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Pork roast is a hearty main course that’s easy to make and can readily feed your whole family.
It’s often served on the table during Sunday dinner or special gatherings.
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Though the dish is delectable on its own, pairing it with side items can turn your meal into something extraordinary.
But just how do you know which sides pair well with the meat?
Today, I’m pleased to share my favorite collection of side dishes for roast pork.
From roasted cabbage steaks to Brabant potatoes, everything you’ll find from this list is worth devouring!
How to Make Mashed Potatoes
When it comes to making the perfect side dish for meat dishes like steak or pork chops, there is one dish that stands above all the rest: mashed potatoes. A bowl of light, fluffy, and perfectly seasoned mashed potatoes will catapult any good meat dish into “amazing territory”.
Loaded Mashed Potatoes
This loaded mashed potato casserole is rich, decadent, and always the first dish to vanish at potlucks or holiday spreads. It’s a side that steals the show—and the compliments.
Savory Mashed Sweet Potatoes
These savory mashed sweet potatoes might just change your mind. Made with thyme, cinnamon, and allspice, this recipe turns sweet potatoes into a surprising, savory side that’s perfect for steak, chicken, or pork.
Sweet Potato Casserole
Whipped with butter and cream, the sweet potatoes soften into fluffy, almost custard-like base for a crisp, buttery pecan streusel topping. For the marshmallow die-hards, a scatter of marshmallows around the edges toasts into a golden, sticky crown.
Roasted Butternut Squash
This recipe for roasted butternut squash starts off with a few minutes in the microwave so you can peel it easily then finishes in the oven. It has a slightly sweet taste with a richness to it.
Glazed Carrots in the Microwave
For a quick weeknight side dish, this recipe works great. This recipe provides the glaze after cooking, so they will not get too “sticky” from a dry heat like they might in the oven or stovetop.
Roasted Carrots With Thyme
This Oven-Roasted Carrots With Thyme Recipe brings out the sweetness with a golden brown char, and the deep flavor of fresh thyme is activated, making this a scrumptious veggie side dish.
Steamed Green Beans with Lemon
Green beans make an easy and delicious healthy side dish. These steamed green beans only require 5 ingredients.
How to saute green beans (easy recipe)
We saute green beans at our house so often that in truth it is probably every 10 days or so. They are such a simple dish to prepare and we love them.
Oven-Roasted Parmesan Green Beans
But I’ve only recently learned that green beans are a delicious veggie roasted, too. They come out crisp-tender, and sometimes I add an extra five minutes in the oven to make sure they are done and not tough.
Blackened Broccoli
If you’re looking for a quick and delicious veggie side dish, this charred broccoli recipe is perfect for you! If you want to add a bit more flavor, squeeze some lemon juice on the broccoli florets just before serving.
Easy Cheesy Creamed Spinach Recipe
If you are looking for a creamy and delicious spinach side dish, this is the perfect recipe for you. Now we love cheese in this household so we really amped up the cheese in this recipe.
Oven Roasted Radishes
Oven-roasted radishes are an uncommon but yummy way to prep and serve radishes. Roasting radishes brings out their sweet flavor and mellows that peppery bite a bit.
Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus
Every now and again, you might get a hankering for a fancy appetizer and this Easy Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus is just the ticket. This amazing and quick appetizer brings together the salty flavors of prosciutto perfectly with the subtle sweetness of roasted asparagus, and puts them in little snackable bundles that ticks all the boxes for “perfect finger food”.
How To Sauté Apples
This sauteed apple recipe is super easy to make. The cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract are the perfect touch to making this an amazing dish.
Easy Arugula Salad Recipe
We can’t get enough of this easy arugula salad recipe. A great feature about this salad is how insanely easy it is to create.
Tex-Mex Quinoa Salad
This is a fresh take on quinoa that we think you’ll love. Served hot or cold, this quinoa salad includes fresh tomatoes, red onion, corn, black beans, cotija cheese, fresh lime, and avocados.
No-mayo Carolina coleslaw recipe (super yummy!)
What I like about this coleslaw recipe is that it’s very different from classic slaw with a homestyle mayonnaise dressing. It’s sweet, tangy, and of course, yummy!
Apple Carrot Slaw
This sweet apple carrot coleslaw recipe is just such a recipe: the right balance of sweet and tangy crunch. A great tip to keep apples from turning brown in your coleslaw is to first mix them with apple cider vinegar or lemon juice.
Red cabbage slaw recipe
This red cabbage slaw recipe is easy to make. It’s a crunchy side dish that’s satisfying to eat and it’s good for you and your family at the same time.
Cheesy Garlic Biscuits Copycat Recipe
The problem is, I can’t justify a whole restaurant trip every time I want those cheesy, garlicky little bites of heaven. Just don’t skip the garlic-butter dabbed on all the warm biscuit tops at the end; it’s where the magic happens!
Butter Dip Biscuits
These butter dip biscuits offer the comfort of homemade baking with minimal effort. Made from a few pantry ingredients, they come together quickly, with no kneading required.
Jiffy Corn Casserole Recipe
This easy side dish is a simple combination of pantry ingredients, baked and enjoyed at my Thanksgiving table for years. I bring it if I’m going to someone else’s house because it’s rich with cream cheese, sweet, satisfying like cornbread, and goes perfectly with ham or turkey.
Cranberry-Pear Sauce with Ginger and Rosemary Recipe
The problem is that store-bought cranberry sauce isn’t exactly a crowd-pleaser. Luckily for you, we’ve got just the thing here at CookingChew to transform your cran-“blehry” sauce to something that will get people lining up for more!
The bottom line
The main purpose of having a side dish is to complement and balance out your meal’s main courses.
So keep in mind that when picking side dishes for pork roast, you need to look for those recipes that won’t overpower the texture and flavor of your meat.
Before concluding this discussion, I want to share my top three picks on the list: roasted carrots, mashed potatoes, and arugula salad.
How about you? How do you enjoy a slice of your pork roast? Tell us your favorite sides in the comments!
