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.
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.
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Best Recipe Pairings for 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. 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
Here are a bunch of recipes from the blog that pairs well with brisket. There are all sorts of potatoes from fries to salads including sweet potatoes & frozen fries. Flavorful vegetables, loaded salads, & even keto/low-carb sides too.
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, & tasty side dish no one can resist. The kernels are cooked in bacon drippings with onion until tender & crisp. It only takes 20 minutes & 4 ingredients to pan-fry this vegetable into your new favorite summer comfort food.
Bacon Fried Corn
Deep-Fried Sweet Potato Fries
Homemade deep-fried sweet potato fries are a quick and easy family favorite recipe. This fantastic method to deep fry & season them makes the best appetizer or side dish.
Deep Fried Sweet Potato Fries
Whipped Sweet Potatoes
For a comforting side dish, these whipped sweet potatoes really hit the spot. They are fluffy and sweet with a hint of nutmeg. Perfect to serve with Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas roast, Easter Ham, or any family dinner or holiday.
Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes
For the best baked sweet potatoes in the air fryer, try this easy recipe. They come out crispy & tender in less time than from the oven.
Air Fryer Sweet Baked Potatoes
Pan Fried Potatoes & Onions
Fire up your skillet and pan-fry some potatoes and onions for a hearty side dish. This easy recipe is ready in 30 minutes & takes only a few ingredients. This southern recipe for seasoned russet potato cubes is a classic American dish great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The potatoes are crispy & fork-tender - plus gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, & dairy-free.
Fried Potatoes & Onions
Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle French Fries
For an easy foolproof method for cooking frozen crinkle-cut french fries in the air fryer, try this recipe. They will be hot, crispy, and yummy with just the right amount of time to cook in the air fryer. Plus delicious dips and seasonings to add for the best air fryer french fries.
Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle Fries
Toaster Oven Baked Potato
Making baked potatoes in the toaster oven is an easy and delicious way to cook this classic side dish. The skin turns out crispy and the inside is soft and fluffy. If your toaster oven has a convection setting, this baked potato recipe is super quick
Toaster Oven Baked Potato
Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
For the best air fryer baked potatoes, try this quick & easy recipe. In half the time get yummy crispy skin & fluffy hot insides for topping. This simple side dish is an American classic due to its simplicity & versatility. All the steps for time and temperature for air frying plus topping, storing, & reheating.
Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
Air Fryer Loaded Potato Skins
The best crunchy air fryer loaded potato skins is this quick & easy recipe. This 30-minute appetizer or side is great for game day, parties, or dinner. Use baked potatoes & stuff with crispy bacon & melted cheddar cheese. Don't forget all the best toppings like sour cream & chives, dips, & more. Including how to bake, scoop, & cook potato skins with time & temperature steps to cook these TGI Friday's copycat recipe to perfection.
Air Fryer Loaded Potato Skins
Crispy Air Fryer Keto Radishes
Crispy air fryer keto radishes are the low-carb answer to those that love roasted potatoes. These seasoned radishes are an easy recipe & done in 15 minutes.
Air Fryer Keto Radishes
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.
Instant Pot Salt Potatoes
French Potato Salad
Tender warm herbed potatoes in a Champagne dijon vinaigrette with fresh herbs are bright, tangy, and crowd-pleasing. This is the best potato salad recipe without mayo. It is great for parties, picnics, & BBQs to feed a crowd. A fun summer side dish that's gluten-free, vegan, & dairy-free.
French Potato Salad - no mayo
Roasted Potatoes & Broccoli
Two yummy side dishes in one sheet pan recipe - oven roasted potatoes & broccoli florets are the ultimate pairing. The spice mix add a ton of flavor & it pairs with anything from fish to chicken or beef. This easy vegetable side takes little prep & the small pieces cook fast in the oven. This simple yet fancy recipe is vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, & dairy-free.
Roasted Potatoes & Broccoli
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.
Keto Cheesy Creamed Spinach Casserole
Caramelized Brussel sprouts with Brown Sugar, Bacon, & Blue Cheese
Caramelized Brussel sprouts with brown sugar are a wonderful simple side dish. To make Brussel sprouts even more wonderful add bacon and blue cheese for a sweet, salty, creamy, and nutty delight.
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon & Blue Cheese
Roasted Green Beans with Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
These delicious oven-roasted green beans will be a family favorite. The nutty sesame seasoning that includes garlic and onion adds so much flavor. This quick & easy recipe is the best thanks to everything but the bagel seasoning that elevates this simple vegetable side dish.
Oven Roasted Green Beans with Everything but the Bagel Seasoning
Air Fryer Green Beans
In just 10 minutes, this recipe for crispy air fryer green beans is the best. This simple side dish with few ingredients is quick & easy.
Air Fryer Green Beans
Air Fryer Broccolini with Lemon & Parmesan
Broccolini is crispy thanks to the air fryer. It is all dressed up with fresh lemon & parmesan. This garlicky recipe is savory, salty, & bright with a punch of citrus. You'll love this Italian-inspired fresh vegetable side dish or appetizer.
Air Fryer Broccolini with Parmesan
Slow Cooker Collard Greens
Tender slow cooker collard greens are perfectly seasoned for a delicious southern side dish. These bacon-cooked greens are tender, rich, and full of flavor. There is no easier recipe.
Slow Cooker Collard Greens with Bacon
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.
Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli
Italian Marinated Tomatoes
An easy summer appetizer, salad, & side - Italian marinated tomatoes. Bursting with garlic & oregano, fresh tomatoes never tasted better. This cold appetizer is great served chilled or at room temperature. It's low-fat, gluten-free, low-carb, vegan, vegetarian, & healthy.
Italian Marinated Tomatoes
Simple Spinach Salad
Toss together this quick & easy simple spinach salad in just minutes. The crunchy croutons are made from scratch & with a homemade dijon vinaigrette this is the best recipe hands down. It's a fresh & healthy side dish that goes with any meal or enjoy for lunch. Pile on some protein for an entree dinner.
Simple Spinach Salad
Spinach Blueberry Salad
A colorful salad of fresh spinach, ripe blueberries, sharp parmesan, & crunchy pecans is a lovely spring recipe. It's fresh, nutty, sweet, & savory in every delicious bite.
Blueberry Spinach Salad
Butternut Squash, Apple, and Kale Salad
Butternut squash, apple, and kale make the perfect Fall salad. The crunchy pecans, crisp apples, sweet raisins, and roasted butternut squash make the most amazing Autumn harvest salad recipe.
Butternut Squash & Apple Kale Salad
Strawberry Arugula Salad
For a fresh & fun summer salad, this strawberry arugula salad is a seasonal favorite. This easy arugula salad with fresh strawberries, salty macadamia nuts, & ribbons of parmesan cheese is sweet, crunchy, nutty, peppery, & savory. Drizzle with a homemade honey balsamic dressing & there's no turning back. Gluten-free, healthy, & great for lunch or served with grilled or smoked meats for dinner.
Strawberry Arugula Salad
Grilled Peach & Goat Cheese Salad
Sweet grilled peaches, creamy avocado, tangy goat cheese, and spicy arugula are a summer salad sensation. This recipe for Grilled Peach, Avocado, and Goat Cheese Arugula Salad is fresh, sweet, crisp, & juicy. This simple summer salad is easy & perfect for bbq, cookouts, & parties.
Grilled Peach & Goat Cheese Salad
Broccoli Salad with Apples & Cheese
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.
Broccoli Apple Cheddar Salad without Mayo
Asian Avocado Peanut Coleslaw
If you want an easy peanutty coleslaw recipe, this Asian avocado peanut coleslaw is the best. This chopped slaw recipe is bursting with fresh vegetables that are dressed in a homemade Asian-inspired dressing that is salty, sweet, and spicy. This slaw is vegan and gluten-free and sure to be one that everyone loves.
Asian Avocado Coleslaw
Fruit Salad with Cool Whip
This fresh fruit salad with Cool Whip is light, sweet, & creamy. The easy dessert recipe is healthy, refreshing, & a summer favorite. It is perfect to serve at BBQ, cookouts, potlucks, parties, & easy to make a lot to feed a crowd. A holiday favorite at Easter, Mother's Day, 4th of July, Memorial Day, & Labor Day. It is gluten-free, vegetarian, & better for you than classic ambrosia - made without coconut or marshmallows.
Fruit Salad with Cool Whip
Cucumber Shrimp Salad
This cool, crunchy, & creamy cucumber shrimp salad is the best protein-packed lunch. This simple seafood recipe is light, healthy, & tasty. The quick & easy diced cucumbers with shrimp & a dill sour cream dressing is a shellfish lover's dream. The gluten-free & low-carb recipe is a great make-ahead meal planning meal since it stores well for days.
Cucumber Shrimp Salad
Shishito Peppers with Cream Cheese & Bacon
Shishito Peppers are a mild pepper blistered in a pan and then tossed with cream cheese and bacon.
Shishito Peppers with Cream Cheese & Bacon
Slow Cooker No-Bean Chili
Slow cooker no-bean chili simmers in rich tomatoes and spices. Ground beef and crispy bacon plus fun delicious toppings is the ideal low-carb keto chili. Set your CrockPot for a spicy chili that hearty & comforting.
Slow Cooker Bacon Chili (no beans & keto)
Old-Fashioned Baked Macaroni & Cheese with Bacon
Creamy macaroni & cheese with caramelized onions & bacon is a classic old-fashioned recipe. The best homemade baked mac and cheese begins with a traditional roux, 3 kinds of cheese & al dente elbow pasta. This family-favorite casserole recipe is creamy, comforting, & simple to make.
Baked Mac & Cheese
Keto Cornbread Chaffles
Cornbread chaffles made with almond flour are the best Mini Dash keto waffle recipe. A savory low-carb & gluten-free side for chili, soup, or salad.
Keto Cornbread Chaffles
Jiffy Cornbread Pudding Casserole
This silky smooth corn pudding casserole satisfies the summer craving for sweet corn on the cob. This spicy green chili casserole made with Jiffy corn muffin mix is an easy savory recipe. It's a new version of the southern classic corn pudding that my grandma used to make.
JIffy Cornbread Casserole
Deep-Fried 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 deep-fried until crispy & crunchy. It's the perfect side dish, snack, or appetizer.
Homemade Beer-Battered Onion Rings
Homemade Pickles with Leftover Pickle Juice
Homemade pickles are so easy to make when you reuse pickle juice or brine for this recipe. In 24 hours quick refrigerator pickles are crisp and ready. Fermentation to turn cucumbers into pickles has never been easier.
Homemade Pickles from Leftover Pickle Juice
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.
Red, White & Blue Kale Salad
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.
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad
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.
Creamy Herb Pea Salad
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.
Creamy Veggie Soup
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.
Roasted Whole Cauliflower
Potato & Other Side Dishes
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.
Parsnip Fries
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.
Roasted Potato Salad
Other Beef Entree Recipe Roundups
For those that are meat eaters and love their beef, these recipe roundups will help you complete your favorite meals.
Jere Cassidy says
Mmm, lots of good recipes to try, I just need to learn to cook a brisket.
Nart at Cooking with Nart says
I'm a big fan of brisket so thank you so much for sharing these ideas! They all look amazing. Think I'm gonna start with roasted cauliflower!
Angela says
You are welcome - enjoy the cauliflower.
Nisha says
They all look so good and inviting, sweet potato wedges are one of my favorites among these. Nice share!
Beth says
Brisket is one of the cuts of beef that comes with my regular local meat subscription service. This gives me so many ideas to plan in advance, but we are really interested in vegetable dishes like the pea salad and the parsnip fries, plus, of course, the salt potatoes.
Angela says
Great choices and I am jealous of that meat subscription that includes brisket. Enjoy salt potatoes and more the next time you need some good sides for your beef dinner.
Patrice Rutledge says
Lots of great ideas here! Sometimes it's just hard thinking of what to serve with a main dish. I like the roasted cauliflower and the watermelon salad ideas.
Jacqueline Debono says
Such a great idea to help cooks decide what to serve with brisket. I love the sound of the roasted potato salad and the green beans!
Angela says
Two great choices for side dishes.
Shikha says
Can't wait to try this. It looks so yummy.
Lathiya says
these are some ultimate suggestions to serve along with brisket. All sounds delicious.