American cuisine is the cooking style and range of dishes prepared in the United States. It grew from a mixing of European cooking, Native American and Alaskan cooking, and African American cooking known as soul food. The Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, South, West and Southwest each show distinctive elements that reflect local food resources, local demographics and local innovation, and some states and cities, such as Minnesota and California, have styles of their own. Immigrant groups have also evolved distinct traditions, including Chinese American, Italian American and Mexican American cooking, while Cajun and Pennsylvania Dutch foodways remain regional heritages tied to particular ethnic groups.
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1. American Cuisine (Wikipedia)
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American cuisine encompasses the cooking style and range of dishes prepared in the United States.
Uses Ingredient: Maple Syrup, Wikipedia article text
Typical condiments include maple syrup, grown from the native sugar maple, molasses, and cranberry sauce.
Uses Ingredient: Maize, Wikipedia article text
Many practiced a form of agriculture revolving around the Three Sisters, the rotation of beans, maize, and squash as staples of their diet.
Uses Ingredient: Pork, Wikipedia article text
Rendered pork fat made the most popular cooking medium, especially from the cooking of bacon.
Uses Ingredient: Potato, Wikipedia article text
The diet of the uplands often included wild game, cabbage, string beans, corn, squashes and white potatoes.
View the SourceReuben Sandwich (Wikipedia)
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The Reuben sandwich is an American grilled sandwich comprising corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing, grilled between slices of rye bread.
View the Source Clam chowder (Wikipedia)
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Clam chowder is any of several chowder soups in American cuisine containing clams.
View the Source Buffalo wing - Wikipedia
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A Buffalo wing in American cuisine is an unbreaded chicken wing section (flat or drumette) that is generally deep-fried, then coated or dipped in a sauce consisting of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and melted butter.
View the Source Cheesesteak - Wikipedia
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A popular regional fast food, it has its roots in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
View the Source Cobb salad - Wikipedia
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The Cobb salad is an American garden salad typically made with chopped salad greens (authentically romaine lettuce), tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, chives, blue cheese (often Roquefort; some versions use other cheeses such as cheddar or Monterey Jack, or no cheese at all) and red wine vinaigrette.
View the Source Biscuits and gravy - Wikipedia
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Biscuits and gravy is a popular breakfast dish in the United States, especially in the South.
View the Source Chicken and waffles - Wikipedia
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Chicken and waffles is an American dish combining chicken with waffles.
View the Source Hash browns - Wikipedia
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Hash browns, also spelled hashed browns and hashbrowns, are a popular American breakfast food consisting of finely julienned potatoes that have been fried until golden brown.
View the Source Eggs Benedict - Wikipedia
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Eggs Benedict is a common American breakfast or brunch dish, consisting of two halves of an English muffin, each topped with Canadian bacon or sliced ham, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce.
View the Source Breakfast burrito, Wikipedia
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The breakfast burrito (Spanish: Burrito de desayuno), sometimes referred to as a breakfast wrap outside of the American Southwest, is a variety of American breakfast composed of breakfast items wrapped inside a flour tortilla burrito.
View the Source Popover, Wikipedia
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A popover is a light American pastry made from an egg batter similar to that of Yorkshire pudding, typically baked in muffin tins or dedicated popover pans, which have straight-walled sides rather than angled.
View the Source Wikipedia, Sausage gravy
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Sausage gravy is a traditional Southern breakfast dish in the United States.
View the Source Creamed eggs on toast (Wikipedia)
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Creamed eggs on toast is an American breakfast dish.
View the Source Garlic Noodles (Wikipedia)
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Garlic noodles (Vietnamese: mì tỏi, pronounced [mi˧˩ tɔj˧˩]) are a noodle dish that originated in San Francisco, California.
View the Source Bananas Foster (Wikipedia)
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Bananas Foster is an American dessert made from bananas, with a sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.
View the Source American goulash (Wikipedia)
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American goulash, sometimes called slumgullion or Minnesota goulash, is an American dish, similar to American chop suey.
View the Source Banana cream pie (Wikipedia)
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Banana cream pie is an American dessert pie made with bananas, egg custard and whipped cream.
View the Source City chicken (Wikipedia)
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City chicken is an American entrée consisting of cubes of meat, typically pork, which have been placed on a wooden skewer (approximately 4-5 inches or 10-13 centimetres long), then fried or baked.
View the Source Pone (food) (Wikipedia)
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Pone is a type of baked or fried bread in American cuisine, and the Cuisine of the Southern United States.
View the Source Shucky beans (Wikipedia)
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Shucky beans (also called "leather britches") are an American legume dish, made of dried green beans that have been preserved for winter consumption.
View the Source Salisbury steak (Wikipedia)
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Salisbury steak is a meat dish originating in the United States and made from a blend of ground beef and other ingredients, such as chicken and pork, being considered a version of Hamburg steak.
View the Source Fudge (Wikipedia)
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Modern fudge has its origins in the 19th century United States, and became popular in American women's colleges late in the century.
View the Source Chicken à la King (Wikipedia)
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Chicken à la King ('chicken in the style of King') is an American dish consisting of diced, shredded, or sliced chicken in a cream sauce, usually with mushrooms, pimientos, and sherry, originally served over toast points or in a vol-au-vent or pastry case, later over rice or noodles.
View the Source Tamale pie (Wikipedia)
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Tamale pie is a pie and casserole dish associated with the cuisine of the Southwestern United States.
View the Source Seven-layer salad (Wikipedia)
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Seven-layer salad is an American dish that includes a colorful combination of seven layers of ingredients: iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, sweet peas, hard-boiled eggs, sharp cheddar cheese, and bacon pieces.
View the Source Corn dog (Wikipedia)
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It originated in the United States and is commonly found in American cuisine.
View the Source Green bean casserole (Wikipedia)
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Green bean casserole is an American baked dish consisting primarily of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and crisp fried onions.
View the Source Peanuts and Coke (Wikipedia)
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Peanuts and coke, sometimes called a "farmer's Coke", is a snack originating in the United States that became popular with agricultural and other blue-collar trades.
View the Source Pulled pork (Wikipedia)
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Pulled pork is an American barbecue dish, more specifically a dish of the Southern United States, based on shredded barbecued pork shoulder.
View the Source Porcupine meatballs (Wikipedia)
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Porcupine meatballs are an American casserole dish of ground beef and rice meatballs cooked in tomato sauce.
View the Source French onion dip (Wikipedia)
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French onion dip or California dip is an American dip typically made with a base of sour cream and flavored with minced onion, and usually served with potato chips as chips and dip.
View the Source Celery Victor (Wikipedia)
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Celery Victor is an historical American marinated celery salad dish invented in 1910 by Victor Hirtzler, head chef at San Francisco's St.
View the Source American chop suey (Wikipedia)
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American chop suey is an American pasta casserole made with ground beef, macaroni and a seasoned tomato sauce, found in the cuisine of New England and other regions of the United States.
View the Source Desperation pie (Wikipedia)
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Desperation pies are pies in American cuisine made using staple ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs and flour, and making use of other ingredients that cooks had on hand to substitute for ingredients that were out of season or too expensive.
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