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Carolina Fish Cakes Recipe - These fish cakes are great with tartar or cocktail sauce or a simple squeeze of fresh lemon or lime. For a change of pace add a bit of chili powder, cilantro and jalapeno or a teaspoon of Cajun spice. Nice served with boiled red potatoes and a spinach salad. This recipe has two cooking options: you can fry the cakes or bake them -- it's up to you!

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Carolina Fish Cakes

These fish cakes are great with tartar or cocktail sauce or a simple squeeze of fresh lemon or lime. For a change of pace add a bit of chili powder, cilantro and jalapeno or a teaspoon of Cajun spice. Nice served with boiled red potatoes and a spinach salad. This recipe has two cooking options: you can fry the cakes or bake them -- it's up to you!

By Becky Wergers

Cajun Crab Cakes (No Breadcrumbs) Recipe - These Creole-spiced crab cakes make a delicious side dish or appetizer. The key is to use a small amount of crumbled crackers instead of breadcrumbs for a lighter, less-starchy cake.

Cajun Crab Cakes (No Breadcrumbs)

These Creole-spiced crab cakes make a delicious side dish or appetizer. The key is to use a small amount of crumbled crackers instead of breadcrumbs for a lighter, less-starchy cake.

By Tracy

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Blackened Catfish and Spicy Rice Recipe - Buttery pan-fried catfish fillets are served over a bed of spicy white rice in this quick dinner.

Blackened Catfish and Spicy Rice

Buttery pan-fried catfish fillets are served over a bed of spicy white rice in this quick dinner.

By Eric Lubow

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Easy Southern Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe - Cornmeal-coated green tomato slices are fried until crisp and golden. They're perfect as a southern appetizer or for a unique take on a classic B.L.T.

Easy Southern Fried Green Tomatoes

Cornmeal-coated green tomato slices are fried until crisp and golden. They're perfect as a southern appetizer or for a unique take on a classic B.L.T.

By Ali

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North Carolina Pulled Pork Recipe - Pork shoulder is slow cooked in a tangy, sweet homemade barbecue sauce, perfect for serving a hungry family.

North Carolina Pulled Pork

Pork shoulder is slow cooked in a tangy, sweet homemade barbecue sauce, perfect for serving a hungry family.

By skibunny2k

Carolina Mustard Sauce #1 Recipe - There is no cooking required to get this classic vinegar- and mustard-based Carolina-style barbeque sauce sweetened with honey.

Carolina Mustard Sauce #1

There is no cooking required to get this classic vinegar- and mustard-based Carolina-style barbeque sauce sweetened with honey.

By Chef Bo

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Key West Shrimp Boil with Key Lime Mustard Sauce Recipe - This shrimp boil recipe comes with a bonus dipping sauce recipe, using beer, lemon juice, and lime juice to make tasty shrimp and dip for your shrimp lovers.

Key West Shrimp Boil with Key Lime Mustard Sauce

This shrimp boil recipe comes with a bonus dipping sauce recipe, using beer, lemon juice, and lime juice to make tasty shrimp and dip for your shrimp lovers.

By SAVVYHOSTESS

Memphis BBQ Pork Totchos Recipe and Video - These BBQ pork totchos, Tater Tots(R) topped with cheese, barbeque sauce, and coleslaw, bring the southern flavor to a favorite bar food.

Memphis BBQ Pork Totchos

These BBQ pork totchos, Tater Tots(R) topped with cheese, barbeque sauce, and coleslaw, bring the southern flavor to a favorite bar food.

By Leslie Kelly

Grilled Peach Bourbon Smash Recipe and Video - A quick and easy grilled fruit cocktail with muddled mint leaves and grilled peach with ginger ale and bourbon is a perfect summer cocktail.

Grilled Peach Bourbon Smash

A quick and easy grilled fruit cocktail with muddled mint leaves and grilled peach with ginger ale and bourbon is a perfect summer cocktail.

By Matt Wencl

Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread Recipe and Video - Grandma's recipe for a sweet, moist cornbread likely to become your favorite!

Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

Grandma's recipe for a sweet, moist cornbread likely to become your favorite!

By BETHANYWEATHERSBY

Fresh Southern Peach Cobbler Recipe and Video - Sweet Georgia peaches are topped with homemade biscuits creating a bubbling Southern-style peach cobbler perfect for summer nights.

Fresh Southern Peach Cobbler

Sweet Georgia peaches are topped with homemade biscuits creating a bubbling Southern-style peach cobbler perfect for summer nights.

By aeposey

Sweet Dinner Rolls Recipe and Video - This basic homemade dinner roll recipe is the only one you'll ever need. It makes soft, sweet dinner rolls, and can also be used for cinnamon rolls.

Sweet Dinner Rolls

This basic homemade dinner roll recipe is the only one you'll ever need. It makes soft, sweet dinner rolls, and can also be used for cinnamon rolls.

By Donna West

Sweet Potato Pie I Recipe and Video - For this lovely pie, sweet potatoes are boiled, peeled and mashed together with butter, sugar, milk and eggs, then seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.

Sweet Potato Pie I

For this lovely pie, sweet potatoes are boiled, peeled and mashed together with butter, sugar, milk and eggs, then seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.

By COUGAAR

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Colleen's Slow Cooker Jambalaya Recipe and Video - Shrimp and chicken simmer with classic jambalaya ingredients in this easy slow cooker meal.

Colleen's Slow Cooker Jambalaya

Shrimp and chicken simmer with classic jambalaya ingredients in this easy slow cooker meal.

By Colleen Murtaugh

Spicy Bean Salsa Recipe and Video - Also known as 'cowboy caviar', this twist on traditional salsa is enlivened with black beans, corn and black-eyed peas.

Spicy Bean Salsa

Also known as 'cowboy caviar', this twist on traditional salsa is enlivened with black beans, corn and black-eyed peas.

By Susan Navarrete

Kickin' Collard Greens Recipe and Video - If you like greens you will love this recipe. The bacon and onions give them a wonderful flavor. Add more red pepper for a little more spice.

Kickin' Collard Greens

If you like greens you will love this recipe. The bacon and onions give them a wonderful flavor. Add more red pepper for a little more spice.

By Ken Adams

Key West Chicken Recipe and Video - This recipe from the Florida Keys is the best marinade for chicken, and it only takes 30 minutes from prep till you can grill! It's a great blend of flavors with honey, soy sauce, and lime juice.

Key West Chicken

This recipe from the Florida Keys is the best marinade for chicken, and it only takes 30 minutes from prep till you can grill! It's a great blend of flavors with honey, soy sauce, and lime juice.

By TINA B

Smooth Sweet Tea Recipe and Video - Southern sweet tea, perfect for hot summer days!

Smooth Sweet Tea

Southern sweet tea, perfect for hot summer days!

By cookincode3

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Scott Hibb's Amazing Whisky Grilled Baby Back Ribs Recipe and Video - Slowly baking these baby back pork ribs before grilling is the secret. That, and the finely-tuned, sweet, basting sauce.

Scott Hibb's Amazing Whisky Grilled Baby Back Ribs

Slowly baking these baby back pork ribs before grilling is the secret. That, and the finely-tuned, sweet, basting sauce.

By Scott David Hibbard

Garlic Chicken Fried Chicken Recipe and Video - This actually uses my breading for Chicken Fried Steak---my husband suggested we try it with chicken breasts, and it was delicious!

Garlic Chicken Fried Chicken

This actually uses my breading for Chicken Fried Steak---my husband suggested we try it with chicken breasts, and it was delicious!

By TANAQUIL

Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe and Video - Moist and buttery cake made from readily available ingredients with a luscious butter sauce.

Kentucky Butter Cake

Moist and buttery cake made from readily available ingredients with a luscious butter sauce.

By Suzanne Stull

The Best Chicken Fried Steak Recipe and Video - This recipe for chicken fried steak includes a batter spiked with Tabasco Sauce and a pan gravy that is sure to satisfy all the chicken-fried steak lovers at your table.

The Best Chicken Fried Steak

This recipe for chicken fried steak includes a batter spiked with Tabasco Sauce and a pan gravy that is sure to satisfy all the chicken-fried steak lovers at your table.

By norah

Authentic Louisiana Red Beans and Rice Recipe and Video - I grew up in Louisiana and love red beans and rice; these are just like I remember--red beans made with Cajun seasonings and Andouille sausage. This is a great Sunday supper.

Authentic Louisiana Red Beans and Rice

I grew up in Louisiana and love red beans and rice; these are just like I remember--red beans made with Cajun seasonings and Andouille sausage. This is a great Sunday supper.

By MIAMI BEACH

Bananas Foster II Recipe and Video - Bananas are cooked in a bubbling pan of dark brown sugar, butter, rum and cinnamon and served over ice cream with walnuts in this elegant, quick dessert.

Bananas Foster II

Bananas are cooked in a bubbling pan of dark brown sugar, butter, rum and cinnamon and served over ice cream with walnuts in this elegant, quick dessert.

By BUTTERMEBREAD

Kentucky Biscuits Recipe - This is a great recipe, different than the usual biscuit. Serve piping hot with butter, jam, or honey.

Kentucky Biscuits

This is a great recipe, different than the usual biscuit. Serve piping hot with butter, jam, or honey.

By COOKIN4MY3BOYS

Blackberry Cobbler II Recipe and Video - Throw together this cobbler in minutes using fresh berries from the yard!

Blackberry Cobbler II

Throw together this cobbler in minutes using fresh berries from the yard!

By Amanda Johnson-Lindsey

Bubba's Jambalaya Recipe and Video - Easy Southern classic, with chicken, sausage, ham, and shrimp.

Bubba's Jambalaya

Easy Southern classic, with chicken, sausage, ham, and shrimp.

By FORDMAN88

Chef John's Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe and Video - Flaky, buttery buttermilk biscuits are perfect any time of day.

Chef John's Buttermilk Biscuits

Flaky, buttery buttermilk biscuits are perfect any time of day.

By Chef John

Tangy Honey Glazed Ham Recipe and Video - I came up with the glaze for this ham using ingredients on hand and it's the best I've ever tasted. This ham is very nice served with scalloped potatoes, creamed peas and biscuits.

Tangy Honey Glazed Ham

I came up with the glaze for this ham using ingredients on hand and it's the best I've ever tasted. This ham is very nice served with scalloped potatoes, creamed peas and biscuits.

By Sue S.