List of American foods

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This is a list of American foods and dishes where few actually originated from America but have become a national favorite. There are a few foods that predate colonization, and the European colonization of the Americas brought about the introduction of many new ingredients and cooking styles. This variety continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th proportional to the influx migrants from additional foreign nations. There is a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the United States.

This list is not exhaustive, nor does it cover every item consumed in the U.S., but it does include foods and dishes that are common in the U.S. (highly available and regularly consumed), or which originated there. The list is representative only. For more foods in a given category, see the main article for that category.

American foods

Breads and baked goods

Main article: List of American breads

• Banana bread
• Biscuit (bread)
• Cornbread
• Cuban bread
• Frybread
• Muffin
• Sopaipilla
• Cupcake

Cheese and dairy

Main article: List of American cheeses

Gouda and Swiss are common cheeses in America.

• Muenster cheese
• American cheese (technically a processed cheese)
• Colby (as well as the blend Colby-Jack)
• Sour cream
• Cream cheese
• Monterey Jack (and used in pepper jack cheese)
• String cheese
• Velveeta (brand name of a common processed cheese)

Breakfast

• Eggs Benedict
• Bagels
• American pancakes
• Grits
• Breakfast burrito
• Chicken-fried steak
• Hashbrowns

Vegetables and salads

• Coleslaw
• Sweet potato casserole
• Corn on the cob
• Fried green tomatoes
• Fried okra
• Green salad, including Caesar salad, Cobb salad, Green Goddess salad, kale salad, Waldorf salad and chef salad
• New Mexico chile including Hatch Green Chile

Main dishes

• Roasted turkey
• Southern fried chicken (see chicken and waffles)
• Barbecue, including pork ribs, Texas smoked brisket, pulled pork, and barbecue chicken
• Crab cake
• Crayfish as food
• Lobster
• Maryland blue crab
• Club sandwich
• Chicken Nuggets

Soups and stews

• Chili
• Clam chowder
• Corn chowder
• Gumbo

Desserts

Main article: List of American desserts

• Twinkies
• Bean pie
• Bizcochito
• Chocolate brownie
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Cobbler
• Fudge
• Jell-O
• Key lime pie
• Peanut butter cookie
• Pecan pie
• Pumpkin pie
• Red velvet cake
• S'more
• Sundae
• Ice cream
• Milkshake
• Pineapple upside-down cake
• Doughnut
• Beignet
• Chiffon cake

Rice dishes

Gumbo is a dish that originated in southern Louisiana during the 18th century.

• Calas
• Charleston red rice
• Chicken bog
• Dirty rice
• Glorified rice
• Gumbo
• Hawaiian haystack
• Hoppin' John
• Jambalaya
• Mexican rice
• Rice and gravy
• Red beans and rice
• Shrimp creole

Sandwiches

Main article: List of American sandwiches

• Barbecue sandwich
• BLT
• Cheesesteak
• Chopped cheese
• Club sandwich
• Cuban sandwich
• Egg salad sandwich
• Fluffernutter
• French dip
• Grilled cheese
• Ham and cheese
• Hamburger (modern version)
• Hoagie
• Hot dog (modern version)
• Italian beef
• Lobster roll
• Melt sandwich
• Muffuletta
• Pastrami on rye
• Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• Po' boy
• Reuben sandwich
• Sloppy joe

Sausages

Hot dogs with various toppings

• Bologna sausage
• Breakfast sausage
• Chaudin
• Goetta
• Half-smoke
• Hot link (sausage)
• Italian hot dog
• Lebanon bologna
• Maxwell Street Polish
• Polish Boy
• Chili dog

Snacks and side dishes

• Artichoke dip
• Boston baked beans
• Buffalo wings
• Curly fries
• Hushpuppy
• Jalapeño popper
• Macaroni and cheese
• Rocky Mountain Oysters
• Waffle fries
• Cheetos

Condiments

• Barbecue sauce
• Benedictine_(spread)
• Blue cheese dressing
• Old Bay Seasoning
• Cocktail sauce
• Cranberry sauce
• Fry sauce
• Green goddess dressing
• Honey mustard
• Maple syrup
• Mayonnaise
• Old sour
• Pickle relish
• Ranch dressing
• Special sauce
• Tabasco sauce
• Thousand Island dressing
• Tomato ketchup
• Yellow mustard

Miscellaneous

• Pot liquor

Candies

• Jolly ranchers
• Sour patch kids
• Skittles
• Hershey's
• M&M's

Gallery

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  Brunswick stew
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  New England clam chowder
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  An opened fortune cookie, with the printed fortune that was inside it
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  Kansas City–style barbecue
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  London broil
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  A side dish of macaroni and cheese
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  A sloppy joe sandwich with a side dish of coleslaw
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  A traditional southern food dinner consisting of fried chicken with macaroni and cheese, collard greens, okra and cornbread
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  Tex-Mex: mixed beef and chicken fajita ingredients, served on a hot iron skillet
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  Chicken and waffles
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  Corn dog
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  Chili dog

General items

A Thanksgiving dinner

This includes general areas of food interest relating to the United States.

• Barbecue in the United States
  • Barbecue in North Carolina
  • Barbecue in Texas
  • Kansas City–style barbecue
  • Memphis-style barbecue
  • Santa Maria–style barbecue
• Pizza in the United States
  • California-style pizza
  • Chicago-style pizza
  • New York–style pizza
  • Detroit-style pizza
  • St. Louis–style pizza
• History of the hamburger in the United States
• New American cuisine
• Roadkill cuisine
• Native American cuisine
• Tex-Mex
• Thanksgiving dinner

See also

• Food portal
• United States portal
• Lists portal

• Indigenous cuisine of the Americas
• Canadian cuisine
• Mexican cuisine
• List of American breakfast foods
• List of American sandwiches
• List of American regional and fusion cuisines
• List of foods
• List of foods of the Southern United States
• List of regional dishes of the United States
• List of soul foods and dishes