27 American Recipes to Celebrate the Fourth of July

We’re not American, but we’ll take any excuse to whip up a Waldorf salad, banana cream pie or smoky Texas brisket with home-made slaw. And there’s no better time to do that than on the Fourth of July.

Southern fried chicken ribs & jalapeño mayo

Southern fried chicken ribs & jalapeño mayo

Cheat’s Texas brisket with coleslaw and barbecue sauce

Cheat’s Texas brisket with coleslaw and barbecue sauce

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Grilled-corn grits with blackened prawns and lime butter

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Southern fried chicken with smoky maple caramel

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Pecan and maple pie

Pecan and maple pie

Cheeseburgers

Cheeseburgers

Waldorf salad

Waldorf salad

Prawn cocktail

Prawn cocktail

Mississippi mud cakes

Mississippi mud cakes

Banana split

Banana split

Matzo ball soup

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Oyster po boy with remoulade sauce

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Coriander and chipotle lamb rump with burnt carrots

Coriander and chipotle lamb rump with burnt carrots

Apple-maple buttermilk hotcakes

Apple-maple buttermilk hotcakes

Apple pie

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Southern fried chicken ribs & jalapeño mayo

Cheat’s Texas brisket with coleslaw and barbecue sauce

Popcorn shrimp po’ boys with hot sauce

Grilled-corn grits with blackened prawns and lime butter

Southern fried chicken with smoky maple caramel

Corndogs

Compost Cookies

Rattlesnake

Gumbo

Banana cream pie

New England-style clam chowder

Pecan and maple pie

Cheeseburgers

Waldorf salad

Prawn cocktail

Mississippi mud cakes

Banana split

Matzo ball soup

Iced tea

Oyster po boy with remoulade sauce

Coriander and chipotle lamb rump with burnt carrots

Apple-maple buttermilk hotcakes

Apple pie

Chilli con carne

Milk chocolate-filled cinnamon doughnuts

Boston baked beans

Oysters Rockefeller

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