A traditional Southern New Year’s Day supper will bring you fortune in the year to come.
For an auspicious year, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite traditional New Year’s Day recipes.
Now, we can guarantee that these dishes will taste greatthe luck part is up to you.

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Simply seasoned, its the Sunday roast of your childhood memories.
Get your rice, lucky greens, and some chicken all in one with this recipe.
Hot Potlikker Cornbread
This cornbread folds the greens (and the potlikker) right into the batter.

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It repurposes the leftover liquid from your greens, so that nothing goes waste.
One Test Kitchen Professional said, “Dried beans and peas cook SO WELL in this appliance.
These peas were perfectly creamy, but whole, and not mushy or blown out….so flavorful!”

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And the secret is just a bit of potlikker.
Southern-Style Collard Greens
Slow-cooking collards with pork makes them mouthwatering and tender.
Their soul-warming taste can be perfected only with the addition of vinegar.

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Potlikker Bloody Marys
Party hard on New Year’s Eve?
This might be the perfect hair of the dog.
Don’t forget the cracklings, the crispy morsels produced during the rendering of lard.
These saucy ribs smack of summer barbecues and will brighten any winter day.
They’re so good that we recommend making two batches and freezing one to enjoy later.
Texas Caviar
The best New Year’s snack?

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A bowl of Texas Caviar and a bag of tortilla chips.
This dip is made of tomatoes, bell peppers, and, of course, lucky black-eyed peas.
This Southwestern take will add more funand spiceto your New Year.

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Prepare the ice cream a day in advance so it has time to freeze before your celebration.
Those crispy, salty fat trimmings are incredible in cornbread.
This crispy-skinned pork belly is filled with hearty Southern greens, so its a two-for-one deal.

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Cornbread Casserole
If you find yourself plagued with dry cornbread, this casserole is the solution.
In place of smoked ham, this soup gets its depth of flavor from tomato paste and smoked paprika.
Loads of chopped veggies and herbs add vibrancy to the dish.

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This make-ahead recipe can be frozen and then reheated in a Dutch oven.
This spicy, cheesy cornbread should fit the bill.
Don’t remove the seeds from the peppers if you like more heat.

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The earthiness of the black-eyed peas and collards perfectly contrasts the fragrant rosemary and lemon.

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