List of American foods

This is a list of American foods and dishes where few actually originated in America but have become nationally known. 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 into the 19th and 20th centuries proportional to the influx of migrants from other nations.

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

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

Cheese and dairy

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 American pancakes Biscuits and gravy Breakfast burrito Chicken-fried steak Eggs Benedict Grits Hashbrowns Strata

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 American chop suey Barbecue, including pork ribs, Texas smoked brisket, pulled pork, and barbecue chicken Bottboi (see Pennsylvania Dutch pot pie) Chicken Nuggets Chicken parmesan Club sandwich Crab cake Crayfish Hotdish Southern fried chicken (see chicken and waffles) Lobster Maryland blue crab Roasted turkey

Soups and stews Chili Clam chowder Corn chowder Gumbo Saimin

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 Fluff salad

Rice dishes

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 Poke (dish) California Roll

Sandwiches

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

Sausages

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 Chili cheese fries Lay's Doritos Pringles Parmesan chips

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 Snickers Twinkie Oreo Hubba Bubba Airheads (candy) Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

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General items

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

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 Minnesotan dishes 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

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