What To Serve With Roast Chicken
Looking for What To Serve With Roast Chicken? Here is a compilation of some of the best side dishes to serve with your juicy roast bird.
Roast chicken is a culinary classic that can be served for Sunday dinner or the holidays. Roast chicken often refers to chicken that is roasted whole in the oven. But the term could also refer to other roasted chicken parts like chicken thighs, drumsticks, or chicken leg quarters.
Another name for roast chicken is rotisserie chicken, which is roast chicken sold by major grocery stores. But making roast chicken at home is so easy. Check out these tried and true recipes for Perfect Roast Chicken and Herb Roasted Chicken.
So what do you serve with roast chicken? From Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes to Garlic Butter Green Beans and Garlic Herb Rice, I have compiled a list of side dishes that pair well with chicken. See these recipes below.
1. Fried Carrots
For a quick and easy side dish to serve with roast chicken make these easy 15-minute Pan Fried Carrots. The carrots are crispy around the edges, creamy in the middle and so mouthwatering.
Fried Carrots
Fried Carrots are a simple 15-minute side dish perfect for the holidays or for dinner. If you want a quick tasty carrot dish without any added sugar, this recipe is the one to make!
2. Easy Roasted Potatoes
Potatoes and chicken is a classic combination. And this is one way to easily roast potatoes. The mild creamy potatoes complement the meatiness of roast chicken.
Easy Roasted Potatoes
Easy Roasted Potatoes are so versatile! They can be eaten for breakfast with some scrambled eggs and bacon or for dinner with some baked chicken and sauteed veggies. Either way, they are a delicious side dish whether for the holidays or for your weekly meal rotation.
3. Garlic Butter Green Beans
Hands down my favorite way to cook green beans! These green beans are blanched until soft then coated in a highly flavorful garlic butter and finished with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Garlic Butter Green Beans
How to make green beans taste so good that even non-green bean lovers cannot resist. Coat the green beans in garlic butter. These green beans are soft, no stringy green beans here), so tasty, very easy to make, and a great addition to any dinner or holiday table.
4. Garlic Herb Rice
You will love the flavors in this Garlic Herb Rice and how easy it is to make. A flavorful rice side to go with chicken or any meat.
Garlic Herb Rice
You’ll love all the flavors in this Garlic Herb rice. Quite easy to make and way better than boxed mixes. This is the side dish to serve alongside proteins and salads for dinner. Adding butter to melt into the rice at the end of cooking really seals the deal, adding great buttery flavor!
5. Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
These buttermilk mashed potatoes are creamy and buttery, with just a hint of garlic. While your chicken roasts, make some creamy mashed potatoes!
6. Lettuce Salad
For a fresh and vibrant side, loaded with nutrients, make this highly stunning lettuce salad. The salad is tied together with a simple vinaigrette and it is the perfect way to eat your vegetables and enjoy them.
Lettuce Salad
Lettuce Salad with fresh crisp vegetables and a light lemon vinaigrette. The perfect healthy salad for the whole family, for potlucks, summer parties and entertaining. Serve with some grilled fish or chicken on the side and you have the perfect healthy dinner!
7. Sauteed Vegetables
For a quick and easy vegetable side dish, search the fridge for any leftover veggies then sautee them together and season generously. The best part about this sauteed vegetable recipe is its customizability. Use any vegetables you have!
Sautéed Vegetables
Sautéed Vegetables make the perfect quick side dish. They are so flavorful and come together in no time. Add this to your dinner rotation for a burst of nutrients! They also make the perfect Holiday side dish. And yes, you could totally make this and enjoy with rice, couscous or quinoa.
8. Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls
You’ll love these garlicky and fluffy dinner rolls. They are great for mopping the juices at the bottom of the roast chicken pan.
Garlic Butter Rolls
These rolls are SO soft and fluffy and brushed in the end with a delicious garlic herb butter. Why have regular dinner rolls when you can have GARLIC BUTTER ROLLS? Insanely delicious and perfect for everyday dinners or the holidays. Plus so easy to make as you only need to let the rolls rise once!
9. Cornbread Without Buttermilk
Cornbread and chicken with some greens on the side are a match made in heaven. For a tried and true cornbread recipe, make this made-from-scratch cornbread without buttermilk recipe. It is moist, not too sweet, and so good!
Cornbread Without Buttermilk
Super easy Cornbread Without Buttermilk recipe that happens in one bowl! The cornbread is moist, buttery, and not too sweet with sufficient corn flavor. This is the cornbread recipe you’ll want to make over and over again!
10. Corn Avocado Salad
Get the crunch in with this vibrant corn avocado salad, which makes a colorful addition to your roast chicken dinner. You can eat your colors and enjoy ’em.
Corn Avocado Salad
Corn Avocado Salad is the perfect summer salad which can also be eaten anytime of the year! It is loaded with sweet corn, creamy avocado and other crunchy vegetables, all tied together with a really easy lemon dressing. It is also effortlessly vegan/vegetarian. The perfect side dish!
11. Sauteed Peppers
A melange of colorful bell peppers meet onions in the skillet to create the most amazing sauteed peppers. This together with chicken on a plate and you have a satisfying dinner.
Sauteed Peppers
The best ever sauteed peppers for pairing with fish, chicken, beef or enjoying as is with some carbs! These peppers are so flavorful and are ready in no time. This is a great quick and easy side dish.
12. Red Cabbage Slaw
For a very minimalist and versatile side dish, make this Red Cabbage Slaw. Shred some roast chicken, add to a taco, and top with this slaw for the most satisfying roast chicken tacos.
Red Cabbage Slaw
This Red Cabbage Slaw is fresh, crunchy and so colorful. It is a great side dish and also a great topping for burgers and tacos. A good make-ahead salad!
13. Kachumbari
Made mainly with tomatoes and onions, this Kachumbari is a Kenyan staple you can whip up in the spur of the moment. Serve it next to chicken or any roast meat for added freshness to your meal.
Kachumbari
Kachumbari is Kenyan onion and tomato salad. It is a very simple salad which you can whip up in no time with simple ingredients. Serve with Pilau (East African one-pot rice dish) for an awesome dining experience.
14. African Fried Rice
For a festive rice dish, make this African Fried Rice which is loaded with aromatics, veggies, even more protein, and just all round good.
African Fried Rice
African Fried Rice is incredibly flavorful, so tasty with the combination of ingredients used. It is the fried rice that is often present at Nigerian or Cameroonian parties.
15. Sweet Fried Plantains
For a sweet and chewy side, make Sweet Fried Plantains and serve alongside chicken. Listen, there are few things in the world that could compare to the taste and texture of fried plantains. So good!
Sweet Fried Plantains
How to make the perfect sweet fried plantains. Sweet fried plantains are a real treat! Sweet, tender, so good and so easy to make!
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