Southern food pot luck coming up. recipes?

[Deleted]

I could do pulled chicken but does anyone have a fun recipe? Easy and enough to feed a crowd.  Not pork.

[cajunmom]

This isn't really easy but if you buy lump crab instead of whole ones it's a lot easier. But it's amazing.

www.nomenu.com/joomla1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1039:crab-and-brie-soup&catid=169:cream-soups&Itemid=133

[curbsideprophet]

I would not considered pulled chicken a southern food, buy maybe that is b/c NC is very much into pulled pork. What about fried chicken? Other items I think of when I think of southern food are cornbread, hush puppies, collard greens, and okra.

[blackcat]

I have a recipe for banana pudding, everyone raves about it, I have even been told that for a northerner, I make a pretty damn good banana pudding (very standard southern dish).

Banana Pudding
Ingredients
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 box honey graham crackers
• 4 bananas, peeled and sliced

Directions
1. In large bowl combine sour cream, whipped topping, pudding mix and milk. Stir well. In the bottom of a trifle bowl or other glass serving dish, put a layer of graham crackers, then a layer of pudding mixture, then a layer of bananas. Repeat until all ingredients are used. Top with vanilla wafers for decoration. Refrigerate until serving

[bunch]

Neelys honey cornbread muffins
Pimento cheese
Pulled pork
Shrimp and grits

[smiley]

Macaroni and Cheese

[gt7301b]

Mac and Cheese

Fried okra

Fried Green Tomatoes

[rikki]

thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/08/the-best-baked-beans-ever/

Super yummy!

[arterr0]

Fried chicken
Pimento cheese
Fried green tomatoes

As for then pp who recommended banana pudding, please, for the love of all things southern, do not ever make banana pudding with instant pudding mix and frozen whipped topping. Authentic, southern banana pudding should be made with layers of vanilla wafers or graham crackers, homemade cooked custard, bananas, then topped with meringue (for meringue haters, real whipped cream may be subbed for meringue)

[agnes]

Pulled chicken does not equal Southern to me.

Fried chicken does. Oh how I love fried chicken.

[rubytue]

Pulled chicken? Never even heard of those two words together, and I come from the land of pulled pork variations (NC/TN).

So southern food for a party -
Pimiento cheese
Ham biscuits
Corn bread and black eyed peas
Fried chicken
Pulled pork
Deviled eggs
Fried catfish

[Deleted]

All sounds great. I have to keep stuff warm without an oven so I might order fried chicken to be delivered. The banan pudding sounds fab and I loooooove pimento cheese. Desserts are already covered, though. Pimento cheese would be easy cause I have a fridge. I do have a crock pot so beans could be an option.

[steph96]

Corn nuggets!

[rubytue]

Can I upload pictures from the app?

edit: Boo!  I couldn't upload a pic of my favorite pimento cheese recipe.  I'll see if I can find it online somewhere

[Deleted]

There are too many people coming who do not eat pork so that is why I would do chicken. It is LA, :-). Someone snagged Mac-n-cheese already. I do not have a kitchen at work so need to bring something that can go in the crock pot or be reheated by microwave. So fried stuff is kind of out. Cornbread would be good! MAybe I will make some cheesy cornbread. We have Homeboys Industries restaurant across the street that I am going to talk to about making something big and walking it over.

It is a going away party and all the docs are chipping in $.

[rubytue]

See if you can find this at your library for inspiration; www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1401308406

[Deleted]

Jan 27, 2013 19:37:36 GMT -5 arterr0 said:

Fried chicken
Pimento cheese
Fried green tomatoes

As for then pp who recommended banana pudding, please, for the love of all things southern, do not ever make banana pudding with instant pudding mix and frozen whipped topping. Authentic, southern banana pudding should be made with layers of vanilla wafers or graham crackers, homemade cooked custard, bananas, then topped with meringue (for meringue haters, real whipped cream may be subbed for meringue)

She knows what she is talking about...

Excellent baker. If I wasn't on a diet I'd be buying from her weekly.

[Deleted]

Red beans and rice would work great in a crockpot.
Pimento cheese is also great - Homesick Texan has a good recipe.
Buttermilk biscuits.
Banana pudding.

[mbcdefg]

This is my favorite cornbread recipe. But I'm not a Southerner so idk how authentic it is:

m.allrecipes.com/recipe/76594/recipegrandmothers-buttermilk-cornbread

[bunch]

Jan 27, 2013 19:37:36 GMT -5 arterr0 said:

Fried chicken
Pimento cheese
Fried green tomatoes

As for then pp who recommended banana pudding, please, for the love of all things southern, do not ever make banana pudding with instant pudding mix and frozen whipped topping. Authentic, southern banana pudding should be made with layers of vanilla wafers or graham crackers, homemade cooked custard, bananas, then topped with meringue (for meringue haters, real whipped cream may be subbed for meringue)

Lol this was my thought. Banana pudding is a warm dish. Now I really, really want some.

[RandZB]

Mmm, homemade pimento cheese. Jalapeño cornbread, fried chicken, banana pudding, a fruit cobbler.

[Deleted]

Now I am hungry!

[Deleted]

Jan 27, 2013 19:54:48 GMT -5 rubytue said:

See if you can find this at your library for inspiration; www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1401308406

SAVING this and the CORNBREAD recipe.  Thanks! And the book is in my Amazon box!

[cajunmom]

Jan 27, 2013 20:00:01 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

What's wrong with pulled BBQ chicken? I would be all over that

Nothing's wrong with it. It's just not a Southern dish.

[Deleted]

Jan 27, 2013 18:22:21 GMT -5 cajunmom said:

This isn't really easy but if you buy lump crab instead of whole ones it's a lot easier. But it's amazing.

www.nomenu.com/joomla1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1039:crab-and-brie-soup&catid=169:cream-soups&Itemid=133

This I am making at home!

[mbcdefg]

How do you serve pimento cheese? Is it like a dip, a mozzarella stick, or a cheese and crackers-type thing?

[redheadk]

I ate homemade pimiento cheese on crackers all.the.time for the first few weeks of DD's life. So good. My grandma makes it for me Use a good mayonnaise if you make it. It is very easy. You can grate the cheese in the food processor so it doesn't take much time at all.

Other suggestions that I haven't seen on here are chicken salad, creamed corn, and corn spoonbread (I think there are some spoonbread crockpot recipes out there).

[Deleted]

Wow. Cornbread salad! Great idea.

[Deleted]

deepsouthdish.com is filled with southern recipes. A pot of chicken and sausage gumbo would be good.

And I have to agree with the banana pudding, don't use instant pudding of any sort. I'm a lover of instant pudding, but I tried that once with DH's Mississippi family and his granny firmly told me that banana pudding is not made with instant pudding.

She also makes a cornbread salad, I'm not sure how traditionally southern it is, but it's a salad layered with cornbread, romaine lettuce, diced tomatoes, black beans, corn, bacon, shredded cheese, scallions, and ranch dressing. ETA: obviously I should read the whole post before commenting!!