Black Holiday Heritage: 11 Gullah Holiday Menu Ideas

If you’re looking for the perfect Gullah inspired dishes for your holiday menu or any time of the year, look no further. Hallmarks of Lowcountry and Gullah food incorporates a mixture of culture, ingredients and traditions. Many dishes showcase foods grown and harvested in the coastal area, including shellfish, game, fish, grits, and rice. Our first Heritage Series chefs Sameka Jenkins and Emma Cromedy of Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine and Gina Willis of “What’s Gina Cooking?” cooked up these delicious dishes that inspired this menu. You can cook up variations of these 11 dishes at home or better yet have your dinner catered by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine & “What’s Gina Cooking?”.

Black Holiday Heritage: 11 Gullah Holiday Menu Ideas

A festive table helps set the stage for a delicious holiday meal

Appetizers

1. Petite Crab Cakes topped with remoulade 

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine 

2. Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls with sweet and tangy sauce

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

3. Collard Green Egg Rolls with honey mustard sauce

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

Starter

4. Okra Soup with Shrimp

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

Side

5. Collard Greens with Smoked Neck bones

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

Main Dishes

6. Oyster Perloo

by “What’s Gina Cooking?”

7. Shrimp & Grits

by “What’s Gina Cooking?”

Desserts

8. Charleston Chewies

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

9. Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies 

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

10. Carrot Cake

by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

11. Sweet Potato Bread Pudding

by “What’s Gina Cooking?”

Share which of these Heritage Series dish(es) speak to you or what traditional family dishes you will be preparing for your holiday meals. 

Photography by Chantilly Lace Photography LLC

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