If you are trying to figure out what sides goes well with homemade crab cakes for dinner, this list is exactly what you are looking for. Crab cakes are a fancy show-stopping delicacy. They really need something that is the right crab cake accompaniment and doesn’t take away from them being the main entree star. Therefore, you will want to pick the best simple side dish to go with your crab cakes. All of these suggested sides work great for all your crab cake meal ideas, including parties, intimate dinners, or any crab cake dinner party.
The best sides to serve with crab cakes are all right here. Many fellow food bloggers have shared some of their quick and easy side dish recipes to eat with crab cakes. If you want a salad, baked goods, vegetables, or pasta, we have you covered with so many choices on what to enjoy with your crab cakes. Whether you make them homemade with lump, Dungeness, blue, fresh, frozen, canned, or imitation crab – all these pair good with crab cakes. In reality, most of these side dishes also can be served with crab legs, crab sandwiches, or other fish and seafood too.
What to Serve with Crab Cakes
This is a tasty list of what to offer with crab cakes. To help you decide what to serve with crab cakes, I have broken down the list into some subcategories. So based on your mood, preference, or diet, there is something for everyone. There are healthy salads, mayo-based salads, baked goods, low-carb, vegetable, and fancy sides. This list of what to make with crab cakes includes:
Salad Side Dishes
Keto / Low Carb or Gluten-Free Side Dishes
Vegetable Side Dishes
Fancy Side Dishes
Side Dishes by The Short Order Cook
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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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Crab cakes have been around since around 1891 and are Baltimore and Maryland staples. If you have ever wondered where they originated find out more about WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT CRAB CAKES. For additional side recipes that go well with any kind of seafood, check out these other articles. All the amazing recipes are shared by the best food bloggers and include a wide variety of side dish ideas to serve with fish, shellfish, and more.
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What to Serve With Crab Cakes
Angela
If you are trying to figure out what goes well with homemade crab cakes for dinner, this list is exactly what you are looking for. If you want a salad, baked goods, vegetables, or pasta, we have you covered with so many choices on what to enjoy with your crab cakes.
What a delicious selection of recipes in this roundup – I’m so happy to have my salad be a part of it. Yet another reminder to try that creamed spinach casserole, not to mention all the others. Thank you!
Every single one of those side dish choices would go great with Crab Cakes. If I had to choose one, I guess it would be the KFC Copycat recipe of coleslaw.
Mmm – crab cakes! Sounds yummy, as do your side dishes! I’m a very simple cook. My go-to side dish is steamed edamame ~ it seems to go with everything.
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I'm Angela, a petite mom that loves to cook, eat and explore all things food. I am a former personal chef turned blogger that enjoys family recipes, kids in the kitchen, travel eats, and fun with friends.
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What a delicious selection of recipes in this roundup – I’m so happy to have my salad be a part of it. Yet another reminder to try that creamed spinach casserole, not to mention all the others. Thank you!
This post just made me insanely hungry lol. I love crab cakes and all of these dishes seem like awesome ways to compliment them!
Thanks, Alexis. Let me know what you try and if you have a favorite.
Thank you for the suggestions! Tried Crab cakes for the first time a while ago and want to try them out again!
Aren’t crab cakes so yummy! Enjoy them with any of these side dishes and you will be so happy.
I love crabcakes, and would eat them more frequently… now that I have some great side dishes this will help!
I think I will try to make hush puppies in my air fryer this week!
Yum, enjoy!
I have always had a hard time deciding what to serve with crab cakes – this definitely solves that problem!
I am glad this helps, enjoy!
The spinach casserole sounds wonderful! I will have to try this recipe soon (:
I think the glazed carrots and Zucchini Gratin sound wonderful. I am going to try them, but not with crab cakes.
I love vegetable side dishes! And a dash of cheese makes it even more delicious!
Every single one of those side dish choices would go great with Crab Cakes. If I had to choose one, I guess it would be the KFC Copycat recipe of coleslaw.
Good choice!
So many great options! Of course, crab cakes alone or with a simple salad would work for me anyway! Yum!
Simple sometimes is best and many of these side dishes let the crab cakes be the star.
A lot of these sides look delicious.
Mmm – crab cakes! Sounds yummy, as do your side dishes! I’m a very simple cook. My go-to side dish is steamed edamame ~ it seems to go with everything.
I tried the butternut soup and it was so good.
The lemon ricotta pasta was perfect with our crab cakes.
i would love me some veggies and cheese hehe