List of American foods

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This is a list of American foods and dishes where few actually originated from America but has become a national favourite. 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

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### Breads and baked goods

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Main article: List of American breads

* Banana bread
* Biscuit (bread)
* Cornbread
* Cuban bread
* Frybread
* Muffin
* Sopaipilla
* Texas toast

### Cheese and dairy

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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

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

### Vegetables and salads

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* 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

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* 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

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* Chili
* Clam chowder
* Corn chowder

### Desserts

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Main article: List of American desserts

* Banana pudding
* 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

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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
* Rice and gravy
* Red beans and rice
* Shrimp creole
* Spanish rice

### Sandwiches

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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

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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

### Snacks and side dishes

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* Artichoke dip
* Boston baked beans
* Buffalo wings
* Curly fries
* Hushpuppy
* Jalapeño popper
* Macaroni and cheese

### Condiments

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* 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

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* Pot liquor

## Gallery

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* Brunswick stew

* New England clam chowder

* An opened fortune cookie, with the printed fortune that was inside it

* Kansas City–style barbecue

* London broil

* A side dish of macaroni and cheese

* A sloppy joe sandwich with a side dish of coleslaw

* A traditional southern food dinner consisting of fried chicken with macaroni and cheese, collard greens, okra and cornbread

* Tex-Mex: mixed beef and chicken fajita ingredients, served on a hot iron skillet

* Chicken and waffles

* Corn dog

## General items

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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

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* 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

## References

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## External links

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* Media related to Cuisine of the United States at Wikimedia Commons

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Cuisine of the United States

Historical|

* Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies
* Thanksgiving dinner

Regional|

| General|

* List of regional dishes of the United States
* List of regional beverages of the United States

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Northeast|

* Mid-Atlantic
* New Jersey
* New York
* New York City
* Pennsylvania
* Allentown
* Philadelphia
* New England

South|

* Appalachia
* Floribbean
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Cajun
* Creole
* New Orleans
* Lowcountry
* Texas
* Barbecue in Texas
* Tex-Mex

Midwest|

* Chicago
* Kansas City-style barbecue
* North Dakota
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Ohio
* Cincinnati chili
* Omaha
* St. Louis
* Wisconsin

West|

* California
* California cuisine
* Southwestern
* New Mexican
* Pacific Northwestern
* Hawaii

Territories|

* Puerto Rico

Ethnic|

* African American
* American Cambodian
* American Chinese
* American Jewish
* Cajun
* Filipino-American
* Greek-American
* Italian-American
* Mexican-American
* Native American
* New Mexican (Neomexicano and Pueblo)
* Pennsylvania Dutch
* Tejano
* Tlingit

List articles|

* American foods
* American breads
* American cheeses
* American desserts
* American regional and fusion cuisines
* American sandwiches
* American breakfast foods
* Foods of the Southern United States
* Soul foods and dishes

Miscellaneous|

* Barbecue
* Christmas food
* Fast food

Drinks|

* Sweet tea
* Root beer
* Coca-Cola
* Egg cream
* Milkshake
* Shirley Temple
* Italian soda
* Pepsi
* American tea culture

Category: American cuisine

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Dishes
by origin|

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North America|

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South America|

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Misc./other|

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By type
and origin|

| Breads|

* American
* British
* Indian
* Pakistani
* Swiss

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Cheeses|

* American
* British
* Cornish
* Dutch
* English
* French
* German
* Greek
* Irish
* Italian
* Polish
* Spanish
* Swiss

Condiments|

* Filipino
* French fry accompaniments
* Indian
* Indonesian
* Japanese
* Pakistani

Desserts
and sweets|

* American
* Argentine
* Bangladeshi
* Brazilian
* British
* Chinese
* Filipino
* French
* German
* Indian
* Indonesian
* Italian
* Japanese
* Korean
* Tteok
* Pakistani
* Polish
* Romanian
* Russian
* Spanish
* Sri Lankan
* Taiwanese
* Thai
* Turkish

Soups and stews|

* Chinese
* French
* German
* Indonesian
* Italian
* Japanese
* Pakistani
* Spanish

Snack foods|

* Snack foods by country
* Indian
* Indonesian
* Japanese

Misc.|

* American sandwiches
* Foods with religious symbolism
* Indonesian noodles
* Pakistani meat
* Pakistani rice
* Pakistani vegetable
* Puddings (savoury)
* Vietnamese noodles
* Vietnamese specialities

By type|

| By cooking style|

* Baked goods
* Twice-baked
* Casseroles
* Deep fried
* Smoked
* Steamed

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By preparation
style|

* Dips
* Dried
* Fermented
* Soy products
* Food pastes
* Garnishes
* Gravies
* Instant
* Pickled
* Pickled fruits
* Rolled
* Sauces
* Dessert sauces
* Fish sauces
* Hot sauces
* Instant sauces
* Spreads
* Stuffed dishes

Breads, grains
and seeds|

* Almond
* Breads
* bread dishes
* Buns
* Flatbreads
* Quick breads
* Rolls
* Sourdough breads
* Sweet breads
* Buckwheat
* Crackers
* Dumplings
* Fried dough
* Legume
* Chickpea
* Peanut
* Maize
* Noodles
* Noodle dishes
* Fried noodle dishes
* Ramen
* Pancakes
* Pasta
* Pasta dishes
* Rice
* Fried rice
* Rice cakes
* Rice pudding
* Rice and beans
* Sesame seed
* Toast

Dairy-based|

* Butter dishes
* Cheese dishes
* Fondues
* Cheeses
* Brined
* Yogurt-based

Fruits and
vegetables|

* Apple
* Avocado
* Banana
* Broccoli
* Cabbage
* Carrot
* Cassava
* Cherry
* Eggplant
* Garlic
* Grape
* Lemon
* Melon
* Onion
* Plum
* Potato
* French fry
* Salads
* Arab
* Thai
* Soy-based
* Squash and pumpkin
* Strawberry
* Sweet potato
* Tofu
* Tomato

Fish and
seafood|

* Clam
* Cod
* Crab
* Fish head
* Fish stews
* Fried fish
* Herring
* Raw fish
* Salmon
* Shrimp
* Sushi and sashimi
* Tuna

Meat-based|

* Barbecue
* Beef
* Shredded beef
* Steak
* Veal
* Chicken
* Duck
* Egg
* Scrambled eggs
* Goat
* Hamburgers
* Hot dogs
* Kebabs
* Lamb
* Meatball
* Mixed grill
* Pork
* Bacon
* Ham dishes
* Hams
* Sausages
* Sausage dishes

Soups and stews|

* Bean
* Blood
* Cheese
* Cream
* Fish and seafood
* Vegetable

Sweets|

* Cakes
* Candies
* Chocolate bars
* Chocolate-covered
* Cookies
* Sandwich cookie
* Shortbread
* Desserts
* Custard
* Doughnuts
* Pastries
* Choux pastry
* Poppy seed
* Pies, tarts and flans
* Puddings

Misc.|

* Ancient
* Bacon substitutes
* Baozi
* Brand name snacks
* Breakfast
* Cereals
* Drinks
* Brunch
* Chifa
* Christmas
* Chutneys
* Coconut
* Coconut milk
* Coffee
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* Hangover remedies
* Hors d'oeuvre
* Tapas
* Made from maple
* Mushroom
* Pastries
* Pies, tarts and flans
* Porridges
* Relishes
* Sandwiches
* Soul
* Spit-roasted
* Street
* Syrups
* Tortilla-based
* Traditional

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