Our Best Family-Favorite Recipes

By Southern Living Editors

Ring in the New Year with our all-time best family recipes to savor and share around the dinner table. We’re bringing back nine of our ultimate “lost classics,” timeless reader recipes picked from our decades-old archives that we thought deserved a second glance. Familiar dishes, such as Savannah Red Rice and Beef Stew, sit side by side with less-familiar, yet equally comforting dishes, like Capitol Hill Bean Soup and Harry Young’s Burgoo. We hope these family-style dishes bring back heartwarming recollections of meals past or help you make delicious new memories.

 

With the help of Rick Bragg, we dub a Cajun classic “the most perfect sandwich in the world,” and explain why the Po’boy is a well-deserving icon in the Southern cooking world. You can warm up your winter nights with our fast, fresh, good-for-you supper recipes bursting with flavor, but done on a lighter note. From easy sheet pan dinners to hearty ragu, we’ve got your weeknights covered. We even packed in three filling weekday lunch recipes that go well beyond your usual brown-bag lunch. Think about trying our Smoky White Bean Soup and Herbed Shrimp-and-Rice Salad, in lieu of your typical mid-day meal. Rounding out the month with our classic Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake and Pecan Crunch Tart, it’s bound to be an exciting start of a New Year.

 

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Harry Young’s Burgoo

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Harry Young’s Burgoo

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Old-Fashioned Chicken And Dumplings

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Old-Fashioned Chicken And Dumplings

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Reunion Pea Casserole

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Reunion Pea Casserole

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Beef Stew

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Beef Stew

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Jambalaya de Covington

Jambalaya de Covington

Recipe: Jambalaya de Covington​​​​​​​

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Pecan-Breaded Pork Chops with Beer Sauce

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Pecan-Breaded Pork Chops with Beer Sauce

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Savannah Red Rice

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Savannah Red Rice 

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Capitol Hill Bean Soup

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Capitol Hill Bean Soup​​​​​​​

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Country Captain Chicken

Photo: Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Country Captain Chicken

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Molasses-Soy Glazed Salmon and Vegetables

Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food styling: Karen Rankin

Recipe: Molasses-Soy Glazed Salmon and Vegetables

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Sweet-and-Spicy Sheet Pan Chicken with Cauliflower and Carrots

Photo: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Sweet-and-Spicy Sheet Pan Chicken with Cauliflower and Carrots 

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Sausage and Kale Pesto Pizza

Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food styling: Karen Rankin

Recipe: Sausage and Kale Pesto Pizza

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Farro Bowl with Curry-Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts

Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food styling: Karen Rankin

Recipe: Farro Bowl with Curry-Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts

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Ziti with Mushroom, Fennel, and Tomato Ragu

Ziti with Mushroom, Fennel, and Tomato Ragu

Recipe: Ziti with Mushroom, Fennel, and Tomato Ragu

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Smoky White Bean Soup

Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food Styling: Mary-Claire Britton;

Recipe: Smoky White Bean Soup

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Almond-Chicken Wrap

Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food Styling: Mary-Claire Britton;

Recipe: Almond-Chicken Wrap 

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Herbed Shrimp-and-Rice Salad

Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food Styling: Mary-Claire Britton;

Recipe: Herbed Shrimp-and-Rice Salad 

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Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food styling: Mary-Claire Britton

Recipe: Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

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Pecan Crunch Tart

Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl; Food Styling: Mary-Claire Britton

Recipe: Pecan Crunch Tart​​​​​​​

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