If you are trying to figure out what to serve with chicken wings for appetizers, snacks, or dinner, this list is exactly what you are looking for. Chicken wings can be prepped in many different ways such as smoked, grilled, fried, buffalo wings, and more. No matter which way you enjoy wings, deciding what goes well as a side dish just got easier.
No spoilers, but a few of my favorite recipes to serve at home with chicken wings are bar & restaurant favorites too. Things like homemade sweet potato fries & fresh coleslaw with avocado.
You will want to pick the best easy side dish to go with your favorite recipe. Whether you want a salad, vegetables, potato, or more, I have you covered with so many choices on what to enjoy with your chicken wings.
All of these sides pair well with the juicy meat that Americans love so much. The best side dishes or other recipes to serve with wings at a party, barbecue, lunch, dinner, or as an appetizer are found right here.
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Yummy Chicken Wing Recipes
For an amazing hot wing recipe that is infused with so much flavor, you must try my recipe for HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT CHICKEN WINGS. They are spicy, juicy, crispy, and fall off the bone - amazing! Here are a few more tasty chicken wing recipes.
Garlic Butter Wings
Crispy garlic butter wings are fantastic. Seasoned chicken wings are deep-fried and tossed in a garlic butter sauce that is rich & pungent. Loaded with garlic and crispy skin makes these wings an appetizer favorite. The best mild wings for game day, parties, or a crowd. Also low-carb, gluten-free, & keto-friendly.
Garlic Butter Wings
Hot Honey Lemon Pepper Wings
Crispy chicken wings in hot honey lemon pepper sauce are sticky, sweet, & spicy. This recipe for deep-fried wings in a hot flavorful sauce is easy to make. Perfect for appetizers, snacks, lunch, or dinner. These wings are gluten-free without breading bust still so crispy.
Hot Honey Lemon Pepper Wings
What to Serve with Chicken Wings
Spicy, fried, or smokey wings really need a simple side to make a complete meal since you want the chicken to be the star. We are mostly buffalo wings fans at our house since we enjoy our spicy foods so I have included cocktails, dips, and more that are perfect sides for hot wings.
This is a tasty list of what to offer with chicken wings. 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. Of course, there are party recipes to go with your hot wings like dips and cocktails. This list of the best sides that are traditionally served with beef brisket or brisket sandwiches includes:
- Cocktails & Dips
- Salad Side Dishes
- Keto / Low Carb Side Dishes
- Potato & Vegetable Side Dishes
- Other Side Dishes
Cocktails & Dips
Homemade Ranch Dressing without Mayo (Keto & Low-Carb)
This ranch dressing is so delicious, no one will know it is made without mayo. It is cool, creamy, and herby just like a true ranch dressing should be. With no added sugar, it is keto-friendly and low carb.
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Hot Honey
This is the most amazing hot honey recipe for guaranteed sweet heat love.
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Spicy Jalapeno Basil Moscow Mule
A refreshing and spicy twist on a Moscow Mule that includes jalapenos and basil. A wonderful vodka cocktail that is an easy recipe and a crowd-pleaser.
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Classic Mojitos by the Pitcher
Making mojitos by the pitcher with limes and mint is the perfect easy recipe for a crowd.
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TEQUILA SUNRISE COCKTAIL: TWO UNIQUE TWISTS ON A CLASSIC
A gorgeous colorful cocktail with tequila, citrus juices, and grenadine.
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Salad Side Dishes
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.
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Vegan Italian Chopped Salad
The best vegan Italian chopped salad is packed with garbanzo beans for protein and a bunch of fresh vegetables. It has juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, and delicious Italian classic ingredients like olives, artichoke hearts, & spicy pepperoncini. Vegan Italian dressing recipe included for a great combination for lunch, dinner, side, or appetizer. It is gluten-free, healthy, & tasty for everyone to enjoy.
Italian Chopped 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.
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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.
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Butternut Squash, Apple, and Kale Salad with Honey Dijon Vinaigrette
Butternut squash 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.
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Mexican Watermelon Cucumber Salad
A refreshing salad with the zing of Tajin added to watermelon, cucumber, and toasted pepitas.
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Keto / Low Carb Side Dishes
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.
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Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup
This restaurant-quality low-carb keto cream of mushroom soup is easy to make and simply delicious. The creamy texture with sherry creates a rich velvety mushroom soup that is so much better than any Campbell’s condensed version you can buy.
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Crispy Baked Marinated Artichoke Hearts
Crispy oven-baked marinated artichoke hearts is the easiest recipe ever. It is so simple to cook marinated, canned, or frozen artichoke hearts in the oven on high heat to get a crispy outside and a tender inside. They're best as an appetizer, healthy snack, salad pizza topping, or side dish. Artichoke hearts are a wonderful cracker or chip replacement that makes a good gluten-free, grain-free, low-carb, and keto dipper.
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Slow Cooker No-Bean Chili (keto)
Velvety slow-cooked beef is simmered in spices and finished with crispy bacon for the ultimate keto comfort food. This recipe without beans is so easy and cooks in the CrockPot.
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Shishito Peppers with Cream Cheese & Bacon
Shishito Peppers are a mild pepper blistered in a pan and then tossed with cream cheese and bacon.
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Potato & Vegetable Side Dishes
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.
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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 Fries
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.
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French Potato Salad (no mayo)
Tender potatoes in a Champagne dijon vinaigrette with fresh herbs are bright, tangy, and crowd-pleasing. This is the best potato salad recipe without mayo. French potato salad is great for parties, picnics, & BBQs. The recipe can be made ahead of time & lasts for days. Bonus, it is gluten-free, vegan, & healthy. A fun summer side dish recipe to serve with grilled or smoked meats.
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The Best Baked Potato
The perfect oven-baked potato that comes out fluffy on the inside and crispy on the outside every time.
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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.
CrockPot Collard Greens
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.
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Oven- Roasted Green Beans
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.
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Other Side Dishes
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.
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Jiffy Creamed Corn 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.
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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.
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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.
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What To Serve With Chicken Wings
If you are trying to figure out what to serve with chicken wings for dinner, this list is exactly what you are looking for. If you want a cocktail, dip, salad, vegetable, potato, or more, I have you covered with so many choices on what side dish recipes to eat with hot wings. Including keto, low-carb, and gluten-free sides too.
Ingredients
TRY ANY RECIPE FROM THE LIST ABOVE, INCLUDING SOME LIKE
- Ranch Dressing
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Chopped Salad
- Broccoli Salad
- Air Fryer Fries
- Avocado Coleslaw
- Salt Potatoes
- Beef & Bacon Chili
- Hot Honey
- Mac&Cheese
- Onion Rings
- Homemade Ranch Dressing
Bea says
The mac & cheese was fantastic. So was the ranch dressing we used to dip in our wings.
Raina says
Yum! Chicken wings and fries were a hit!