List of regional dishes of the United States

The cuisine of the United States includes many regional or local dishes, side dishes and foods. This list includes dishes and foods that are associated with specific regions of the United States.

Regional dishes of the United States

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	American chop suey	New England and Northeastern United States	An Italian-American dish of elbow macaroni, ground beef, tomato sauce, seasonings, and sometimes grated cheese.[1]
	American goulash	Midwestern United States	A dish that is similar to American chop suey, consisting of pasta (such as macaroni or egg noodles), ground beef, tomatoes or tomato sauce, seasonings, and sometimes grated cheese.[2]
	Arizona cheese crisp	Arizona	An open-faced flour tortilla with grated cheese and sometimes additional ingredients on top, baked until both the tortilla and the cheese are crisp.[3]
	Biscuits and gravy	Southern United States	Soft dough biscuits, generally split into halves and covered in either sawmill or sausage gravy.[4]
	Boston baked beans	Boston, Massachusetts	A variety of baked beans, typically sweetened with molasses or maple syrup and flavored with salt pork or bacon.[5]
	Cheese straws	Southern United States	A savory biscuit-like snack made with flour, butter, salt, cheddar cheese, and cayenne pepper; sometimes the dough is extruded through a cookie press before being baked[6][7][8]
	Chili burger	Los Angeles	Also known as a chili size. A hamburger (or cheeseburger) topped with chili con carne.[9]
	Chislic	South Dakota	Small cubes of mutton (or sometimes beef, pork, or venison), deep-fried and served on skewers or toothpicks.[10][11]
	Cincinnati chili	Cincinnati, Ohio	A Mediterranean-spiced meat sauce used as a topping with spaghetti (a "two-way"), with cheese (a "three-way") and onions or beans (a "four-way"), or on hot dogs ("coneys"), dishes developed by Macedonian immigrant restaurateurs in the 1920s.[12]
	City chicken	Ohio; Michigan; Pennsylvania; Upstate New York; Ontario	Cubes of meat (usually pork) which have been placed on a wooden skewer (approximately 4–5 inches long), then fried and/or baked.[13]
	Cowboy beans	Southwestern United States	Consists of beans and ground beef in a sweet and tangy sauce[14]
	Eggs Benedict	New York City	The two halves of a toasted English muffin topped with Canadian bacon, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce.[15] Claims exist that it was invented at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City in 1894, and another claim is that it was first made by Edward P. Montgomery on behalf of commodore E. C. Benedict.[16]
	Eggs Sardou	New Orleans	Poached eggs, artichoke bottoms, creamed spinach, and hollandaise sauce, sometimes with other ingredients such as anchovies or chopped ham.[17]
	Étouffée	Louisiana, Mississippi	Étouffée (pronounced ay-too-FAY) is crawfish (or sometimes other shellfish such as shrimp or crabs) cooked using a technique called smothering, with roux, Cajun spices, and other ingredients, and served with rice.[18]
	Fried cheese curds	Wisconsin, Minnesota	Cheese curds that are battered and deep fried.[19][20]
	Fried green tomatoes	Southern United States	Unripe tomatoes, sliced, coated with cornmeal, and fried.[21]
	Goetta	Cincinnati, Ohio	Goetta (pronounced GET-ə) is ground pork and/or beef mixed with steel-cut oats and seasonings, formed into a log, sliced, and fried. It originated in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.[22]
	Grillades	Louisiana	Grillades (pronounced gree-YAHDZ) are fried or seared medallions of meat, usually beef, cooked with Creole-style vegetables and spices.[23]
	Hamdog	Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi	A hot dog wrapped in a hamburger patty and deep-fried, topped with chili, cheese, onions, and a fried egg, and served in a hoagie roll.[24]
	Hotdish	Minnesota	A variety of casserole which typically contains a starch, a meat or other protein, and a canned and/or frozen vegetable, mixed with canned soup[25]
	Hot hamburger plate	Southeastern United States	A slice of bread (usually white) with a hamburger patty placed on top. This is then covered in French fries and then brown (beef) gravy. Cheese is sometimes added.[26]
	Hushpuppy	Southern United States	A savory food made from cornmeal batter that is deep fried or baked rolled as a small ball[27]
	Johnny Marzetti	Midwestern United States	A Midwestern Italian American pasta dish consisting of noodles, cheese, ground beef, and a tomato sauce that typically includes aromatic vegetables and mushrooms.[28]
	Laulau	Hawaii	The traditional preparation consisted of pork in wrapped taro leaf[29]
	Loco moco	Hawaii	There are many variations, but the traditional loco moco consists of white rice, topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and brown gravy[30]
	Mission burrito	San Francisco, California	A very large burrito filled with meat, beans, rice, and additional flavor-enhancing ingredients such as cheese, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, or jalapeños. Typically served wrapped in aluminum foil.[31]
	Natchitoches meat pie	Louisiana	A dish in Louisiana creole cuisine, it is one of the official state foods of Louisiana,[32] ingredients include ground beef, ground pork, onions, peppers, garlic, oil, and a pie shell
	New England boiled dinner	New England	Corned beef or a smoked "picnic ham" shoulder, with cabbage and added vegetable items[33]
	Pepperoni roll	West Virginia and Appalachia	Pepperoni baked inside a soft roll to create an easily portable snack or lunch item.[34]
	Pork roll	New Jersey	Also known as Taylor ham; a lightly smoked and cured pork product; usually eaten on a roll as a sandwich[35]
	Pudding corn	Southern United States and Appalachia	Also known as corn pudding. A savory, baked casserole made with corn kernels (and sometimes cornmeal), eggs, cream or milk, and other ingredients. Usually served as a side dish.[36]
	Runza	Nebraska and Kansas	A hand-held meat pie similar to a bierock, with a yeast dough bread pocket and a filling of ground beef, shredded cabbage, and seasonings.[37]
	Scrapple	Delaware and Pennsylvania	Traditionally, a mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and wheat flour, often buckwheat flour, and spices[38]
	Spam musubi	Hawaii	A piece of grilled Spam on top of a rice ball, held together with a strip of nori. This is similar to nigiri sushi, but with Spam instead of raw fish.[39]
	Spoonbread	Southern United States	A moist cornmeal-based dish, similar in consistency and taste to Yorkshire pudding.[40] (Pictured is spoonbread underneath a pork chop, with a side of greens.)
	Stromboli	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	A type of savory turnover filled with various cheeses, typically mozzarella, Italian meats such as salami, capicola and bresaola or vegetables, and traditionally wrapped in Italian bread dough. It was invented in 1950 at Romano's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant in Essington, Pennsylvania, by Nazzareno "Nat" Romano.[41]
	Succotash	New England; Pennsylvania; Southern United States	A chunky dish that consists primarily of sweet corn with lima beans or other shell beans. Other ingredients may be added including tomatoes and green or sweet red peppers.[42]
	Toasted ravioli	St. Louis, Missouri	Found on the menus of many St. Louis restaurants including those of the Hill, a predominantly Italian neighborhood.[43]
	Utica greens	Upstate New York	A dish made of hot peppers, sautéed greens, chicken stock or broth, escarole, cheese, Pecorino, breadcrumbs and variations of meat and prosciutto.[44]

Barbecue

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Carolina-style Barbecue	North Carolina	Slow-cooked pork typified by method of cooking and wood used to generate heat and the seasoning sauce. In eastern North Carolina, a vinegar-based sauce is used; in western North Carolina, the sauce is tomato-based.[45][46]
	Kansas City-style barbecue	Kansas City, Missouri	Kansas City barbecue is slow-smoked over a variety of woods and then covered with a thick tomato- and molasses-based sauce.[47]
	Memphis-style barbecue	Memphis, Tennessee	Typified by pork ribs, slow cooked in a pit. "Dry" ribs are covered with a dry rub before cooking, and are normally eaten without sauce. "Wet" ribs are brushed with sauce before, during, and after cooking.[48]
	Oklahoma-style barbecue	Oklahoma	Oklahoma-style barbecue is a blend of the regional influences of Kansas City and Texas.[49] One of Oklahoma's contributions to barbecue is smoked bologna.[50]
	Santa Maria-style barbecue	Santa Maria Valley, California	Beef tri-tip and sometimes other meat, grilled over coals of the coast live oak, and traditionally served with salsa, pinquito beans, salad, and grilled French bread.[51]
	St. Louis-style barbecue	St. Louis, Missouri	Various pork dishes cooked with barbecue sauce, which typically are grilled rather than being cooked in a smokehouse.[52]
	Texas-style barbecue	Texas	Texas-style barbecue often uses beef instead of pork. There are several variations, including East, Central, West, and South Texas. The regions differ primarily in the type of wood used, the cooking method, and the addition and application of spices and sauce.[53]

Breads and bread dishes

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Anadama bread	New England	A traditional yeast bread of New England made with wheat flour, cornmeal, molasses and sometimes rye flour[54]
	Beaten biscuits	Southern United States	A dense biscuit, sometimes served with ham. Before baking the dough is beaten extensively with a rolling pin or other blunt instrument.[55]
	Hot water corn bread	Southern United States	Cornbread made by mixing cornmeal and water and cooking the resulting batter in a skillet with cooking oil.[56]
	Johnnycakes	East Coast	Also known as hoecakes. Cornmeal flatbread, a dish of Native American origin.[57][58]
	Parker House roll	Boston, Massachusetts	A bread roll that was invented at the Parker House Hotel in Boston during the 1870s.[59] It may be served as a side dish.
	Pistolette	Louisiana	A pistolette is either of two bread-based dishes in Louisiana cuisine. One is a stuffed and fried bread roll (sometimes called stuffed pistolettes) in the Cajun areas around Lafayette. The other is a type of submarine shaped bread about half the size of a baguette that is popular in New Orleans for Vietnamese bánh mì and other sandwiches.[60]
	Texas toast	Texas	A type of thick-cut white bread, grilled with butter or margarine and often with garlic and other spices, and usually used as a side dish[61]

Chicken dishes

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Buffalo wings	Buffalo, New York	Chicken wing sections (wingettes and drumettes) that are deep-fried, unbreaded, and coated in a hot sauce made with cayenne pepper, vinegar, and butter. Usually served with celery and/or carrot sticks, and ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping.[62]
	Chicken and waffles	The South and the Northeast	The soul food version of chicken and waffles, popular in the South, pairs fried chicken with a breakfast waffle. The Pennsylvania Dutch version, found in the Northeast, consists of a plain waffle with pulled, stewed chicken on top, covered in gravy.[63]
	Chicken Divan	New York City	A chicken casserole usually served with broccoli, almonds, and Mornay sauce. It was named after the place of its invention, the Divan Parisiennne Restaurant in the New York City Chatham Hotel.[64][65]
	Chicken Maryland	Maryland	Fried chicken served with a cream gravy[66]
	Chicken mull	North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia	A traditional stew consisting of parboiled whole chicken in a cream or milk based broth, butter and seasoned with salt, pepper and other ingredients[67]
	Chicken riggies	Utica–Rome area, New York	An Italian-American pasta dish of chicken, rigatoni, and hot or sweet peppers, in a spicy cream and tomato sauce.[68]
	Chicken Vesuvio	Chicago	Pieces of chicken on the bone, with potato wedges and peas, cooked with white wine, garlic, and olive oil. An Italian American dish.[69]
	Hot chicken	Nashville, Tennessee	A portion of breast, thigh, or wing that has been marinated in a water-based blend of seasoning, floured, fried, and finally sauced using a paste that has been spiced with cayenne pepper.[70]

Desserts and confectionery

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Bananas Foster	New Orleans	A dessert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream, with a sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur. The butter, sugar and bananas are cooked, then the alcohol is added and ignited as a flambé. The bananas and sauce are served over the ice cream.[71]
	Beignet	New Orleans	A beignet (pronounced ben-YAY) is a square-shaped pastry made with deep-fried choux dough and topped with powdered sugar.[72]
	Boston cream doughnut	Massachusetts	A yeast-risen doughnut with chocolate frosting and a creamy vanilla-flavored custard filling: a miniature version of the Boston cream pie.[73][74] It was designated the official doughnut of Massachusetts in 2003[75] after the Boston cream pie itself was chosen as the state dessert in 1996.
	Boston cream pie	Boston	A cake that is filled with a custard or cream filling and frosted with chocolate[76]
	Chantilly cake	Hawaii	A delicacy in Hawaii, dating back to the 1950s.[77] Usually, Chantilly cakes are chocolate cakes with a Chantilly frosting, which is essentially the coconut frosting from a German chocolate cake without the coconut.[78] This is in contrast to the typical usage of creme Chantilly, which refers to sweetened whipped cream.[79]
	Cronut	New York City	A croissant-doughnut pastry invented by Chef Dominique Ansel and trademarked[80][81] by his Bakery in New York City.[82][83]
	Doberge cake	New Orleans	Doberge (pronounced doh-BERZH) cake is a cake with many thin layers, separated with dessert pudding (often half chocolate and half lemon), and with a glazed outer frosting.[84]
	Frozen banana	Newport Beach, California	Made by putting a banana on a stick, freezing it, and dipping it in melted chocolate. May be covered with toppings such as chopped nuts, sprinkles, sugar, and crushed cookies.[85]
	Gooey butter cake	St. Louis, Missouri	A flat, dense cake made with wheat cake flour, butter, sugar, and eggs, typically about an inch tall, and dusted with powdered sugar.[86]
	Happy Cake	Hawaii	A tropical cake prepared with pineapple, coconut and macadamia nuts, it is often referred to as Hawaii’s version of a fruit cake.[87]
	Haupia	Hawaii	Haupia (pronounced how-PEE-ə) is a dish in the native cuisine of Hawaii, it is a coconut milk-based Hawaiian dessert often found at luaus and other local gatherings in Hawaiʻi[88]
	Hot milk cake	Mid-Atlantic states	Has a distinctive flavor from scalded milk that is the liquid component of the batter. It differs from traditional sponge cakes because it does contain baking powder as leavening, and the eggs are beaten together whole instead of whipping the yolks and whites separately.[89]
	Hummingbird cake	Southern United States	A banana-pineapple spice cake that has been a tradition in Southern cuisine since the mid-20th century.[90] The first known publication of the recipe, as written by L.H. Wiggin, was in the February 1978 issue of Southern Living.
	Kentucky jam cake	Kentucky and Tennessee	Prepared with jam and spices mixed in the batter and is decorated with caramel icing.[91][92][93]
	Key lime pie	Key West, Florida	A pie made with key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk, with a meringue topping.[94]
	King cake	New Orleans	A cake made of braided pastry laced with cinnamon, with purple, green, and gold frosting, and a small plastic baby hidden inside. Eaten during Mardi Gras season.[95]
	Kulolo	Hawaii	A dessert made from mashed kalo (taro) corms, grated coconut meat and/or coconut milk, and sugar[96]
	Lane cake	Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi[97]	Also known as a prize cake; a bourbon-soaked layer cake[98]
	Mississippi mud pie	Mississippi	A chocolate-based dessert pie.[99][100]
	Modjeska	Louisville, Kentucky	A marshmallow dipped in caramel.[101]
	Pecan pie	Southern United States	A pie made primarily of eggs and corn syrup with pecan nuts.[102]
	Pie à la Mode	Minnesota	A slice of pie with a scoop of ice cream on top.[103]
	Salt water taffy	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Originally produced and marketed in the Atlantic City, New Jersey area starting in the 1880s[104]
	Shaker Lemon Pie	Ohio and elsewhere in the Midwest	A pie with a filling made with whole lemons that have been sliced extremely thin and macerated with sugar.[105]
	Shoofly pie	Pennsylvania	A pie with a cake-like consistency, made with molasses.[106]
	Snickers salad	Iowa	A mix of Snickers bars, Granny Smith apples, whipped cream, and often pudding or whipped topping, served in a bowl.[107]
	Strawberry rhubarb pie	New England	A sweet and tart pie made with strawberries and rhubarb, with a latticed top crust.[108]
	Sugar cream pie	Indiana	Often referred to as Hoosier sugar cream pie, this is the state food of Indiana. It is a single crust pie made from brown sugar, flour, butter, salt, vanilla, and cream. The Hoosier sugar cream pie is recognizable for being a shallow pie with a nutmeg dusting on top.[109][110]
	Sugar on snow	Vermont	A candy made by boiling maple syrup and pouring it over clean snow to harden it.[111]
	Sweet potato pie	Southern United States	A pie with a filling of mashed sweet potatoes, milk, sugar and eggs, flavored with spices such as nutmeg.[112]
	Tarte à la Bouillie	Louisiana	Tarte à la Bouillie (pronounced TART-ah-lah-boo-YEE) are sweet-dough custard tarts that are part of Cajun cuisine.[113]
	Toll House cookie	Massachusetts	A cookie made with butter, brown sugar, and white sugar, with semi-sweet chocolate chips. Invented at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts.[114]
	Whoopie pie	Maine and Pennsylvania	A baked product made of two round mound-shaped pieces of chocolate cake with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting sandwiched between them.[115] Referred to in some parts of Pennsylvania as a gob.[116]

Fish and seafood dishes

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Clams casino	Rhode Island	A clam served on a half clamshell, topped with breadcrumbs and crumbled bacon, and broiled.[117]
	Crab cakes	Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area and elsewhere in Maryland	Crab meat and other ingredients (such as bread crumbs, milk, mayonnaise, eggs, and seasonings, particularly Old Bay Seasoning), often broiled, or sometimes deep-fried or sautéd.[118]
	Lobster Newberg	New York City, New York	An American seafood dish made from lobster, butter, cream, cognac, sherry, eggs, and cayenne pepper.[119]
	Oysters Bienville	New Orleans, Louisiana	A traditional dish in New Orleans cuisine,[120] it consists of filled, baked oysters. Ingredients include shrimp, mushrooms, bell peppers, sherry, a roux with butter, Parmesan cheese and other lighter cheese, as well as bread crumbs.[121]
	Oysters en brochette	New Orleans	A classic dish in New Orleans Creole cuisine,[122] raw oysters are skewered, alternating with pieces of partially cooked bacon. The entire dish is then broiled or breaded (usually with corn flour) then either deep fried or sautéed
	Oysters Rockefeller	New Orleans	Oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with various other ingredients (often parsley and other green herbs, a rich butter sauce and bread crumbs) and are then baked or broiled[123]
	Shrimp and grits	The South Carolina Lowcountry and other coastal areas of the Southeast	Grits with cooked shrimp added, usually served for breakfast.[124]
	Shrimp Creole	Louisiana	Cooked shrimp in a mixture of tomatoes, onions, celery, and bell peppers, spiced with hot pepper sauce or cayenne-based seasoning, and served over steamed or boiled white rice.[125]
	Shrimp DeJonghe	Chicago	A casserole of large, peeled shrimp, soft breadcrumbs, and a rich sauce made with butter, garlic, and white wine or sherry.[126]
	Stuffies	Rhode Island and elsewhere in New England	Also known as stuffed clams or stuffed quahogs. Quahog clams, minced and mixed with breadcrumbs and sometimes other ingredients, baked on the half-shell.[127]
	Squid lū'au	Hawaii	Made with squid (or octopus), taro (lu'au) leaves, coconut milk, garlic, water, and Hawaiian salt.[128] (Squid lū'au is pictured at the very bottom of the image.)

Hot dogs and sausages

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Bagel dog	New York City, Chicago, Cincinnati	A full-size or miniature hot dog, wrapped in bagel-style breading before or after cooking.[129]
	Beer brat	Wisconsin	A bratwurst simmered in beer and then grilled.[130][131]
	Chicago-style hot dog	Chicago	An all-beef hot dog on a poppy seed bun, topped with chopped onions, pickle spear, tomato slices, relish, celery salt, and sport peppers. Also topped with mustard, but not ketchup.[132]
	Coney	Cincinnati	A hot dog topped with spiced meat sauce, mustard, diced onions, and sometimes cheese.[133]
	Coney Island hot dog	Detroit and elsewhere in Michigan	A large, natural-casing hot dog topped with a hearty, mildly spiced meat sauce, and with mustard and diced onions.[134][135]
	Dodger Dog	Los Angeles	A 10-inch hot dog wrapped in a steamed bun. Sold at the baseball park of the Los Angeles Dodgers.[136]
	Francheezie	Chicago	An all-beef hot dog wrapped in bacon and deep fried, with melted Cheddar or American cheese (or Velveeta). Usually the hot dog is split and filled with cheese before the deep frying. Alternatively the cheese may be added as a topping afterwards.[137]
	Half-smoke	Washington, D.C.	A "local sausage delicacy"[138] that is similar to a hot dog, but usually larger, spicier, and with more coarsely-ground meat. The sausage is often half-pork and half-beef, smoked, and served with herbs, onions, and chili sauce.
	Jersey breakfast dog	New Jersey	A hot dog wrapped in bacon and deep fried, with melted cheese, on top of a fried or scrambled egg.[139]
	Maxwell Street Polish	Chicago	A Polish sausage made with beef and pork, and with garlic and other spices. Served on a bun with grilled onions.[140]
	Michigan hot dog	North Country of New York state	A natural-casing hot dog made of beef and pork, sometimes bright red in color, on a steamed bun, topped with a meat sauce made with hamburger meat, tomatoes, and spices. Optionally also topped with onions and yellow mustard.[141]
	New York System wiener	Rhode Island	A sausage similar to a hot dog, made of veal and pork, served in a steamed bun, and topped with celery salt, yellow mustard, chopped onions, and a seasoned meat sauce made from ground beef.[142]
	Polish Boy	Cleveland	A kielbasa sausage covered with French fries, barbecue sauce, and cole slaw, served in a long bun.[143]
	Ripper	Northern New Jersey	A hot dog that is deep-fried until the casing rips.[144]
	Seattle-style hot dog	Seattle	A hot dog or Polish sausage, usually grilled, topped with cream cheese. Often also topped with condiments such as mustard, grilled onions, or sauerkraut.[145]
	Sonoran hot dog	Tucson and elsewhere in southern Arizona	A hot dog wrapped in bacon and grilled, served on a bolillo-style hot dog bun, and topped with pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, and a variety of additional condiments, often including mayonnaise, mustard, and jalapeño salsa.[146]
	Texas Tommy	Philadelphia and elsewhere in eastern Pennsylvania	Invented in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, a Texas Tommy is a hot dog that is split and filled with cheese, wrapped with bacon, and then cooked.[147]

Pizza

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Brier Hill pizza	Youngstown, Ohio	A pizza that has thick "Sunday sauce", bell peppers, and Romano cheese. This dish was popularized by Italian immigrant families living in the Brier Hill neighborhood of Youngstown, Ohio.[148]
	California-style pizza	California	A pizza that combines New York and Italian-style thin crust with toppings from the California cuisine cooking style.[149]
	Chicago-style pizza	Chicago	Deep-dish pizza, with a tall outer crust and large amounts of cheese, with chunky tomato sauce on top of the cheese instead of underneath it.[150]
	Detroit-style pizza	Detroit	A square pizza similar to Sicilian-style pizza that has a thick deep-dish crisp crust and toppings such as pepperoni and olives, and is served with the marinara sauce on top.[151][152]
	New Haven-style pizza	New Haven, Connecticut	A Neapolitan-influenced pizza with a thin, crisp crust. A "plain" pizza is crust, oregano, and tomato sauce with a little bit of grated pecorino romano cheese sprinkled on. Mozzarella (known as "mootz" in the local Italian dialect) is considered to be a topping; a customer who wants it must ask for it.[153]
	New York-style pizza	New York City	Pizza with a thin, hand-tossed crust that is soft and foldable but crispy on the edge. Often sold in wide, wedge-shaped slices to go.[154]
	Pizza bagel	New York metropolitan area	The two halves of a toasted bagel, baked with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and often other pizza toppings.[155]
	Pizza puff	Chicago	A deep-fried dough pocket filled with cheese, tomato sauce, and other pizza ingredients such as sausage. Can be found at some hot dog restaurants as a side dish.[156]
	Quad City-style pizza	The Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois	The crust has a nutty taste, the tomato sauce is spicy, the toppings are under the cheese, and the pizza is cut into strips.[157]
	St. Louis-style pizza	St. Louis	Pizza, often made with Provel cheese, with a very thin crust made without yeast. Generally cut into squares or rectangles instead of wedges.[158]
	Tomato pie	Trenton, New Jersey	Thick-crust pizza dish cooked with cheese underneath a large amount of garlicky tomato sauce, cooled to room temperature before serving.[159]

Potato dishes

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Funeral potatoes	Utah	A casserole of hash browns or cubed potatoes, Cheddar or Parmesan cheese, cream soup or a cream sauce, and other ingredients, topped with corn flakes or crushed potato chips.[160]
	Jo Jo potatoes	Ohio	Potato wedges that are fried in the same vat as chicken,[161] or that are coated in a seasoned flour and fried.[162]
	Potatoes O'Brien	Boston, Massachusetts and Manhattan, New York	Pan-fried potatoes along with green and red bell peppers. Its origin is disputed;[163] it has been claimed that it originated in the early 20th century[164] from a Boston restaurant named Jerome's[165] and, during the same time period, from a Manhattan restaurant named Jack's.[166][167]
	Salt potatoes	Syracuse, New York	As the potatoes cook, the salty water forms a crust on the skin and seals the potatoes so they never taste waterlogged[168]

Rice dishes

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Charleston red rice	The lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia	Long grain rice cooked with crushed tomatoes, small bits of bacon or smoked pork sausage, celery, bell peppers, and onions.[169]
	Dirty rice	Louisiana and elsewhere in the Southern United States	Rice cooked with small amounts of meat (traditionally chicken giblets) which give it a dark color, along with onions, bell peppers, celery, and spices.[170]
	Hoppin' John	Southern United States	Rice cooked with black-eyed peas or field peas, chopped onion, and sliced bacon. Sometimes country sausage, ham hock, fatback, or another type of meat is used instead of bacon.[171]
	Jambalaya	Louisiana	A dish of rice and meat in Louisiana Creole cuisine (often a combination of andouille sausage, chicken, and shrimp) cooked with vegetables and Louisiana Creole spices.[172]
	Red beans and rice	Louisiana	A dish in Louisiana Creole cuisine, it is prepared with kidney beans cooked with Louisiana Cajun spices, and often also cooked with ham and vegetables such as bell peppers, onions, and celery, served together with white rice.[173]
	Rice and gravy	Louisiana	Traditionally a brown gravy based on pan drippings, cooked with onions, bell peppers, celery, and seasonings, and served over steamed or boiled rice. Now often made with various types of meats.[174]

Salads

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Cobb salad	Los Angeles	A garden salad made from chopped salad greens (iceberg lettuce, watercress, endives and Romaine lettuce), tomato, crisp bacon, boiled, grilled or roasted (but not fried) chicken breast, hard-boiled egg, avocado, chives, Roquefort cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette.[175] Various stories exist recounting how the salad was invented.
	Crab Louie	San Francisco	Iceberg lettuce with Dungeness crab or other crab meat, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, and Louis dressing.[176]
	Frogeye salad	Utah	A pasta salad that is made with acini di pepe pasta, whipped topping and egg yolks. Fruit, such as mandarin oranges and pineapples, are often mixed in, and it is sometimes topped with marshmallows.[177]
	Jello salad	Pennsylvania	Pieces of fruit suspended in flavored gelatin.[178]
	Michigan salad	Michigan	A green salad topped with dried cherries or cranberries, blue cheese, vinaigrette, and sometimes apple slices.[179]
	Poke	Hawaii	Poke (pronounced POH-kay) is a raw seafood salad served as an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine. It is most commonly made with yellowfin tuna, salty seaweed, and sweet onions.[180]
	Seven-layer salad	Southern United States	A salad with seven layers, usually composed of iceberg lettuce, peas, tomatoes, onions, Cheddar cheese, bacon, and mayonnaise. Served in a glass bowl with high sides.[181]
	Shrimp Louie	San Francisco and Seattle	Iceberg lettuce with Pacific pink shrimp or other small boiled and shelled shrimp, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, and Louis dressing; basically the same ingredients as a Crab Louie salad, but with shrimp instead of Dungeness crab[182][183][184]
	Waldorf salad	New York City	First created between 1893 and 1896 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City, it is generally made of fresh apples, celery and walnuts, dressed in mayonnaise.[185]

Sandwiches

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Beef Manhattan	Indianapolis, Indiana	An open-faced sandwich of roast beef and gravy, served with mashed potatoes.[186][187]
	Beef on weck	Buffalo, New York	Thin-sliced roast beef on a kummelweck roll (a Kaiser roll roll topped with caraway seeds and salt). The cut face of the top half of the roll may be dipped in the jus from the roast. Horseradish is usually provided for the diner to spread to taste on the top half of the roll.[188]
	Cheesesteak	Philadelphia	Also known as a Philly cheesesteak. Thinly sliced beef and melted cheese (usually provolone) on a hoagie roll, typically with sauteed onions and bell peppers and other seasonings.[189]
	Cuban sandwich	Tampa, Florida, South Florida[190]	A pressed sandwich made with sliced ham and roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, and sometimes Genoa salami, on Cuban bread.[191][192]
	Denver sandwich	Denver	Also known as a Western sandwich. A Denver omelette (scrambled eggs with diced ham, onions, and green bell peppers) on two pieces of bread.[193]
	Fluffernutter	New England	Made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, usually served on white bread[194]
	Fool's Gold Loaf	Denver	A French bread, baked and hollowed out, and filled with a jar of peanut butter, a jar of grape jelly, and a pound of bacon.[195]
	Fried-brain sandwich	Ohio River valley	A sandwich made with heavily battered sliced calves' brains, deep fried and served on sliced bread.[196]
	Gerber sandwich	St. Louis	An open-faced sandwich of a half section of Italian or French bread, spread with garlic butter and topped with ham and either Provel or Provolone cheese, seasoned with a sprinkling of paprika, and then toasted.[197]
	Horseshoe sandwich	Springfield, Illinois	An open-faced sandwich of thick-sliced toasted bread, a hamburger patty or other meat, French fries, and a cheese sauce that is somewhat similar to Welsh rarebit.[198]
	Hot brown	Louisville, Kentucky	An open-faced sandwich of turkey with sliced tomatoes on thick-cut toast, covered with Mornay sauce and topped with bacon, and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown.[199]
	Italian beef	Chicago	A sandwich of thin slices of seasoned roast beef, dripping with meat juices, on a dense, long Italian-style roll.[200]
	Jibarito	Chicago	A jibarito (pronounced HEE-bah-REE-toh) is a sandwich, inspired by the cuisine of Puerto Rico, made with flattened, fried green plantains instead of bread. Generally with a thin steak filling, or sometimes chicken or pork. Usually topped with garlic-flavored mayonnaise, lettuce, and tomato.[201]
	Jucy Lucy	Minneapolis	A cheeseburger that has the cheese inside the meat patty in addition to on top.[202]
	Lobster roll	New England	A sandwich of lobster meat served in a top-loading hot dog bun.[203]
	Mother-in-law	Chicago	A tamale in a hot dog bun, covered with chili.[204]
	Muffuletta	New Orleans	A sandwich on a muffuletta bread, a large, round, and light Italian bread with sesame seeds. It's filled with various meats and cheeses, usually including ham, capicola, salami, mortadella, mozzarella, and provolone, with olive salad spread on the bread.[205]
	Pilgrim sandwich	New England	Also known as a Thanksgiving sandwich. Made with sliced turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and sometimes cheese and other ingredients.[206]
	Po' boy	New Orleans	A submarine sandwich on a wide piece of French bread that is crunchy on the outside and light on the inside. Popular fillings include fried seafood such as shrimp, oysters, or catfish, and the more traditional roast beef with brown gravy. Usually topped with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and remoulade.[207]
	Pork tenderloin sandwich	Iowa and Indiana	A large, thin pork cutlet, breaded and deep-fried, served on a bun.[208]
	Reuben sandwich	New York City and Omaha, Nebraska	A hot sandwich composed of corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian or Thousand Island dressing, grilled between slices of rye bread.[209] One account holds that Reuben Kulakofsky of Omaha, Nebraska invented the sandwich, and another holds that it was invented by Arnold Reuben at Reuben's Restaurant in New York City.[210]
	Roast pork on garlic bread	Catskill region of upstate New York	A hot sandwich of "Chinese" roasted pork, duck sauce, and hot mustard, served on Italian garlic bread[211][212][213]
	Sailor sandwich	Richmond, Virginia	A sandwich of grilled knackwurst, hot pastrami, melted Swiss cheese, and spicy mustard on rye bread.[214]
	Spiedie	Binghamton, New York	A spiedie (pronounced SPEE-dee) is a sandwich of marinated cubes of lamb, chicken, pork, or beef served on Italian bread or white bread.[215]
	St. Paul sandwich	St. Louis	An egg foo young patty on white bread, with dill pickle slices, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise.[216]
	Submarine sandwich	Northeastern United States	Also known as a sub, wedge, hoagie, hero, grinder, baguette and other names, it originated in several different Italian American communities in the Northeastern United States from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.[217] A long roll of bread split widthwise into two pieces, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces.
	Tavern sandwich	Iowa	Also known as a loosemeat sandwich,[218] it contains crumbled, unseasoned ground beef on a bun, mixed with sauteed onions, and sometimes topped with pickles, ketchup and mustard.

Soups and stews

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Booyah	Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin	A thick soup that often requires up to two days and multiple cooks to prepare; it is cooked in specially designed "booyah kettles" and usually meant to serve hundreds or even thousands of people.[219]
	Burgoo	Kentucky and Illinois	A spicy stew,[220] typically using game or game birds, similar to Irish or Mulligan stew, often served with cornbread or corn muffins. [The image at the left depicts burgoo with a side of mashed potatoes.]
	Chili con carne	Texas	Originated in Texas and is the official dish of the U.S. state of Texas, as designated by the House Concurrent Resolution Number 18 of the 65th Texas Legislature during its regular session in 1977.[221]
	Cioppino	San Francisco, California	Cioppino (pronounced choh-PEE-noh) is an Italian-American fish stew with tomatoes and a variety of fish and shellfish.[222]
	Clam chowder (Manhattan style)	New York	Clams cooked in a red broth with tomatoes for flavor and color.[223]
	Clam chowder (New England style)	New England	A milk- or cream-based chowder of potatoes, onion, and clams.[224]
	Gumbo	Louisiana	A meat and/or seafood soup or stew thickened with okra or filé.[225]
	Philadelphia Pepper Pot	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	A thick stew of beef tripe, vegetables, pepper and other seasonings.[226]
	She-crab soup	Charleston, South Carolina	A seafood soup made with blue crab meat, crab roe, and crab stock mixed with heavy cream and dry sherry.[227]
	Sonofabitch stew	Western United States	A cowboy dish of the Old West. A beef stew, the ingredients of which depended on availability. Sometimes made with offal from a calf.[228]
	Vichyssoise	New York City	Vichyssoise (pronounced vee-shee-SWAHZ) is a thick soup made of puréed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream, and chicken stock. Its origins is a subject of debate among culinary historians; Julia Child calls it "an American invention",[229] whereas others observe that "the origin of the soup is questionable in whether it's genuinely French or an American creation".[230]
	Yaka mein	New Orleans	A soup that combines influences of Chinese and Creole cuisine. Stewed beef in beef-based broth with noodles, garnished with half a hard-boiled egg and chopped green onions, with Creole or Cajun seasoning.[231]

Steak dishes

Image	Name	Associated regions	Description
	Carne asada fries	San Diego, California	French fries, carne asada, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.[232]
	Chicken fried steak	Texas	A breaded cutlet dish consisting of a piece of tenderized cube steak coated with seasoned flour and pan fried.[233]
	Delmonico steak	New York City	A method of preparation from one of several cuts of beef (typically the Rib Cut) prepared Delmonico style, made by Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City during the mid-19th century.[234]
	Finger steaks	Southern Idaho	Small strips of steak (usually sirloin), battered with a tempura-like batter and deep-fried in oil. Typically served with French fries and fry sauce, and a thick piece of buttered toast.[235]
	Steak de Burgo	Des Moines, Iowa	Usually consists of a beef tenderloin either topped with butter, garlic, and Italian herbs, or served in a sauce consisting of those same ingredients[236]
	Steak Diane	New York City	A pan-fried beefsteak with a sauce made from the seasoned pan juices, generally prepared in restaurants tableside, and flambéed. It does not appear in the classics of French cuisine, and was probably invented in mid-20th century New York City as part of the fad for tableside-flambéed dishes.[237]

See also

• American Chinese cuisine
• Barbecue in the United States
• Cajun cuisine
• Carolina style
• Cuisine of the Midwestern United States
• Cuisine of New England
• Cuisine of New Orleans
• Cuisine of New York City
• Cuisine of the Pacific Northwest
• Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• Cuisine of Philadelphia
• Cuisine of the Southern United States
• Cuisine of the Southwestern United States
• Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies
• Cuisine of the Western United States
• Hawaii regional cuisine
  • Native cuisine of Hawaii
• Hot dog variations § United States
• Italian-American cuisine
• List of American foods
• List of American regional and fusion cuisines
• Louisiana Creole cuisine
• Lowcountry cuisine
• Native American cuisine
• Pizza in the United States
• Puerto Rican cuisine
• Soul food
  • List of soul foods and dishes
• Tex-Mex
• Traditional food

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