What to Serve with Grilled Chicken (35 Best Side Dishes)

This recipe combines the convenience of frozen green beans, the succulence of sun-dried tomatoes, and a simple blend of spices in a sizzling hot skillet.

In a few minutes, you’ll have a mouthwatering side dish bursting with savory goodness to serve with any grilled chicken dinner.

This simple yet satisfying recipe celebrates an abundance of garden-fresh summer zucchini by sautéeing it to crisp-tender perfection with olive oil and freshly minced garlic.  

In minutes, you’ll have a crowd-pleasing side of zucchini that pairs beautifully with any grilled meat, including chicken, fish, and steak.

Made with tender and juicy shredded beets, garlic, and onions, these sauteed beets are bursting with color and flavor.

Adding fresh lemon juice brightens everything with a delightfully tangy twist that complements grilled chicken perfectly. 

Next time you have a bundle of fresh beetroot, don’t toss out the tops! Instead, unlock beetroot’s full potential by cooking the greens with simple spices to enhance their delightfully earthy flavor and tender texture.

Packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, these nutrient-rich greens are perfect for any meal when grilled chicken is the main course.

Rotkohl is a popular braised vegetable dish in German cuisine. It is made by braising shredded red cabbage with onion, apples, apple cider vinegar, and whole spices.

As a result, braised red cabbage has a deep purple color and a sweet-tart taste and is often served alongside hearty meats during the colder months.

While the chicken cooks on the grill, why not put your empty oven to use and make roasted cauliflower?

Grilled chicken and roasted cauliflower provide a visually stunning plate and a downright delicious combination of textures and tastes. The caramelized, crispy edges of the cauliflower pair perfectly with the juicy and flavorful meat! If you love cauliflower, this simple recipe won't disappoint.

If you’re serving grilled chicken at a fancy dinner party, serving it alongside roasted asparagus is guaranteed to please your guests.

The asparagus retains its crispness while absorbing the rich, umami-forward tanginess of balsamic vinegar and soy sauce.

This often-overlooked root veggie offers an inexpensive, flexible companion to your feast.

Rutabaga develops a creamy texture and heightened sweet, earthy flavor when roasted, boiled, or mashed, which complements grilled chicken’s savory notes.

Whether boiled, sauteéd, roasted, steamed, or cooked in the Instant Pot, carrots are a classic, versatile side dish and many peoples’ favorite vegetable!

They provide a sweet-crunchy dimension to match grilled chicken's mouthwatering taste and melt-in-your-mouth texture.

When roasted, sauteéd, steamed, or cooked in the microwave, butternut squash becomes extra rich, sweet, and creamy.

Serve this as your side if you hope to bring warmth, comfort, and coziness to your wholesome chicken dinner.

It’s easy to overcook chicken if you aren’t giving the grill your undivided attention (and no one likes dry, burnt chicken!). So instead of multitasking, recruit your Instant Pot to take over side dish preparation.

All you have to do is chop your favorite veggies, and the Instant Pot's failproof steaming process will do the rest of the work for you, preserving their delicate flavors, vibrant colors, and tender-crisp texture.

Serving grilled chicken with a side of peas and carrots creates a comforting experience reminiscent of childhood TV dinners.

Not only does this classic side dish add a pop of pigment to your plate, but it also boosts the vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants.

Upgrade your grilled chicken dinner with a delectable medley of roasted root vegetables, including sweet potatoes, baby potatoes, carrots, beets, and onion.

This satisfying accompaniment is perfect in early spring and late fall when hardy root vegetables are in season.

Immerse your dinner guests in a facet of Armenian culture, and enjoy a rustic meal of chicken and vegetables cooked over an open flame.

Technically, anything cooked on the grill can be considered “khorovats.” However, this recipe is true to Armenian tradition and consists of grilled tomatoes, eggplant, and sweet bell peppers.

This easy recipe is perfect for weeknight dinners and summer cookouts.

It showcases a colorful medley of lightly seasoned, perfectly roasted broccoli, asparagus, bell peppers, and zucchini that is a perfect companion for grilled chicken.

This highly customizable recipe features a vibrant assortment of fresh garden vegetables, including cucumbers, tomatoes, red bell pepper, radishes, celery, and onion tossed with fragrant garlic, plenty of freshly chopped herbs, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil. 

If an ingredient doesn’t suit your tastes, you can easily swap it with one that does!

With its low-fuss preparation, profound flavor, and gorgeous presentation, this beet salad is guaranteed to please.

It’s delightful served warm or cold and is an excellent side to make ahead as it maintains its freshness and quality when stored in the fridge. 

Salads made with roasted vegetables have a smoky flavor and deeply savory element that instantly upgrades an ordinary grilled chicken dinner to a fine dining affair.

If you’re lucky enough to have any leftovers, you can use this salad as a spread for sandwiches, wraps, and so on. 

German cucumber salad, or Gurkensalat, is a refreshing and tangy dish made with thinly sliced cucumbers, onions, and a light vinegar-based dressing with the option to make it creamy.

The crunchy texture and zesty taste create a nice contrast for char-grilled chicken.  

A medley of fresh tomatoes, spicy raw onion, briny black olives, and tangy feta crumbles tossed with a balsamic-based dressing makes this fragrant summer salad a great side dish to serve with grilled chicken.

The beauty of a chopped salad is that you get a little bit of everything in every bite. The combination of chopped romaine lettuce, bell pepper, radishes, cucumber, carrot, tomatoes, celery, fresh herbs, and feta cheese tossed with fresh lemon juice, olive oil, and balsamic will surely make your taste buds sing!

You can serve it as an appetizer salad or side dish, or plop grilled chicken on top and enjoy it as the main course. 

There’s no shortage of superfoods in this low-calorie, high-fiber detoxifying salad.

You can make it the night before and serve it the next day to amp up the wow factor of your dinner party and impress guests with your culinary expertise. 

This salad is a bit different than the ones we’ve discussed because it’s creamy thanks to Greek yogurt and has a high-quality source of animal protein thanks to hard-boiled eggs.

This creamy cucumber salad makes an excellent healthy side dish and a satisfying main meal.

While most potato salads are often slathered in mayonnaise, this one is dressed with oil and vinegar.

The cucumber's coolness and the potatoes' heartiness provide a satiating companion for grilled chicken.

This invigorating twist on potato salad offers a crisp, refreshing sensation to complement the warm grilled chicken.

It's the perfect side dish for any spring or summer celebration, as it’s made with boiled potatoes, blanched asparagus, cucumbers, and radishes tossed in an herb-infused red wine vinaigrette.

This absolutely stunning mayo-free potato salad is easy to make with tender-cooked potatoes, juicy tomatoes, fresh dill, red onion, garlic, white wine vinegar, and olive oil.

Serve it at your next outdoor grilling get-together and add a touch of elegance to the table. 

This pineapple coleslaw is an excellent side for grilled chicken because the flavors provide a fruity, tropical contrast to the smoky, savory notes of the meat.

I recommend trying this twist on classic coleslaw with grilled chicken basted in teriyaki sauce. 

This unconventional coleslaw cuts out the cabbage and creates something extraordinary with grated turnips, carrots, crunchy pumpkin seeds, and a tangy citrus dressing.

If you’ve never tasted raw turnips, prepare your taste buds for a sharp, peppery flavor unlike any other. 

This shredded vegetable salad adds an explosion of colors and dimensional flavors to any meal.

It’s made with purple cabbage, green cabbage, carrots, a simple dressing, and just enough sugar to gently tenderize the fibrous cabbage, making it easier to digest and incredibly flavorful. 

This variation of classic coleslaw isn’t just healthy - it’s super healthy!

It’s made with cabbage, of course, but also green apple, carrot, red bell pepper, fresh dill, lemon juice, white vinegar, olive oil, and the right amount of sugar to break down the tough vegetable fibers and gently ferment the apples and veggies.

Raw beetroot is often overlooked as a salad ingredient because its fibrous density makes it tough to chew. However, when beets are shredded and soaked in oil and vinegar, they become crunchy, flavorful, and palatable.

This recipe also includes shredded carrots, apples, and pumpkin seeds, so it’s satisfying and perfect as a cold side dish with grilled chicken.

Oats are usually associated with sweetness but can also serve as a canvas for savory ingredients. For instance, these steel-cut oats are full of rustic herbs and two different types of mushrooms.

If you love serving chicken over risotto, you’ll also love serving it over a bed of savory oats!

Quinoa is considered one of the healthiest grains because it’s a complete vegetable protein containing all nine essential amino acids.

This gorgeous salad makes quinoa even more nutritious with SEVEN different types of fresh green produce, including cucumbers, granny smith apples, celery, shelled edamame, green pepper, pumpkin seeds, and parsley.

In each bite of this variation of traditional tabbouleh salad, you get a balanced blend of nutty bulgur, sweet apple, crisp cucumber, zesty onion, crunchy walnuts, tangy lime, fresh herbs, and rich balsamic.

This grain salad is a nutritious meal on its own. But add grilled chicken, and it becomes a protein-packed powerhouse!

Made with quinoa, red beans, and fresh, crisp veggies, this quinoa grain salad provides a generous dose of fiber and protein.

Whether served as a wholesome side dish or a fulfilling standalone meal with grilled chicken, this surprisingly simple salad will definitely have your dinner guests asking for the recipe!