Food and Recipes Dairy Cheese Pimento 16 Pimiento Cheese Recipes That Every Southerner Will Love By Marissa Wu Marissa Wu Marissa Wu is a writer with a love for home, food, travel, and art stories. She holds a journalism degree from Boston University. When not editing and producing articles or updating the homepage, she's trying new recipes, jolting along in her manual transmission car, Fitz; hammering out a manuscript on her 1930s Royal Aristocrat typewriter, Georgie; and making film photographs with her Rolleiflex, Cecil. She's currently an Associate SEO Editor for PureWow. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on July 30, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Jennifer Causey; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Torie Cox Pimiento cheese is undeniably one of the South's favorite spreads. The combination of hand-grated Cheddar, plenty of diced pimientos, and a little cayenne all bundled up in some creamy mayonnaise is too good to resist. It may be a preferred accompaniment to crackers, but we're not judging if you've been known, on occasion, to it straight from the bowl or container. After all, the rich, slightly spicy, sometimes crunchy spread is one of life's small pleasures. And, thanks to this trove of pimiento cheese recipes, the dip has gotten even better, if it's possible to improve on such a good thing. We've got quite a few creative recipes that incorporate pimiento cheese, from appetizers like our Pimiento Pickle Poppers to the main event, Sausage-Pimiento Cheese Pasta Rollups. Heck, we've even got pimiento cheese cookies (yes, really). But for all the bells and whistles, sometimes a good old-fashioned pimiento cheese is all we really want and need, so we've included a couple basic recipes, too. Any way you spread it, one thing's for sure: pimiento cheese never disappoints (not even store-bought). 01 of 16 Pimiento Queso Fundido Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis Recipe: Pimiento Queso Fundido Pimiento peppers are not known for their spice, but this recipe pairs them with onion and smoked paprika for a deeper flavor. 02 of 16 Pimiento Cheese Chicken-Broccoli Casserole Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis Recipe: Pimiento Cheese Chicken-Broccoli Casserole A classic casserole (chicken and broccoli) gets a Southern twist with the addition of melty pimiento cheese. 03 of 16 Southern Pimiento Mac and Cheese Hector Sanchez Recipe: Southern Pimiento Mac and Cheese If you thought pimiento cheese couldn't get any better, try melting it into a cheese sauce for your mac. That's what we call next level. 04 of 16 Fried Chicken Sliders with Pimiento Cheese Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Fried Chicken Sliders with Pimiento Cheese Peanut butter and jelly? Forget them: our favorite foodie best friends are Fried Chicken and Pimiento Cheese. 05 of 16 Sausage-Pimiento Cheese Pasta Rollups Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch Recipe: Sausage-Pimiento Cheese Pasta Rollups We're on a mission to add pimiento cheese into just about any dish we can think of. Next on our list? Pasta rollups. 06 of 16 White Cheddar-Chive Pimiento Cheese Hector Sanchez Recipe: White Cheddar-Chive Pimiento Cheese For the perfect texture, grate your cheese by hand. Sprinkle in chopped chives and Dijon mustard to replace the onion for a crispy, slightly piquant element. 07 of 16 Baked Pimiento Cheese Dip Jennifer Davick; Styling: Lydia DeGaris Pursell Recipe: Baked Pimiento Cheese Dip One easy way to turn a container of pimiento cheese into a wow-worthy appetizer? Spoon it into a dish and bake it. 08 of 16 Mini Tacos with Fried Oysters, Pimiento Cheese, and Fennel Slaw Photographer Jennifer Causey, Prop Stylist Lindsey Lower, Food Stylist Torie Cox Recipe: Mini Tacos with Fried Oysters, Pimiento Cheese, and Fennel Slaw The homemade Chipotle Pimiento Cheese is the real star of these mini tacos, which are great for tailgating. 09 of 16 Pimiento Cheese Creamed Spinach Hector Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller Recipe: Pimiento Cheese Creamed Spinach This recipe for Pimiento Cheese Creamed Spinach comes to us from Perre Coleman Magness, author of Pimento Cheese: The Cookbook. That's all you need to know. 10 of 16 Southern Pimiento Cheese Southern Living Recipe: Southern Pimiento Cheese A Southern treasure, tried and true. We also add a little dill pickle juice that's guaranteed to win over even the pickle haters. 11 of 16 Pimiento Cheese Sausage Balls Time Inc. Video Studio Recipe: Pimiento Cheese Sausage Balls Just 4 ingredients help these cheesy sausage balls come together in a snap. 12 of 16 Horseradish Pimiento Cheese Jennifer Causey; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Horseradish Pimiento Cheese Follow this recipe or jazz up your own with a little horseradish, plus horseradish-flavored white Cheddar for something extra. 13 of 16 Lowcountry Juicy Lucy Jennifer Causey; Styling: Lindsey Lower; Food Styling: Mary Claire Britton Recipe: Lowcountry Juicy Lucy We'll be stuffing all of our burgers with pimiento cheese from now on, thank you very much. 14 of 16 Pimiento Pickle Poppers Southern Living Recipe: Pimiento Pickle Poppers Get the party started with these Pimiento Pickle Poppers. 15 of 16 Pimiento Cheese Cookies Jennifer Davick; Food Styling: Marian Cooper Cairns; Prop Styling: Lydia Degaris Pursell Recipe: Pimiento Cheese Cookies Pimiento cheese as... dessert? Don't knock it 'till you try it. 16 of 16 Basic Pimiento Cheese Jennifer Causey; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Basic Pimiento Cheese Coarse, freshly-grated cheese works best, so get out your box grater. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit