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    Home » Blog » Side Dishes

    What to Serve with Pork Chops

    Published: Jan 25, 2022 · Modified: Feb 2, 2023 by Karin and Ken · This post may contain affiliate links. Leave a Comment

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    Pork chops are one of the most classic dinner mains. This hearty protein has a mild taste and therefore pairs well with almost anything. Because pork chops match with so many flavors, the question becomes what to serve with pork chops? That's what we're talking about today. I have some great sides that you might want to try with your next pork chop meal and beyond.

    Why Serve Sides with This Dish

    With pork chops being what they are, you can get a little creative with sides. Although their flavor is substantial, pork chops are not overpowering which means you can gussie them up with a great side and have a little fun at the same time!

    Go for healthy sides, or opt for pure comfort foods. How about a little of both? The choice is up to you, but whatever sides you choose, you're likely to end up with some fantastic ones!

    What to Serve with Pork Chops

    If you're looking for a recipe side that will match your next pork chop recipe, then you've come to the right place. I've put together a list of the best of the best sides to serve with pork chops. From classic corn on the cob to potatoes, to casseroles and so much more, you'll find sides that will satisfy everyone's tastes.

    Air Fryer Corn on the Cob
    Air fried corn on the cob is a simple and fast way to cook this summer favorite. So tasty, this great side dish is ideal for grill nights or any night of the week
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    This air fryer corn on the cob comes out perfectly-cooked every single time. So sweet and crunchy, you can't mess it up.

    Scalloped Corn Casserole
    This creamy scalloped corn casserole with a buttery Ritz cracker topping requires just a few ingredients and comes together quickly. The savory, versatile corn side dish goes well with holiday dinners, and alongside practically any meal. It's a homey casserole that everyone will love.
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    This scalloped corn recipe brings corn and cheese together creating the most delicious corn dish ever! This one's always a hit.

    Easy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
    These Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes are a simple dish with sliced potatoes, onions and cheese baked in the most flavorful, creamy cheese sauce ever! It's perfect for family dinners but also a holiday favorite.
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    A bowl of easy cheesy scalloped potatoes stacked in another bowl with a fork lifting up a potato slice.

    Comfort never tasted so so good with this wonderful, basic scalloped potatoes dish. It's the classic side for pork chops.

    Korean Potatoes
    A simple potato recipe that calls for the sweet and savory flavors of honey, garlic and soy sauce. Ready in less than 30 minutes, it's the perfect weeknight dinner.
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    Korean potatoes in a bowl garnished with green onion.

    Dress potatoes up with honey, garlic, and soy sauce and you've got a potato dish with an Asian flare! Yum.

    Savory Corn Muffins with Bacon, Cheese and Onion
    This is it if you're looking for the best corn muffin recipe. Savory corn muffins with bacon, cheese, and onion are perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
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    Savory corn muffins on a rack cooling.

    Take your basic corn muffins, load them up with bacon, cheese, onions, and jalapenos and you've got muffins with attitude! Indulge!

    Slow Cooker Mexican Street Corn Casserole
    Mexican street corn casserole is so tasty and is a breeze to make. A convenient way of making Elote corn casserole or slow cooker corn casserole, this Mexican corn with cream cheese is perfect all by itself, or as a side to any main. 
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    Rich, creamy and overflowing with amazing flavors, this casserole can stand on it's own, but is also the ultimate side.

    Candied Sweet Potato Casserole Two Ways
    Get ready for the best sweet potato casserole recipe you've ever tasted! Or rather, the best TWO recipes since we're showing you two ways to make candied sweet potato casserole! We keep it classic with marshmallows or you can choose a pecan streusel topping!
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    A collage image showing the two different ways to make candied sweet potato casserole.

    Made two ways, this sweet potato casserole is a must for the holidays or whenever the craving hits. Both are definite crowd pleasers.

    Oven Baked Sliced Potato (aka Potato Blossom)
    This Easy Oven Baked Sliced Potato (aka Potato Blossom) recipe shows how to bake the best crispy oven roasted potatoes with cheese and more!
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    Potato Blossom

    Take giant potatoes, dress them up with crispy bacon, cheese, sour cream, and more and what you get? Flavors personified. So good!

    Baked Parmesan Potato Halves
    These Baked Parmesan Potato Halves are scrumptious! An easy baby potatoes recipe with cheese for perfectly coated, crispy potato halves, ideal for any main course!
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    It's amazing what Parmesan cheese and a little seasoning can do to a baked potato. The taste is pure perfection!

    Instant Pot Cheesy Broccoli Rice
    This Instant Pot cheesy broccoli rice is always a crowd-pleaser. Easy to make and packed full of cheesy flavor, you'll want to make this Instant Pot broccoli cheese rice often!
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    Perfectly-cooked rice, tender broccoli, creamy cheese, and more come together to make the most fabulous side that complements any main.

    Mediterranean Rice Salad
    Hearty, wholesome, and super healthy, this super easy Mediterranean rice salad recipe is going to become your next favorite side dish to pair with any grilled or baked meat.
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    Mediterranean rice salad with vegetables in a bowl on the table.

    Enjoy the taste of Greek with this healthy salad. A dose of delicious is just the thing you're looking for.

    Easy Stuffing Zucchini Casserole
    Our favorite stuffing zucchini casserole will be your favorite, too! This simple vegetable casserole is loaded with flavorful ingredients yet easy enough to cook for weeknights or an easy holiday side dish.
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    A plate of stuffing zucchini casserole on the table with a napkin and casserole dish in the background.

    Hearty and rich, this side dish is teeming with vegetables. Turns average stuffing into extraordinary stuffing. A definite keeper!

    Carrots Lyonnaise
    Sauteed carrots and onions smothered in a delicious sauce come together as carrots lyonnaise, a delicious veggie side dish perfect for a Thanksgiving feast.
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    A bowl of carrots lyonnaise on the table with a leaf of parsley as garnish and utensils to the side.

    Carrots, onions and peppers simmered in a flavorful sauce, makes this side dish not only super healthy, but super tasty as well. When it comes to pork, this ones a gem.

    Best Greek Pasta Salad
    This Greek pasta salad is super easy to make, a delicious medley of flavors and textures, and is great to make as a side dish or even a light lunch or dinner.
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    Greek pasta salad in a bowl with a wooden spoon lifting some out.

    A delicious and colorful pasta salad with generous amounts of feta cheese, orzo and a killer dressing, this side dish can't be overlooked. Serve alongside the pork chops or put them right in there.

    Baby Bella Mushrooms with Teriyaki
    Teriyaki Baby Bella Mushrooms is a wonderful and delicious way to serve mushrooms. Whether you use this recipe to make an appetizer, side or main dish, the results will always turn out the same - fantastique!
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    Baby bella mushrooms served up in a wooden bowl with green onions on the top.

    Gorgeous mushrooms bathed in a flavorful teriyaki sauce, makes a zesty appetizer or side.

    Parmesan Zucchini Bites
    These Zucchini Bites are an easy appetizer or side dish any day. They are quick to prepare and cook, making them a great choice if you have limited time. Plus you can fry, bak,e or air fry them!
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    A crispy parmesan zucchini bite being held in the air dipped in sauce.

    Whether pan-fried or baked, these coated zucchini disks are a treat within themselves making them the perfect side or appetizer.

    Red Red Rice
    Red Red Rice is an easy side dish that we have been making for years. So different and a tasty change from traditional rice dishes with so many options!
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    Red Red Rice

    Never mind red, red wine. How about red red rice! This recipe is a zesty take on rice that will have you begging for more!

    Old-Fashioned Zucchini Squash Casserole
    My Granny's old-fashioned zucchini squash casserole was a recipe she relied on to use up squash, carrots, and other veggies from her garden. It's so easy to make and is perfect for family dinners or holidays!
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    A serving of old-fashioned zucchini casserole on a plate.

    Shout out to gran on this recipe. Load it up with zucchini, carrots, and other vegetables of your choice, and you've got one very healthy and satisfying casserole!

    Asian Mushroom Recipe
    Asian Mushrooms make the perfect addition to so many dishes. With their bold, slightly sweet taste, they add balanced flavors to any meal as a side or topping.
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    Asian mushrooms on a round serving plate topped with chopped parsley.

    Tender mushrooms, sweet onions, coated in a tangy, sweet soy sauce glaze, you can't ask for a better side!

    Slow Cooker Scalloped Alfredo Potatoes and Cauliflower
    Slow Cooker Scalloped Alfredo Potatoes and Cauliflower is hearty and delicious. A great way to hide cauliflower and kale or spinach, it's the perfect potato side dish!

    Potatoes and cauliflower smothered in a smooth, creamy Alfredo sauce become a deliciously rich side you'll want to make time and time again.

    Sweet Ranch Glazed Carrots
    Sweet Ranch Glazed Carrots are a fabulous change from plain old carrots. They take only minutes to prepare and the taste is scrumptious. A must try!
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    Sweet Ranch Glazed Carrots

    Head to Hidden Valley for these delicious Ranched-glazed carrots. Try them once and you'll never go back to plain.

    Air Fryer Roasted Baby Potatoes
    Easy Air Fryer Baby Potatoes creates the best roasted mini potatoes in an air fryer EVER for breakfast or dinner! They are simply seasoned but so delicious.
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    A wooden board with parchment paper holds air fryer baby potatoes seasoned with spices with a fork and small bowl of sauce to the side.

    These babies are crispy on the outside, tender and fluffy on the inside. Just what you want in a potato. With this side, breakfast and dinner never looked so good!

    Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes
    Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes are crispy, flavorful and super simple to make. If you're into delicious breakfast side dishes, then this is the recipe for you!
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    A close-up of a fork lifting seasoned crockpot potatoes garnished with parsley and tomatoes.

    Crispy air-fried potatoes, mixed with vegetables becomes a side that covers all the bases in the flavor department.

    Green Beans with Bacon and Brown Sugar
    Warning: these green beans can be addictive! Made with bacon, brown sugar, onion, garlic, soy sauce and simmered in broth for hours, you can easily see why.
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    Green beans with bacon, and brown sugar? It doesn't get much better than that. Oh, wait, it does, because this dish also has onions, garlic, and soy sauce. What a combination!

    Baked Garlic Butter Carrots
    Garlic Butter Carrots are easy and delicious, roasted at 350 degrees, cut or sliced in your favorite shape or using baby carrots, this dish doesn't disappoint. 
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    A white bowl with a serving of garlic butter carrots in it.

    Garlic butter is the perfect partner for carrots. It's the one flavorful ingredient that can change the taste of carrots on a dime! Lovely.

    Fabulous Green Bean Stir-Fry
    Our Fabulous Green Bean Stir-Fry is full of green beans, carrots, sugar snap peas and onions combined in a light, flavorful sauce!  Perfect for any occasion!

    Green beans and other classic veggies stir-fried to perfection in a light, flavorful sauce is vegetarian's dream and a delight for the rest of us!

    Delicious Glazed Carrots
    This Buttery Glazed Carrots recipe is a delicious, budget-friendly, and simple-to-make vegetable side dish. Every cook should have a good glazed carrots recipe in their kitchen repertoire. Delicious glazed carrots go well with just about any protein.
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    delicious glazed carrots

    Tender carrots coated in a sweet glaze is an oldie, but goody that goes with just about any main you can think of.

    Smoked Green Beans
    Smoked Green Beans are buttery, garlicky, and full of smoky flavor. This homemade green beans recipe has a ring of familiarity to it, but takes the taste of green beans to a whole new level!
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    It's the smoke that gives this vegetable side a tasty twist. Grabs you by the taste buds and won't let go.

    Smoked Green Bean Casserole
    Cooking green bean casserole in a smoker puts a different flavor spin on this classic favorite! Put this smoked green bean casserole on your holiday table and watch how fast it disappears! A tasty side dish fit for any meal, any time.
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    Smoked green bean casserole served up on a plate.

    Green beans get a makeover thanks to the smoker. Full of fried onions, creamy soup, and all the things we love in a green bean casserole, this one gets top billing.

    Take Pork Chops to the Next Level

    With delicious sides like these, pork chops never looked so good! From the classic corn on the cob to smoked green bean casserole and everything in between, these sides can take your pork chop meals to an entirely new place. Now you're in the know. Pick your favorites and get going!

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