What is soul food? Take a look at 5 soul food dishes you can easily prepare at home

Soul food is a type of ethnic cuisine traditionally cooked and eaten by African Americans in  Sourn United States. Soul food dishes were food items that were given to captured West Africans on sourn plantations during  American colonial period. However, this had a strong impact on traditional practices of West Africans and Native Americans from its origin. In mid-1960s,  word "soul food" originated, when "soul" was a common word used to describe African American culture. Check out five soul food dishes you can easily make at home. 

Macaroni and Cheese

Macaroni and Cheese aka Mac and Cheese is one of popular American dishes. It has a quick and easy recipe. Even before Italian foreigners arrived in U.S., by late 1800s, rich whites visiting Europe fell in love with mac 'n' cheese and brought recipes back with m. African Americans prepared dish typically on weekends or when special guests dined on plantation. 

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Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken is prepared all around globe with its variant unique recipes and flavours. It is one of few food items  that could be prepared for a Sunday dinner, at church functions, or for or special occasions. re always have been speculations over where lip-smacking dish was first born. However, wher it was West Africa, Western Europe, or Souast Asia, fried chicken has become an African-American favourite. 

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Cornbread

cornbread was like an essential dish in a soul food meal. Many a times certain food items like greens wouldn't be served unless cornbread was present. Soul food cornbread is always identified from sourn cornbread by fact that it always has some sugar in it. Cornbread can be hot water cornbread, Jiffy mix, or spoonbread a cornbread soufflé. 

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Fatback

Fatback is a hard fat cut of meat from a pig or hard fat pig's back. Fatback is t only a soul food , but also an important element of traditional charcuterie. Fatty, cured, salted pork, especially first layers of back of pig was essentially used in slow-cooking. It can be served with bread. 

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Sweet Potato Pie

Sweet Potato Pie is a dessert soul food dish that became a classic soul-food staple. In beginning, popular dessert choice was a simple whole sweet potato roasted in embers of a dying fire. However, w cooking strategies have changed and led to eventually adding some eggs, milk, and spices to mashed sweet potatoes