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While Asian cuisines have significantly enriched American food culture, some dishes we think of as "traditional" actually have surprising American roots. Beyond just being delicious, these American-born Asian cuisines represent immigrant ingenuity, cultural exchange and, in many cases, adaptation. Orange chicken: This dish of chopped, battered and fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet and tangy orange-flavored chili sauce is reportedly of Californian origin.

These American-born Asian cuisines represent immigrant ingenuity, cultural exchange, and, in many cases, adaptation

The California roll is most commonly credited to sushi chef Hidekazu Tojo. We visit his restaurant, Tojo's, to try out his version of the dish.

In cases such as the French dip and the California roll, the L.A. inventor is disputed. Not so with the cheeseburger, which is SoCal from top bun to bottom.