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For a fantastic meal that is a veritable feast, here are the side dishes that will be perfect for what to serve with ham steak!
Before we give you ideas on what to serve with ham steak, here is a little primer on what this slice of meat is.
Ham steak is often a thick cut from a ham roast, usually half an inch to two inches thick, which comes from the leg or ham shank.
When you buy ham steak, it usually comes in a salted form and can be rather salty if cooked or reheated as is.
To remove any excess salt, soak it in a bowl of water for five to ten minutes before you continue to cook it.
Ham steak can come in a bone-in or boneless form and is usually taken from the middle part of a ham roast, which is already cooked.
It can be heated on a grill, in a pan, or popped in the oven and broiled.
A high-heat sear can make a crispy char that is quite delicious!
You can serve ham steak with a glaze too, and there are lots of glazes you can choose from.
You can also serve it plain and with one or two accompaniments.
What kinds of accompaniments go well with a slab of ham steak?
Here is a list of options that you can try out when you’re serving ham steak for lunch or dinner.
From easy Deviled Eggs to Lemony Asparagus Risotto to Jalapeno Cornbread or Roasted Acorn Squash, you want that touch of sweetness to balance out the savory ham!
#14 is great with #6 when you want more than one side dish for your meal.
Without further ado, let’s get started!
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For those who love garlic and potatoes, this is one of the ham steak side dishes you should definitely try.
This creamy and garlicky side dish uses Yukon gold potatoes, heavy cream, and a whole lot of butter!
The addition of chives, onion powder, garlic powder, and other dried herbs can take this mash to the next level of flavor.
Speaking of the classics, another one of those “can’t go wrong” sides for ham steak you should try is coleslaw.
With so many recipes to choose from, it’s easy for you to get confused as to which one to make.
This version is highly recommended, not only because it’s simple to make but also because of the colorful addition of purple cabbage.
Get a splash of color while eating for a more festive meal!
The combination of creamy corn in pudding form and ham steak is something you should try at least once in your life.
This recipe for corn pudding combines both whole corn kernels and cream-style corn.
You get a combination of textures you’re sure to love when you try this side dish.
This cornbread has a spicy kick from the jalapeno slices peppered all throughout.
If you don’t want to cook this in a rush, you can always bake a few of these ahead of time and freeze them for future use!
Is it time for a picnic? Or a picnic ham?
This slaw with the delicious edge of onion and apple cider vinegar is all crunch and no mayo.
The usual cabbage combines with kale in a scrumptious snap of flavor that enhances ham steak with every bite.
Ingredients include: Cabbage head, red onion, white onion, carrots, and kale.
Ah, the ever-popular mashed potatoes.
Of course we had to go whole hog (see what I did there) and add all that much more flavor to the comforting clouds of homemade mashed potatoes.
Customize these with your favorites or leave out what you don’t want (or don’t have on hand).
Ingredients include: Russet potatoes, butter, milk, sour cream, cheddar cheese.
These aren’t our pictures because we came up with this recipe before we had a photographer who knew what they were doing (sorry, Renee).
These carrots are some of my favorites and I learned that I don’t have to choke down mushy carrots that are cooked to death in a pot of water!
Roasted vegetables brings out the best in every vegetable, but in carrots, this dry heat makes them SING.
Ingredients include: Baby carrots, thyme, pepper, salt, and olive oil.
This recipe took us a long time to make, I will admit.
You know how onions take a long time to caramelize on the stove top?
Well, whole onions take a REALLY long time to soften.
These start in the oven and finish on the grill, but between the butter and bacon and the sweet Vidalias, you may not need another single thing on your plate.
Ingredients include: RealSweet Vidalia onions, bacon, garlic clove, butter, salt, and pepper.
I love Italian food. And this side dish is no exception.
It’s hard to mess up a simple zook and tomato dish, just keep an eye on the time in the oven so they don’t get too soft.
The tomatoes are more forgiving because they are meant to soften and burst, but if the zucchini bakes too long, you’ll end up with mush.
The flavor, though, and simple steps—you’ll love adding this Oven-Roasted Zucchini & Tomatoes recipe to your ham steak.
Ingredients include: Zucchini, cherry tomatoes, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and garlic powder.
You guessed it—another squash recipe? Why, yes, and this is butternut.
Also beautifully seasoned and roasted, squash is a natural match for ham of all kinds because it tempers the salt and smoky flavor.
Pick your in-season squash and run with it.
Ingredients include: Butternut squash, rosemary, garlic, olive oil, and pepper.
Not every ham steak is throwing it down for dinner, am I right?
So whether you are having dinner for breakfast or breakfast for dinner, anyone can get behind bananas pancakes to come alongside a luscious ham steak.
Use the best maple syrup you can find and spoil yourself for this decadent meal.
Ingredients include: Milk, ripe banana, egg, sugar, and cinnamon.
I made up this recipe because I have come to love farro, and roasted vegetables are just some kind of magic.
Sheet pan veg are fine, but this one uses an air fryer to make quick work of the root veg you want to stir in.
I call it salad because of the variety of ingredients, and you can eat it hot, warm or cold and all three are delicious.
While this goes with lots of things like fish and chicken, it’s going to really shine next to a ham steak with cornbread or dinner rolls.
Ingredients include: Farro, corn, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and red wine.
Ah, these are so good.
It feels kind of hungry in here, and a perfectly plump green bean, dusted with parm and baked until tender is my kind of snack.
Why we as a nation don’t spend more time roasting delicious vegetables instead of reaching for packages and bags of snacks is beyond me.
That said, double this recipe because your people will devour these.
Ingredients include: Green beans, olive oil, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and salt.
I have only just learned to really like bell peppers in the last 10 years or so.
Since I am a Gen-Xer, that’s a lot of years lost to feeling kind of grossed out by that zip of pepper because I hadn’t learned to roast them yet.
The air fryer makes quick work of these like a grill would, with a nice char, softening them up so you can add them as a colorful side for ham steak in five minutes or so.
It will take you longer to deseed them than to cook them, so just uncap them and let people pick out their own seeds.
Ingredients include: Mini peppers, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Zucchini and tomatoes, seasoned just right and coming at you again, this time in the air fryer.
If you landed here and you are wondering how this is going to work, check out the recipe for more info.
And if you haven’t gotten an air fryer yet, you are going to have a very delicious future ahead of you with this one.
Ingredients include: Zucchinis, tomatoes, olive oil, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and garlic powder.
You won’t believe me because I didn’t want to believe it.
Radishes are like the black sheep of the salad family IN MY OPINION, because they are too peppery to bear!
Right?
Yet like the weird-tasting raw potato that transforms into baby angels when cooked, as does the humble radish.
You can season these like you would a turnip, pepper, carrot or other tuber, but just roast them and you’ll be as surprised as I was.
This recipe uses some lemon and rosemary as the vanguard spices, if you want to get your feet wet with oven-roasted radishes before striking out on your own.
Want them even faster? Of course you do, with your air fryer.
Ingredients include: Radishes, olive oil, garlic, lemon zest, and ground rosemary.
I love this salad.
The photos are miserable, but the combination of flavors just knocked my socks off.
If you have pears and like balsamic, I think you’ll enjoy this salad.
Don’t toss it until you are seated and ready to eat though, as the greens don’t hold up to the strong vinegar as much as I’d like them to.
Ingredients include: Spinach, parmesan cheese, green pears, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.
Eggplant doesn’t have to be high maintenance. You can just peel it if you don’t want to salt and weight the slices.
I will say it does help with the texture a lot, especially in a high heat saute like this one.
It takes a bit of practice, but this one will add a nice hearty side dish to your ham steak if you have a few eggplant around that you want to use up.
Ingredients include: Eggplant, olive oil, salt, and garlic clove.
One of the best ways to prepare zucchini is to sauté it.
Sautéing zucchini is a quick and easy way to cook it, and it results in a tender and flavorful vegetable that is perfect for a side dish or a main course.
To sauté zucchini, you will need a large non-stick skillet, some olive oil, and a few cloves of garlic.
Sautéed zucchini is delicious on its own, but it can also be served with a variety of other dishes, especially ham steak.
So next time you are looking for a healthy and delicious way to cook zucchini, give sautéing it a try.
Cook just until fork tender, or it can become mushy quickly.
Ingredients include: Zucchini, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Sauteed green beans are one of our go-to side dishes for ham steak.
Fresh green beans, olive oil, and butter are all you need to make these beauties shine.
Spread ’em out, baby – give these beans the room they need to saute to perfection.
No crowding allowed, or they’ll get all steamed up.
Oh and, you’ll know they’re done when they turn bright green and start to show off their sassy side.
Ingredients include: Green beans, olive oil, butter, salt, and pepper.
Not a hassle at all, these pretty (and pretty simple) hasselback potatoes are just cut in a way that gives them an attractive presentation and allows delicious butter, garlic, and parmesan to work their way into the cuts of potato.
Always a lovely sidecar to ham steak, these are also cooked in the air fryer like a boss.
A fast-cooking, easy boss.
Large, robust russets are the key to making these look their best.
Ingredients include: Russet potatoes, olive oil, garlic, parmesan cheese, butter, and salt.
I love a good Asian-inspired side dish, and it may seem like it’s doubling up on the sodium, but really the flavors all complement each other.
We make a lot of suggestions for herbs and spices to add to your baby bok choy saute, but the only thing to remember is really the time needed to make them tender.
Ingredients include: Baby bok choy, garlic cloves, olive oil, and salt.
Featuring crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, and zesty red onions, this salad is dressed with a straightforward vinaigrette of olive oil, red wine vinegar, basil, and dill.
Simply mix the cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and vinaigrette in a large bowl.
Toss well, then chill for at least an hour before serving.
Ingredients include: Cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, olive oil, and basil.
The cauliflower is sautéed in a skillet with olive oil, garlic, and salt.
The cauliflower is then cooked until florets start to char on the edges.
Consider adding in some minced garlic for an extra pop of flavor.
This recipe is a quick and fantastic side dish to serve with ham steak.
Ingredients include: Cauliflower, olive oil, and salt.
We just got talking at length about what to make with frozen okra, and I have to say I have a new respect for this veg.
And I’m not a fan. I think they are too slimy.
But there are ways to reduce that texture, and as a green veg, some people swear by them, especially southerners.
Renee loves the things. I’ll have one or two batter dipped, then I’m done.
These Sauteed Okra are a simple side dish tossed in garlic and oil and sauteed til tender.
You love okra fast and easy? This one is for you.
Ingredients include: Okra, olive oil, garlic clove, salt, and pepper.
I love these tomatoes and well, I did invent the recipe, so that makes sense.
These marinated tomatoes are just bursting with flavor, darling!
Introducing a recipe that takes summer tomatoes to a whole new level of yumminess.
We’re talking tomatoes marinated in a divine concoction of olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper, dried rosemary, and dried basil—oh my!
Now, patience is key here; let them marinate for at least two hours, or even longer if you can bear to wait.
The result?
Marinated tomatoes that can dazzle as a side dish, appetizer, or salad topping!
Ingredients include: Tomatoes, red wine vinegar, red onion, dried basil, and dried rosemary.
Sweet Grilled Pineapple
Caramelized pineapple off the grill. Ham and pineapple is a forever pairing.
Pineapple Avocado Salsa
Sweet pineapple and creamy avocado in a fresh salsa. Spoon it right over the ham.
Sautéed Apples
Tender apples in a buttery pan sauce. Sweet-savory perfection with salty ham.
Baked Cinnamon Apples
Soft baked apples with warm cinnamon. Dessert-adjacent and completely at home beside ham.
Savory Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes mashed with savory seasoning. The orange half of a proper ham dinner.
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Oven fries with crispy edges and sweet centers. Salty ham approves.
Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes with cheese worked all the way through. Comfort food arithmetic.
Microwave Glazed Carrots
Glazed carrots from the microwave in minutes. Sweet, tender, and stove-free.
Microwave Green Bean Casserole
The holiday classic without the oven. Creamy, crunchy-topped, and fast.
Skillet Creamed Corn
Creamy stovetop corn in one skillet. Sweet corn and salty ham split the plate.
Butter Dip Biscuits
Soft, buttery biscuits with no rolling or cutting. Breakfast-for-dinner energy with ham steak.
The bottom line
There are lots of different kinds of side dishes that you can serve with ham steak.
This list is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.
Ham can easily go with any kind of side dish.
Choose from options that include sweet, creamy, tangy, spicy, and fresh.
Anything that helps balance out the saltiness of ham is worth trying.
So, each time you’re planning on serving ham and wondering what to serve with ham steak, take a look at this list and try out every single recipe here one (or two) at a time!
