Looking for delicious, healthy sides to pair with your seared, grilled, baked, or air fryer chicken meals and dinners? This list includes easy recipes for mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, salads, vegetables, grilled specialties, and more.
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20 Best Easy Side Dishes for Chicken
Looking for delicious sides to pair with your seared, grilled, baked, or air fryer chicken meals and dinners? This list includes easy recipes for mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, salads, vegetables, grilled specialties, and more.
This Easy Creamy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is a homemade classic dish perfect for any spread or cookout. This side dish is cheesy thanks to cheddar and is also loaded with plenty of veggies, mayo, Greek yogurt, or sour cream.
These Creamy Ranch Mashed Potatoes are made with homemade ranch seasoning and dressing, garlic, and sour cream or Greek yogurt. Make these cheesy by sprinkling in some parmesan and cheddar cheese.
This Broccoli Salad is made with real bacon bits and cheese. This classic and old fashioned dish is served cold and is definitely a crowd pleaser for the summer months. Feel free to toss in cauliflower!
This Easy Grilled Asparagus in Foil recipe will show you the best way to make this dish using a Homemade BBQ rub all while wrapped in a foil packet. This side dish is perfect for weeknight dinners and cookouts!
This Old Fashioned Southern Macaroni Salad is a classic recipe that will pair wonderfully with your BBQ or cookout spread. This is the best soul food side dish served cold with a flavorful dressing.
Easy, Air Fryer Loaded Stuffed Baked Potatoes is a quick recipe that will show you the time and how long to cook potatoes in the air fryer. These potatoes are stuffed with melted butter, sour cream, crunchy bacon, green onions, and chives. You can even prepare them as twice baked potatoes!
These crispy, charred oven roasted Brussels sprouts are baked on a sheet pan with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and roasted garlic. Feel free to sprinkle in bacon and parmesan for added flavor!
This Rotini Vegetable Pasta Salad is quick and easy to make for BBQs and cookouts. It’s loaded with grilled vegetables, tri colored rotini, and drizzled in honey Dijon dressing.
Air Fryer Garlic Roasted Green Beans is a quick and easy recipe that is the perfect side dish for your weeknight dinner. You can also serve this keto dish, crispy or fried, and toss in crumbled bacon if you wish.
These Easy Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar are perfectly cooked and served whipped with cinnamon, butter, and nutmeg. Feel free to drizzle them with honey or maple syrup if you wish.
This Southern Cooked Cabbage Recipe is made on the stove using butter, bacon or sausage, and garlic for immense flavor. This is the best soul food dish to serve for weeknight meals, holidays, or Sunday dinners.
These Easy Southern Baked Beans is the best authentic recipe perfect for your BBQ or cookout. This classic dish is made with canned beans, bacon, and your favorite BBQ sauce.
This easy Classic Southern Potato Salad is the best recipe with mustard, eggs, relish, and smoked paprika. This old fashioned side dish is perfect for any BBQ or cookout spread.
This Homemade Easy Southern Creamed Corn is made from scratch using fresh or frozen corn. This creamy dish is served sweet or savory, or even with a combination of both!
This Easy Spaghetti Salad is served cold with cooked pasta, veggies, and drizzled in Italian dressing. This is a great side dish for a weeknight meal or when you need to serve a crowd for a cookout or BBQ.
This Easy Creamy Cucumber Salad Recipe is made with sour cream or Greek yogurt, onions, and without vinegar. This healthy dish is the perfect side, especially when you are wondering what to do with excess cucumbers!
This dish is a copycat version of the popular rice made at Chipotle Mexican restaurant. This recipe uses long grain white or brown rice that turns out soft, fluffy, and isn’t sticky every time! You can make this recipe on the stovetop or using a rice cooker, pressure cooker, or Instant Pot.
These Easy Roasted Ranch Potatoes are seasoned with a homemade blend of spices and baked or fried to perfection. These make the perfect side dish for any spread.
Easy Air Fryer Roasted Broccoli is a quick vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free recipe that outlines how long to cook and roast broccoli in an air fryer. The cook time and temperature is illustrated along with tips on how to use frozen broccoli.
These Easy Southern Collard Greens are the best, authentic soul food recipe using fresh collards, smoked turkey, ham hocks, or bacon.
This Easy Baked Corn on the Cob is drizzled in butter, smoked paprika, and garlic powder and then foil roasted in the oven. This is the best way to cook corn without husks. It’s foolproof!
Quick and Easy Air Fryer Corn on the Cob will pair wonderfully with BBQ side dishes or as a vegetable complement to any dinner meal. You can use fresh or frozen corn. You will need foil for boiled corn and no foil for grilled corn. The garlic butter glaze in this recipe will have everyone’s mouth watering!
This Air Fryer Vegetables recipe is quick and easy, perfect for weeknight dinners or meal prep meals. This roasted veggie medley is marinated and seasoned to perfection. No boring veggies!
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