List of American foods

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This is a list of American foods and dishes. 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

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

Vegetables and Salads

Collard Greens
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

Mains

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

Soups and Stews

Desserts

Rice dishes

Sandwiches

Sausages

Snacks and Side Dishes

Condiments

Miscellaneous

Pot liquor

Slumgulian (brown stew made by miners during the gold rush)

Gallery

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

Detroit style coney dog

General items

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

References

External links

Media related to Cuisine of the United States at Wikimedia Commons

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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
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
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