Top 10 Super Bowl Southern Shortcut Recipes

Here are my top 10 Super Bowl Southern shortcut recipes (plus two bonus recipes) that will have you in and out of the kitchen in no time so you can spend more time cheering on your team.

This is a collection of easy game day recipes you will want to make and share with friends for the Super Bowl, tailgating party, or any gathering because good food and good friends is always a winning combination!

Super Bowl recipes: pimento cheese, a brownie, boiled peanuts, bacon wrapped tater tots.

I'm more of a college football fan (Roll Tide) than an NFL fan, but I get in the spirit of the Super Bowl game when we are talking about football snacks. If they have a shortcut in the recipe-bonus!

To be honest, I'm usually just there for the food and fellowship!

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1. Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts

I'm a huge fan of these salty little goobers! Not only are they fun to crack open, I know they are full of protein to balance out the Double Chocolate Pudding Cookies I'm going to eat at halftime! If you have leftovers, try making my Boiled Peanut Hummus.

Boiled peanuts made in the Instant Pot, cracked open on a blue tin plate

2. Easy Mini Chicken and Waffles with Hot Honey

When I say "easy" Chicken and Waffles, I mean EASY! It doesn't get more simple or delicious than these frozen mini breakfast waffles topped with good quality chicken nuggets and drizzled with hot honey. If you want to make your own Homemade Hot Honey, I have a shortcut recipe for that, too!

Honey being poured from a clear tiny pitcher onto chicken nuggets and mini waffles.

3. Bacon-Wrapped Cheesy Tater Tots

These tasty little bundles of bacon, potato and cheese are like loaded baked potatoes in every bite! Did I mention bacon? Another favorite "bacon-wrapped" snack is my Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Dove Poppers.

4. Fire Roasted Pimento Cheese

Every Southerner should have at least one pimento cheese recipe at-the-ready. This easy Jalapeno Pimento Cheese is my basic pimento cheese recipe and I've traded out bottled fire-roasted red bell peppers for the traditional diced pimento peppers for a little added flavor.

You can also spoon it into a small cast iron skillet and bake it like my Baked Pimento Cheese with Bacon for a warm, cheesy dip.

pimento cheese in blue crock with some on a cracker on parchment paper

5. Air Fryer BBQ Chicken Wings

Wing it! What would game day be without chicken wings? Make them crispy and faster in the air fryer. Using your favorite bottled BBQ sauce is another shortcut.

A rectangle wooden platter of bbq sauced chicken wings with bowl of Ranch dressing

6. Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas

Is it really game day without some sort of Buffalo chicken recipe served? The shortcuts for my Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas is the method in which I cook them to save time plus I use rotisserie or leftover chicken.

Chicken quesadilla triangles stacked on wooden surface.

7. Mississippi Mud Brownies (with brownie mix)

This easy version of Mississippi Mud Brownies was my absolute most popular item on the menu when I catered many years ago. I finally shared the recipe recently with my readers. Everyone was shocked that it too, was a shortcut recipe!

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Stack of 3 Mississippi Mud Brownies made with brownie mix and canned frosting.

8. Grilled Venison Burger

While you can make this burger with any ground meat, we Southerners love our venison. I combine it with ground beef to make a juicy burger. I give you all my tips for preventing the deer meat from falling apart on the grill! Serve it with my Comeback Sauce and Crunchy Vidalia Onion Rings.

Venison burger on pretzel bun on white plate next to onion rings.

9. Sour Cream and Green Onion Potato Salad with Bacon

This recipe was inspired by my favorite potato chip flavor, sour cream and onion. One of the shortcuts is to not peel the red potatoes.

10. Shortcut White Bean and Chicken Chili

If you have a crowd coming over to watch the big game, then you need this "dump and heat" White Bean Chicken Chili to save time. It's made with canned beans and rotisserie chicken. If you have an Instant Pot, try my Instant Pot Chicken Chili made with dried beans and FROZEN chicken breasts!

Bowl of white bean chicken chili made with canned beans with lime wedge on the side.

Bonus recipes!

What's a Super Bowl party without dips, sauces and spreads?

Tomato Bacon Dip

Luckily, you can find fresh tomatoes year round to make Tomato Bacon Dip. It tastes like a BLT on a chip! I guarantee your crowd will go crazy over it.

Comeback Sauce

Comeback Sauce is the perfect dip for not just chicken nuggets, but also Fried Green Tomatoes and even slathering on burgers and French fries!

Hand dipping chicken nugget in comeback dipping sauce.

Favorite Super Bowl Snack?

If I had to pick one of these favorite Southern football party foods, it would have to be Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts. I love cracking them open, slurping the salty brine and chomping on the peanutty goodness, all while laughing with friends.

It doesn't get any better than that!

Well....I guess it's better when you team wins!

Leave a comment below and let me know what is your favorite football party food.

If you like to serve soup at football parties, try my Shortcut Turnip Greens Soup and Shortcut Tomato and Bread Soup.

And of course, all Southern soups go well with cornbread. Check out my Vidalia Onion Cornbread.

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