30 Best Side Dishes for Burgers {Recipes} (2024)

This recipe has a lot of the same flavors as Mexican street corn, but you cut the corn cob in half for easier handling. And it's all done in the air fryer and the microwave.

If you don't mind a little bit of deep frying, it's actually pretty easy to make your own potato chips at home. And you'll be surprised how tasty they are!

Pasta salads are such a great side to have, especially in the summertime. This one incorporates all the flavors of a Greek salad, with Kalamata olives, artichoke hearts, feta cheese, and more.

These are baked tomatoes with basil and olive oil and some salt. That’s really all you need for this surprisingly delicious dish.

This mac & cheese dish adds beer for flavor and richness. It also has green onions, which makes it absolutely delicious. Feel free to add bacon, sausage, veggies, or anything else you like into the recipe.

Fried zucchini is so decadent, you wouldn't think you're eating a vegetable. This air fryer version keeps all the decadence and flavor, but less of the grease.

This recipe is just what it sounds like: a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich transformed into a pasta salad. All the same flavor, but you can eat it with a fork.

This is a colorful chopped salad that includes black beans and black-eyed peas, corn, tomato, and onion, along with a tangy lime dressing.

These spicy Jalapeno poppers are so easy to make because you bake them. The recipe links to a dip recipe suggestion and offers some substitutions to make it vegan.

Smoking adds a delicious new flavor to corn on the cob. It's as easy to make as throwing it on the grill.

Roasted asparagus is just as easy as it sounds, and it's such a great side dish. This recipe is all about the seasoning.

This recipe is both vegan and gluten-free. Bake these seasoned potato wedges in olive oil with all the right herbs and spices.

There are so many versions of coleslaw, and this is the southern style that adds sugar for a little sweetness.

This waffle fry recipe uses a surpriging combination of lemon juice and zest with feta cheese crumbles and mozzarella.

Orzo makes a great base for a pasta salad, and this recipe only takes 15 minutes to make. For flavor, it uses lemon, fresh basil and tomatoes.

If you love seasoned french fries, this oven version makes them so easy. The Cajun spices are so delicious!

This salad features salami, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes and mozzarella - and of course a pesto dressing. It's quick to make and will be a big hit with most everyone.

You can make Mexican street corn at home. This recipe includes instructions for both stove top and the instant pot.

This broccoli salad blends bacon and cheese with cranberries at homemade dressing. If you don't have dried cranberries, you can also use raisins.

These zucchini chips are a chip version of zucchini fries. They're fried in a Greek seasoned batter until they crisp up. Serve them on their own or with a dip (tzatziki would be perfect).

This recipe is a little bit similar to the cottage fries above. You make it in the air fryer, so it's very easy. It's a vegan, gluten-free and nut-free recipe that takes less than 30 minutes to make.

Mushrooms are fantastic anyway you make them, but grilling really brings out the flavor.

If you like cooking with foil packets on the grill, this is the potato recipe for you. These potatoes have all the flavors of a loaded baked potato, but they’re thinly sliced and layered

This is a copycat recipe based on the famous Gordon-Biersch garlic fries. No deep frying! You can easily make these at home in the oven or the air fryer - and they're vegan.

Macaroni and cheese always makes a great burger side dish. This recipe is no exception. It uses Garlic & Herb Boursin Gournay cheese.