A collection of the best side dishes for baby back ribs! Whether you're looking for a classic side like potato salad or collard greens, or something a bit more unique, there's a perfect side dish here for you!
What to serve with Baby Back Ribs
There are plenty of delicious sides to serve alongside tasty ribs, from sweet corn dishes, to broccoli salad or french fries. Below is a list of 33 of the best sides to serve with Ribs, with a little something for every taste!
1. Air Fryer Whole Roasted Sweet Potatoes
These seasoned Whole Roasted Sweet Potatoes come together quickly and easily in the Air Fryer. Serve them with your favorite toppings for an effortless side dish that goes great with Ribs!
2. Dill Pickle Coleslaw
With cabbage, dill pickles, onion, and carrots coated in a creamy mayo-based dressing, this Dill Pickle Coleslaw is perfectly tangy and crunchy. Serve with ribs and burgers at your next cookout or as a topping on BBQ chicken sandwiches.
3. Warm Bacon Potato Salad
The best potato salad made with simple ingredients! This German-inspired twist on a classic potato salad is made with a wam bacon, red onion and vinegar dressing, fork tender petite potatoes, and plenty of crumbled bacon. The dressing is made right in the pan- no mayo required!
4. Easy Napa Cabbage Slaw
Make this napa cabbage slaw recipe in just 15 minutes! This napa slaw is the perfect summer side for grilled or bbq meats, and I get asked for the recipe.
5. Smoked Veggies
These easy Smoked Vegetables made in the Traeger are the perfect side dish recipe with zucchini, squash, carrots, onions and bell peppers seasoned with garlic and paprika and smoked on low to infuse them with amazing smoky flavor.
6. Cherry Tomato Salad
This simple cherry tomato salad takes only five minutes to toss together, making it a super easy recipe for summer and early autumn. Celery complements the cherry tomatoes, giving the salad a nice crunch while bacon brings a punch of salt.
7. Smoked Mac and Cheese
A real treat to the taste buds, this decadent Smoked Mac and Cheese is the creamy classic side dish you know and love, but with an extra layer of smoky flavor infused into each bite. Use a smoker to make it for your next backyard barbecue, potluck, or family gathering.
8. Southern Instant Pot Collard Greens
Instant Pot collard greens are a Southern-inspired side dish made much quicker in an electric pressure cooker. These Southern greens have a ton of flavor from bacon and ham, and you'll want to drizzle the cooking liquid on everything!
9. Hawaiian Macaroni Salad
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is creamy and full of savory, sweet and tangy comforting flavors. It’s perfect for barbecues, summer cookouts, and their famous festive luaus. This is one side dish that you will find on every food truck and restaurant menu all over the islands, and is a common feature on all their plate-style lunches.
10. Baked Beans with Ground Beef
Flavorful baked beans with ground beef is a classic barbecue side dish that’s as convenient as it is delicious. Made with canned beans, seasoned beef, bell pepper, onion, and seasonings, these beans are perfect with burgers, ribs, pulled pork, and more.
11. Air Fryer Potato Chips
One of the most classic easy side dishes is potato chips! Make your own air fryer potato chips at home to go with your ribs! This easy recipe for homemade chips is ready in just 30 minutes!
12. Easy Pasta Salad
This pasta salad uses just a few basic ingredients, making it easy to make, but not lacking in flavor. You can easily add your favorite ingredients or whatever you have on hand to make this salad your own.
13. Extra Crispy Steak Fries
Affordable and easy to make, these steak fries are extra crispy and are the perfect accompaniment for steak or burgers. Top with fresh herbs and serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
14. Sourdough Honey Cornbread
Sourdough Honey Cornbread is cooked in a cast iron skillet for crispy edges and a moist center. The sourdough cornbread is sweetened with honey and makes the perfect side for any gathering.
15. Creamy Bacon Broccoli Salad
The ultimate side dish for your next BBQ, this Creamy Bacon Broccoli Salad Recipe with Cheddar is loaded with fresh broccoli, sharp cheddar cheese and crispy bacon, all tossed in simple tangy dressing. With only 6 ingredients, this salad is super easy to throw together!
16. Southern Baked Mac and Cheese
Creamy southern baked mac and cheese with a secret ingredient is always one of my most popular recipes! The best southern mac and cheese is the best baked mac and cheese recipe! It's the ultimate comfort food for Sunday dinner or a holiday celebration!
17. Old Fashioned Kidney Bean Salad
This super-easy Kidney Bean Salad is an updated riff on the beloved Bean Salad recipe served at the iconic Nick Anthe’s restaurant for more than 30 years. It’s uniquely delicious, but with no cooking and just a bit of quick chopping, it’s also ultra-fast. (Like, 7 minutes FAST!) And, since it uses just a few ingredients that are easy to keep on hand, it’s absolutely ideal for last-minute meal prep, or for cooking ahead for parties and potlucks!
18. Southern Style Green Beans
Easy and delicious Southern Style Green Beans, cooked on a low simmer for a few hours until they’re tender and mouth-watering good.
19. Southern Corn Pudding
Corn pudding is the comfort food you never knew you needed. It is the perfect compliment for any BBQ main dish. Combining ingredients such as corn, cream cheese, and jalapeño, you may just want to make a batch to eat by itself!
20. Honey Butter Skillet Corn
Honey butter skillet corn is the best Thanksgiving side dish, for Christmas or year round. Made in a cast iron skillet on the stove with canned corn or frozen corn.
21. Jiffy Pimento Cheese Cornbread with Jalapeño
This Jiffy Pimento Cheese Cornbread with Jalapeño could not be easier to make with just 4 ingredients! Ready from start to finish in about 25 minutes, this cornbread is always a hit, and makes a great side to BBQ ribs, pulled pork and more!
22. Bacon Fried Corn
This easy recipe for bacon fried corn is a Southern classic. Fresh corn off the cob is cooked in the skillet & seasoned for a sweet, salty, crispy, & tasty side dish no one can resist.
23. Mexican Street Corn
Mexican Street Corn is a delicious combination of textures and flavors that will take you to the streets of Mexico without leaving your dining room table. Street vendors in Mexico are famous for their Elotes (Mexican Street Corn) which are mainly sold in the evenings in the city, and this dish makes a great easy accompaniment to ribs! Coat the corn in cotija or Parmesan cheese for an extra tasty bite!
24. (Healthier) Copycat Buffalo Wild Wings Potato Wedges
This copycat Buffalo Wild Wings potato wedge recipe is everything you love about the original only healthier. These fries are so good you’ll eat them right off the baking sheet while they’re still too hot! Best part is that they’re easy to make and gluten free.
25. Skillet Mac and Cheese with Smoked Gouda and Cheez It Crust
Easy and delicious Skillet Mac and Cheese with Smoked Gouda. The crispy Cheez it cracker crust takes this cast iron mac and cheese to the next level! The ultimate comfort food, this mac and cheese is to die for!
26. Spicy Baked Mac And Cheese Bites
Baked mac and cheese bites are a fun appetizer or side dish to serve alongside ribs. These tasty bites are made with spicy mac and cheese with jalapeno and baked in the oven with crispy golden breadcrumbs!
27. Green Apple and Brussels Sprout Slaw
This Green Apple and Brussels Sprout Slaw is an easy, delicious and healthy side dish that's amazing for a summer cookout! It's also gluten-free, 21 Day Fix approved and Weight Watchers friendly!
28. Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad
Every summer BBQ and picnic needs a simple side dish like this roasted vegetable pasta salad with a tahini maple dressing! The roasted vegetables have a lovely sweetness that works perfectly with the creamy dressing made without mayo, and make for a moreish side dish everyone will love.
29. Macaroni Salad With Dill Pickles
This Macaroni Salad With Dill Pickles is tangy and creamy and so delicious! The dill pickles and their juice are the main ingredients that give this pasta salad a tart and tangy flavor with some nice texture and crunch. Make it a day ahead and it will taste even better... perfect for all your cookouts, picnics, and BBQs this summer.
30. Twice Baked Caesar Potatoes
These Twice Baked Caesar Potatoes (stuffed potatoes) with Ceasar salad dressing, are quick and easy, make a great side dish or appetizer and are a great way to use up leftover baked potatoes!
31. Deviled Eggs with Bacon
Perfectly hard cooked eggs are halved and stuffed with a creamy filling and topped with crispy, crunchy bacon.
32. Stovetop Shells Macaroni and Cheese
This easy, cheesy and creamy Stovetop Shells Macaroni and Cheese recipe is made start to finish on the stovetop, and is ready in under 20 minutes! A mac and cheese the whole family will enjoy!
33. Light and Crunchy Coleslaw
This Light and Crunchy Coleslaw recipe is full of fresh cabbage and carrots. It's the perfect gluten free addition to a summer picnic or BBQ!
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