If you can't break open your boiled peanuts with your hands, you're doing it wrong.

[christopherscorner]

Y’all, my daddy makes a bread pudding that’ll make you scream with joy when you taste it! He uses butter, fruit cocktail and raisins in his bread pudding but the butter gives the crispy texture on top and around the edges that almost taste like candy! It is something to behold!