What to Serve With Brisket

If you are trying to figure out what to serve with brisket for dinner, this list is exactly what you are looking for. Slow-cooked beef brisket is a barbecue favorite alone or even as a hearty hot sandwich.  Either way, you enjoy it, deciding what goes well as a side dish just got easier. Brisket really needs a simple side to make a complete meal since you want the tender beef to be the star. Therefore, you will want to pick the best easy side dish to go with your favorite brisket.

Whether you want a salad, soup, vegetables, or potato, I have you covered with so many choices on what to enjoy with your brisket sandwich. Many fellow food bloggers have shared some of their quick and easy side dish recipes to eat with it. All of these sides pair well with the smoky seasoned Texas-style beef brisket that Americans love so much.  There are even keto, low-carb, and many gluten-free side dish options.

What to Serve with Brisket

This is a tasty list of what to offer with brisket.  To help you decide what to serve with it, I have broken down the list into some subcategories. So based on your mood, preference, or diet, there is something for everyone.  There are salads, low-carb/keto, potato & vegetable, and other sides.  This list of the best sides that are traditionally served with beef brisket or brisket sandwiches includes:

• Side Dishes by The Short Order Cook
• Salad Side Dishes
• Keto / Low Carb Side Dishes
• Potato & Other Side Dishes

Side Dishes by The Short Order Cook

Broccoli Apple Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing (no mayo)

This healthy broccoli salad with carrots, raisins, apples, and cheese is amazing. The creamy greek yogurt dressing is low-fat and made without mayo. It is tangy, crisp, fresh, and sweet in every bite. It holds up great for potlucks and barbecues. It is even great as a leftover, unlike other salads.

 

Check out this recipe

Mexican Watermelon Cucumber Salad

A refreshing salad with the zing of Tajin added to watermelon, cucumber, and toasted pepitas.

Check out this recipe

Low-Carb Keto Creamed Spinach Casserole

Creamed spinach is a tasty low-carb steakhouse restaurant favorite. This easy keto recipe is the best spinach casserole side dish.

Check out this recipe

Slow Cooker Beef & Bacon Chili

Velvety slow-cooked beef is simmered in spices and finished with crispy bacon for the ultimate keto comfort food.

Check out this recipe

Shishito Peppers with Cream Cheese & Bacon

Shishito Peppers are a mild pepper blistered in a pan and then tossed with cream cheese and bacon.

Check out this recipe

Instant Pot Ranch Salt Potatoes

Tender bite-sized potatoes are tossed with butter and ranch seasoning for a family favorite. These salt-crusted electric pressure cooker potatoes are easy and the best side dish recipe.

Check out this recipe

French Potato Salad

Tender potatoes in a Champagne dijon vinaigrette with fresh herbs is bright, tangy, and crowd-pleasing.

Check out this recipe

Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli

Instant pot steamed broccoli is a healthy and easy recipe that comes out perfect every time. In just a few minutes fresh broccoli is cooked and ready to enjoy.  This method works in any electric pressure cooker with or without a steamer basket and results in fresh steamed broccoli that is not mushy. 

Check out this recipe

Amazing Roasted Green Beans with Everything But the Bagel Sesame Seasoning

These delicious but easy green beans will be a family favorite. The nutty sesame seasoning that includes garlic and onion adds so much flavor.

Check out this recipe

Macaroni and Cheese with Caramelized Onions and Bacon

Creamy macaroni and cheese with caramelized onions are made even more amazing with crispy bacon. The best homemade recipe for elevated mac and cheese that adults and kids will love.

Check out this recipe

Green Chile Sweet Corn Casserole

This silky smooth corn pudding casserole satisfies the summer craving for sweet corn on the cob.  This cheesy green chili casserole is an easy savory recipe that is a new version of the southern classic corn pudding that my grandma used to make. 

Check out this recipe

Homemade Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Onion rings are a classic fried treat that is so easy to make homemade. This beer-battered recipe for onion rings is the perfect side dish, snack, or appetizer.

Check out this recipe

Homemade Pickles with Leftover Pickle Juice

Homemade pickles are so easy to make when you reuse pickle juice for this recipe. In 24 hours quick refrigerator pickles are crisp and ready.  

Check out this recipe

Salad Side Dishes

Red, White & Bleu Kale Salad

A patriotic salad that is good any time of year. Fresh juicy berries, crunchy croutons, and a creamy dressing pair perfectly with hearty kale in this wonderful summer salad.

Check out this recipe

Authentic Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

This creamy mac salad is a perfect side to any meat or seafood to make a complete classic lunch or dinner plate special.

Check out this recipe

Creamy Herb Pea Salad

The ideal make-ahead side salad. Frozen peas, onion, and cheddar are tossed with a homemade herb dressing that is creamy dreamy.

Check out this recipe

Keto / Low Carb Side Dishes

Creamy Vegetable Soup - keto/paleo

This creamy soup is a hearty, thick, & dairy-free soup that is a wonderful way to enjoy a variety of vegetables.

Check out this recipe

Keto Spicy Roasted Cauliflower

Far from boring, this cauliflower recipe is spicy, crisp, and yet tender on the inside. The tangy spiced crust that is oven-baked on this is so full of flavor.

Check out this recipe

Italian Tomato Salad

A simple salad of juicy ripe tomatoes is dressed perfectly with Italian flavors. Just a few ingredients and fresh herbs are what ensures this tomato salad is a show-stopper.

Check out this recipe

Potato & Other Side Dishes

Easy Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges

Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside for the ultimate sweet potato wedge. They are seasoned perfectly and ready before you know it.

Check out this recipe

Loaded Parsnip Fries - Whole30

A homemade horseradish sauce, jalapenos, and bacon load up these fries like nothing you have ever had before. Oven-roasted parsnips will now be your new favorite fry.

Check out this recipe

Roasted Potato Salad

This easy roasted potato and green bean salad is a perfect side dish for any barbecue. A great make-ahead salad made without any mayo.

Check out this recipe

PIN FOR SAFEKEEPING & SHARING!

Product Recommendations for this Article:

The Short Order Cook is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.  As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.  If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission on the sale at no additional cost to you. This helps with the costs of running the blog. Thank you! 

What to Serve With Brisket

Angela

If you are trying to figure out what to serve with beef brisket for dinner, this list of recipes for sides is exactly what you are looking for. If you want a salad, soup, vegetable, potato, or other, it is all here with so many choices on what side dish to eat with brisket.

5 from 3 votes

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 0 mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

Salad, Keto/Low-Carb, Potato, & other side dishes

• Loaded Parsnip Fries - Whole30
• Mac & Cheese With Caramelized Onions & Bacon
• Red, White, & Bleu Kale Salad
• Italian Tomato Salad
• Low-Carb Keto Creamed Spinach Casserole
• Beer-Battered Onion Rings
• many other recipes listed above

Instructions

 

• Make your favorite brisket recipe.
• Choose one or more wonderful sides from the lists above.
• Enjoy!