38 Best Sides to Serve with Brats

Sauerkraut Salad is tangy and sweet! This delicious salad recipe has crisp veggies, sauerkraut tossed in a sweet dressing.

This Fried Cabbage Recipe is an easy and filling low carb side dish recipe. Perfectly fried cabbage with bacon is the best way to prepare cabbage.

This Classic Coleslaw Recipe is an easy side dish or topping for pulled pork sandwiches! It’s addictively crisp and crunchy with a creamy coleslaw dressing, and includes just 3 ingredients!

This broccoli slaw recipe is made with broccoli, bacon, cabbage, apples, sunflower seeds, and dried cranberries, all tossed in a creamy dressing.

This Cajun Fried Corn is a quick and easy side dish that can be ready in just 15 minutes! Sweet corn is fried in butter, seasoned with Cajun seasoning, and finished with little bit of heavy cream for the most delicious Southern fried corn.

This is the traditional authentic Greek salad known as peasant salad - horiatiki, exactly as I make it for my family at home. Ripe tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, red onion, olives, extra virgin olive oil, and good feta cheese.

The BEST Warm German Potato Salad Recipe loaded with crispy bacon, tender baby potatoes, red onions, a tangy dressing and tons of fresh herbs!

Easy Baked Beans – A simple way to add some pizzazz to baked beans. Your guests will think they’re homemade! Perfect for a party or potluck!

Mediterranean cucumber salad is a light and refreshing side salad to pair with your favorite summertime meals. This quick and easy side dish is delicious and a great way to get your veggies in!

This Four-Cheese Mac and Cheese Recipe is SO easy and INCREDIBLE! Perfectly creamy, it comes together in ONE pan for a great weeknight dinner option. This is my family’s favorite stovetop macaroni and cheese recipe…and it’ll become yours too!

This Southwest Bean Salad is the perfect side dish for barbecues, pot lucks, picnics, and even Sunday suppers. It has a deliciously light flavor to balance heavier items on the table.

This tropical mango coleslaw is a fun and fruity dish perfect for summer picnics, BBQs and potlucks. A tasty and very healthy slaw without mayo, it uses an oil-based dressing, and comes together in just ten minutes!

This simple pea salad (often known as an English pea salad) is light, fresh, and the perfect side dish!

This fire-roasted corn salsa recipe is the perfect easy corn salsa recipe using only 5 ingredients!

Crispy and delicious, these oven roasted potato medallions are a simple and healthier alternative to french fries or potato chips. Super easy to make, they are crispy around the edges while full of flavor on the inside. When looking for a side dish for your main entree, this simple crispy oven roasted potatoes are perfect!

Spicy, crispy, cheesy buffalo smashed potatoes. The potatoes are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. They’re topped with buffalo sauce, green onion, and parmesan cheese. So good and addicting, you’ll want to double the recipe. 

Craving some comfort food? Look no further than these Crock Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes! This easy recipe takes just a few minutes to prep, and the slow cooker will do all the hard work for you, leaving you with creamy, velvety mashed potatoes that are loaded with garlicky goodness!

One of my favorite summer side dishes has always been a cold pasta salad. Not so much the mayo-laden ones, but the pasta salads showered in Italian dressing. They feel light on a hot day, despite the abundance of carbs. Easy assembly is also a plus, as is the creative freedom over what ingredients to include. 

This Tik Tok Green Goddess Salad went absolutely VIRAL in 2021…and as soon as you taste it, you’ll know why! This viral recipe combines crunchy green veggies with a to-die-for green goddess salad dressing! Get the exact recipe here, plus lots of ideas to help you customize this amazing salad!

Let's load up some smoked baked potatoes with delicious toppings to pair with your favorite main course or AS a main course. The only thing better than baked potatoes? Traeger baked potatoes...

A hearty and flavorful pasta salad made with avocado buttermilk dressing…and bacon! It’s a new favorite dish in our family!

Drunken Mushrooms, or Beer Braised Mushrooms, are the type of dish that you will be asked for over and over again! Serve them as a mushroom sauce for steak or chicken, or as a savory side dish.

This colorful and delicious recipe for Red Cabbage and Carrot Coleslaw is easy to make and friendly to the Mediterranean diet, Vegan, and Gluten Free.

This Grilled Potatoes recipe is the easiest side dish to go with your next barbecue meal. Simply coat your potato wedges with the tasty homemade marinade and toss them on the grill with your chicken or burgers.

Potato salad is a getting a makeover today! I’m taking traditional potato salad and transforming it into something new, exciting, and fresh. In my new and improved version, I combined using both a vinegar and a mayo dressing. This is sure to please just about anyone.

You will know why this dish has the name Land your Man Baked Beans once you give it a try! So much flavor in these meaty baked beans.

This viral TikTok dish can now be seen in restaurants all over the country. Our Air Fryer Corn Ribs version is fast and packed with delicious Mexican-inspired flavors.

Top Ramen Salad is one of those quirky salads that’s oddly satisfying. Shredded coleslaw, uncooked ramen noodles, sliced green onion and slivered almonds dressed with a simple vinaigrette makes one delicious - albeit quirky - salad.

This Sriracha Red Cabbage Slaw is deliciously creamy with a little bit of heat. The perfect addition to your summer salad rotation.

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese is a creamy and satisfying combination of squash, cheese and pasta. The butternut cheese sauce is silky and creamy and includes seasonings that are light and just a bit nutty. It's an impressive meatless main dish, or a rich side dish.

You can’t have a BBQ party or a potluck without some delicious Macaroni Salad. No need to get it at the store because it is so easy to make with a few simple ingredients. This is our favorite Macaroni Salad full of red onions, celery, bell peppers, herbs, and of course, delicious creamy dressing.

A popular year-round side dish, this German red cabbage recipe or 'rotkohl' makes a delicious side to roasted meats, and holiday dinners.

This Cheesy Ranch Potatoes Recipe is a super simple side dish idea. Potatoes tossed with dry ranch mix then roasted. Top with melty cheese for the ultimate comfort food!

Black Bean Corn Salsa works great for almost any dinner. Serve it over your favorite fish, as a side dish with chicken or to add extra flair to Mexican dishes like burritos or tacos. Making this corn salsa is easier than you think!

This Copycat Five Guys Cajun Fries Recipe is crispy, spicy, and perfectly flavored with our cajun seasoning blend. It's a healthier version that can be made both in the oven and air fryer.