Ahhh, only to hear about soul food is enough to make your tummy growl. Not all the time you’d be interested to try these delights in restaurants, or maybe even if you order them online. Sometimes, you really want to be able to make your own version of these at-home.
Defined, soul food is synonymous with Southern dishes, though not every Southern dish is soul food. Soul food is a traditional African-American cuisine that originated from the rural South, and is named such due to their soulful and resourceful cooking techniques.
Soul food features dishes like fried chicken, collard greens, cornbread, and black-eyed peas, rooted in West African culinary traditions and showcasing the ingenuity of enslaved people adapting to limited means. Without further ado, here are the tastiest soul food recipes to cook at home!
Baked Crab Cakes With Louisiana Remoulade Sauce
This is mouth-watering! An easy-to-bake crab cake bursting with tender, Southern-spiced crab meat that’s even more famous with the Louisiana remoulade.
Ingredients:
- Crab meat
- Creole spice
- Egg
- Panko
For the remoulade:
- Mayonnaise
- Mustards
- Sweet pickle relish
Directions:
First, in a bowl, mix the lump crab meat with breadcrumbs, egg, and seasoning. Then, form the balls or patties, chill, then bake until golden. That easy! Serve with remoulade made from mayo, mustard, herbs, lemon, and spices for dipping and flavor. Yum, yum, yum!
Southern Cat-Head Biscuits
Among the several types of biscuits in the South, these cat-head biscuits are the regional favorite. They’re found at barbecue joints, truck shops, and home dinner tables. They’re named such, because, well, they mimic the size of the head of a cat! Here’s the recipe.
Ingredients:
- 195g bleached, enriched all-purpose flour
- 195g bleached cake flour
- 24g (2 tablespoons) baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt (for table salt, use half as much by volume)
- 170g cold unsalted butter (6 ounces; 12 tablespoons), divided, plus more for serving
- 1 1/4 cups (300ml) cold buttermilk
- Honey, to serve (optional)
Directions:
First, pre-heat your oven with a pan inside. Then, mix the dry ingredients, followed by cutting in the butter, adding buttermilk to form dough. End by shaping portions, placed inside buttered pan, as you bake ‘til golden. Cool briefly, and serve warm. Yum, yum, yum!
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
This will remind you of those sandwiches in Popeyes, although this feels more authentic. It’s so irresistible, even your toddler will want to get their share!
Ingredients:
Chicken:
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons Crystal hot sauce or other Louisiana-style hot sauce
- 4 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt (for table salt, use half as much by volume, divided)
- Six 3- to 5-ounce boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon mild sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 quarts neutral oil, such as vegetable or peanut, for frying
Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 to 3 tablespoons cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt (for the table salt, use half as much by volume)
- 3/4 teaspoon mild sweet paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon chile powder
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup reserved hot frying oil, from above
For serving:
- 6 brioche hamburger buns
- 6 tablespoons (90 g) mayonnaise, such as Duke’s brand
- Dill or bread and butter pickle chips
Directions:
Promise, certainly learning how to make these is like touring the kitchen of a Popeyes joint. Start as you season and fry your crispy chicken, brush with spicy cayenne oil, then sandwich in toasted buns with pickles and slaw. Serve fresh and tangy to your family!
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