What to Serve with Chicken and Dumplings (16 BEST Sides) (2024)

For comfort food lovers, the rich, heartwarming allure of chicken and dumplings is about as good as it can get. This quintessential dish, with its tender pieces of chicken, pillowy dumplings, and savory broth, holds a revered place at the dinner table.

Yet, as with any great main course, the question arises: What to serve with it? The right side dishes can elevate your chicken and dumplings night to a new level.

From light and refreshing salads to hearty vegetables and bread, every item in our collection of chicken and dumpling sides promises to enhance your meal.

What to Serve with Chicken and Dumplings

1. Three Bean Salad

This easyThree Bean Saladrecipe is a summertime potluck classic. But it goes so well with so many things, we love it all year long!

Fresh green beans are mixed with garbanzo beans and kidney beans, then all get tossed with a tangy dressing. It’s tasty, budget friendly, and one of our favorite sides for chicken and dumplings.

Get the Recipe: Three Bean Salad

2. Sheet Pan Roasted Broccoli

Make this incredibly easy and addicting Sheet Pan Roasted Broccoli recipe for your loved ones. The healthy, crispy and amazingly flavored broccoli will taste just delicious.

This is a perfect veggie side dish for chicken and dumplings.

Get the Recipe: Roasted Broccoli

3. Corn Casserole

This Corn Casserole is not only scrumptious, but simple and easy too? Sounds good to me! With only 5 ingredients and 3 steps, it can’t get better than this.

It takes a little under an hour to make and yields 8 servings. I promise all 8 servings will be gone by the end of the night! It’s that good.

Get the Recipe: 5 Ingredient Corn Casserole

4. Fried Green Tomatoes

If you’re from the South, theseFried Green Tomatoes are a must in the summertime side dish.

Well seasoned and super crispy on the outside, with a tender and succulent inside, they’re perfect as an appetizer or side dish.

Get the Recipe: Fried Green Tomatoes

5. Caesar Salad

If you want to master your salad game, this easyCaesar Saladrecipe is a MUST!

Perhaps the most famous and popular salad on the planet, Caesar is so simple, yet so tasty. All you need is lettuce, crotons, parm cheese, and an awesome dressing. So good!

Get the Recipe: Caesar Salad

6. Green Beans Almondine

Green Beans Almondine is a beautiful side dish where vibrant French style green bean are tossed with brown butter, almonds, shallots, garlic and a squeeze of lemon.

Once you try it, you’ll be coming back again and again.

Get the Recipe: Green Beans Almondine

7. Bread

Here’s one of our favorites, which is baked often in our home… this No Knead Bread!!

This artisan quality bread can happen very fast and is super duper simple. You end up with a thick crispy crust and a chewy center withbig fat holes like sourdough!

It’s very forgiving and only takes 3 minutes of active effort. Now that sounds unbelievable, right? Not so. Try it yourself today.

Get the Recipe: No Knead Bread

8. Cucumber Avocado Tomato Salad

Spring and summer demand colorful, light, refreshing salads. So here it is our Cucumber Avocado Tomato Salad, but with major flavor bender… delicious basil pesto dressing.

It will be one of your new favorite salads to serve with chicken and dumplings.

Get the Recipe: Cucumber Tomato Salad

9. Succotash

Succotash is a classic side dish with corn kernels and lima beans, but regional variations include other vegetables and meats such as bacon.

It’s a great blend of sweet and salty, and it compliments shrimp and grits cakes wonderfully.

Get the Recipe: Succotash

10. Wedge Salad

This Wedge Salad recipe is a real classic, and for good reason!

Bright, crispy lettuce, homemade blue cheese dressing, sweet cherry tomatoes, and don’t you dare forget the bacon!

It’s the perfect side dish for a huge variety of mains, and it’s one of the easiest salads you’ll ever make.

Get the Recipe: Wedge Salad

11. Grilled Zucchini

Your favorite summer squash has never been more delicious. A little bit of seasoning is all it takes, then let your grill work its magic.

Once you try it, we bet you’ll be pairing it with just about everything!

Get the Recipe: Grilled Zucchini

12. Greek Salad

This traditional Greek Salad recipe, known to the locals as Horiatiki, is one of our summertime favorites!

Crisp cucumbers, sweet cherry tomatoes, red onions, briny olives and capers, creamy feta, and a simple herb dressing. That’s all it takes. And the results are top notch.

Get the Recipe: Greek Salad

13. Bacon Cheddar Jalapeño Cornbread

Cornbread is one of our all around favorite side dishes, and it goes great with shrimp and grits.

This is cornbread taken to the next level, and then some. Bacon, cheddar and jalapenõs… best cornbread recipe ever!

Get the Recipe: Bacon Cheddar Cornbread

14. Roasted Asparagus

These easy Roasted Asparagus are an essential veggie side dish you need in your repertoire. They’re the perfect accompaniment to filet mignon, and they’re so easy!

While asparagus are great any way, be it steamed, blanched or sautéed, something special happens when you roast them. So good!

Get the Recipe: Roasted Asparagus

15. Watermelon Salad

Make this super easy and quick fruit salad, which is refreshing and inviting to every single person.

This vibrant Watermelon Salad is just what you need on any hot summer day. Our watermelon salad recipe is a perfect balance of sweet, juicy watermelon chunks, fresh mint leaves, tangy feta cheese, and a hint of lemon and honey for an added zesty kick.

Get the Recipe: Watermelon Salad

16. Cowboy Caviar

Cowboy, aka Texas, Caviar is not only just a party appetizer, but it’s great as a side dish for chicken and dumplings.

This addictive mix of beans, crunchy bell peppers, corn, cherry tomatoes and creamy avocado in an easy homemade zesty dressing is a must add to your recipe list.

Get the Recipe: Cowboy Caviar

So many sides for chicken and dumplings to choose from. Which one will you try first?

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What to Serve with Chicken and Dumplings (16 BEST Sides)

Looking for the perfect side dish for chicken and dumplings? This collection includes plenty of accompaniments to your favorite dish!

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