The best American recipes
American cooking is a patchwork of regional traditions, immigrant influences, and home kitchen habits, and its recipes tend to favor generous flavors, comforting textures, and dishes built for sharing. Think of crisp salads and creamy sides, from the layered richness of a Cobb salad to the tangy bite of coleslaw and potato salad at summer gatherings. Appetizers and snacks play a big role too, whether it is a platter of deviled eggs, savory stuffed mushrooms, a chilled shrimp cocktail, or warm garlic bread. Along the way you will also meet classics like the apple-and-walnut Waldorf salad. For each of these dishes, you can find the ranking of the best-rated recipes across several websites, so you can compare them and choose the version that suits your table.
Starters
- Cobb salad
- Coleslaw
- Potato salad
- Waldorf salad
- Deviled eggs
- Stuffed mushrooms
- Shrimp cocktail
- Garlic bread
- Clam chowder
- Chicken noodle soup
- Tomato soup
- Broccoli cheddar soup
- Caesar salad
Main dishes
- Mac and cheese
- Chicken alfredo
- Meatloaf
- Pulled pork
- BBQ ribs
- Pot roast
- Chicken pot pie
- Fried chicken
- Jambalaya
- Homemade burger
Desserts
- Banana bread
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Key lime pie
- Pumpkin pie
- Pecan pie
- Red velvet cake
- Peach cobbler
- Apple crisp
- Cinnamon rolls
- Donuts
- Waffles
- French toast
- Blueberry muffins
- Cupcakes
- Lemon bars
- Cheesecake
- Pancakes
- Brownies
- Cookies
- Carrot cake
Snacks & party food
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