Ribs are a delicious meat to serve for dinner, and their accompaniments should compliment the dinner accordingly.
Ribs are eaten by hand, and can be quite messy, therefore picking another finger food for your side might be a good idea, like corn on the cobb.
You can pick sides to make your rib dinner more fancy, or have it a bit more casual depending on your taste.
A few classic side dishes for ribs include corn bread, corn on the cobb, roast potatoes, and roast vegetables.
If you’re wanting to have more of an elegant rib dinner, a good choice for sides would be stuffed peppers, Caesar salad, and twice baked potatoes.
Easy side dishes for ribs
A few simple and easy side dishes for ribs include serving garlic bread, corn on the cobb, potatoes or buns. You can make these with minimal prep time and most of them will come together quite quickly.
- Caesar salad
- corn or corn on the cobb
- peas
- garlic bread
- rice
- mashed potatoes
- Caesar salad
- fresh warm buns with butter
Potato side dish for ribs
Potato side dishes for ribs are a good way to round out your meal. You could go the classic route of simple garlic mashed potatoes, or you could make your potatoes a bit more involved with twice baked potatoes.
- twice baked potatoes
- potato salad
- roast potatoes and gravy
- mashed potatoes and gravy
- garlic mashed potatoes
- fries
Healthy side dishes for ribs
Healthy side dishes for ribs include roasted vegetables and salads. Roasted vegetables can be easily cooked in a matter of 20-30 minutes for your rib dinner. Salads can be prepared well before the ribs need to be taken out of the oven. Wait to put the dressing on right before you serve your salad with your rib dinner. You could also serve the salad as a starter, prior to having your rib dinner. You can include another vegetable dish with your rib dinner as well.
- green salad
- strawberry spinach salad
- Greek salad
- zucchini salad
- apple and walnut salad
- roasted sweet potato salad
- asparagus
- roasted carrots
- peas
- cooked green beans
- sautéed mixed peppers
- mushrooms
- stuffed peppers
What to serve with ribs in winter
Serving ribs in dinner is mainly serving them with comfort foods. Ribs served in winter go well with corn fritters, cornbread, coleslaw and corn on the cobb. Wintertime is a great time to roast vegetables in the oven. Roasted vegetables go well with ribs in winter, alongside a few potatoes and a bit of warm bread.
- corn fritter
- southwest coleslaw
- cornbread
- macaroni and cheese
- roasted vegetables
- corn on the cobb
Serving ribs for dinner is a family favorite meal. It’s a special dinner that you want to take extra time is picking your sides. The sides you pick will reflect the type of meal you’re having, whether that’s a backyard BBQ, or more of a fancy meal for dinner.