31 Passover Sides for the Best-Ever Seder Dinner
If you’re late to picking your Passover recipes, don’t worry: We’ve got you covered with classic recipes for matzo ball soup, slow-cooked beef brisket, and roasted chicken. When it comes to side dishes for your Passover seder, there are plenty of delicious options to choose from, such as fluffy potato kugel, tzimmes, and an ultimate make-ahead salad that’s so delicious it might steal the spotlight from the main dish.
To help you prepare for your Passover table, we’ve compiled 31 simple and easy side dishes to serve with your meal (and don’t forget about Passover desserts, too!).
Tzimmes Tzimmes
The Ashkenazi Jewish side dish tzimmes is a celebration of stewed root vegetables perfumed with orange and lightly sweetened with brown sugar and dried fruit.
Fluffy Potato Kugel Fluffy Potato Kugel
Think of potato kugel as a little like a latke casserole. Grated potatoes and onions are folded with eggs and then baked until golden-brown. The top is crisp and the interior is tender and moist. It makes a generous side dish, and is ideal for serving a crowd alongside classic beef brisket.
Roasted Carrots with Orange Roasted Carrots with Orange
This sweet and savory vegetable side is perfect alongside roasted chicken.
Potato Pancakes Potato Pancakes
These super-crispy potato pancakes only need five ingredients.
Make-Ahead Holiday Salad Make-Ahead Holiday Salad
Layer crunchy greens, sweet date-pickled onions, and crisp fried shallots up to a full day in advance for the ultimate make-ahead salad.
Sautéed Mushrooms and Onions Sautéed Mushrooms and Onions
Combine sautéed mushrooms and onions with the slight acidity of lemon juice for a dish that bursts with umami.
Classic Latkes Classic Latkes
For an easier menu, we recommend putting your brisket in the slow cooker. That will free you up to focus on making the most perfect, crispy-on-the-outside, creamy-on-the-inside latkes.
Steamed Asparagus Steamed Asparagus
Simple steamed asparagus is the easiest vegetable side! Steaming concentrates the veggie’s fresh flavor — all it needs is a shower of salt and pepper and wedge of lemon for serving.
Roasted Cauliflower Salad Roasted Cauliflower Salad
We don’t know who needs to hear this, but salads are not just an assortment of raw vegetables! One of the most common misconceptions with salads is that you have to eat a little pile of leaves. This roasted cauliflower salad says otherwise.
Roasted Root Vegetables Roasted Root Vegetables
A simple formula for roasting any mix of root vegetables — be it carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, beets, turnips, or rutabagas.
Smashed Garlicky Potatoes Smashed Garlicky Potatoes
Potatoes are boiled then roasted to get a mixture of browned, super-crunchy bits and creamy spuds in every bite. They're a great side to serve with sweet and tangy slow cooker brisket.
Roasted Asparagus Roasted Asparagus
Simply seasoned with salt, pepper, and lemon, roasting is the easiest way to prepare the spring vegetable for a perfect side to slow-cooked brisket.
Grilled Eggplant Grilled Eggplant
These grilled eggplant slices are perfect topped with a flavorful chimichurri sauce.
Air Fryer Butternut Squash Air Fryer Butternut Squash
For crispy and tender butternut squash in a fraction of the time, use your air fryer.
Roasted Mushrooms Roasted Mushrooms
These simple roasted mushrooms make an excellent side dish to anything you're serving on Passover.
Air Fryer Green Beans Air Fryer Green Beans
Air fryers are great for cooking green beans (fresh or frozen). This easy side dish can be personalized with your favorite spices and seasonings that you already have on hand in the pantry.
3-Ingredient Garlicky Red Potatoes 3-Ingredient Garlicky Red Potatoes
Thick chunks of red potatoes are tossed with a generous dusting of garlic powder, then finished with a squeeze of fresh lemon before they hit the table. Serve with Instant Pot brisket for an easy meal with the family.
Easy Ratatouille Easy Ratatouille
This thick and silky stew of eggplant, zucchini, sweet peppers, and ripe tomatoes is a hearty side to serve with roast chicken or slow-cooked brisket.
Crash Hot Potatoes Crash Hot Potatoes
This easy method for crispy smashed potatoes will be your new go-to side dish for beef brisket.
Lemony Shaved Brussels Sprouts Lemony Shaved Brussels Sprouts
It's a 10-minute side dish that's easy to serve alongside slow-cooked brisket.
Grilled Zucchini Grilled Zucchini
Grilling gives the mild-mannered squash a spunky, smoky attitude, and grilled zucchini pairs well with just about anything else you’re serving — be it grilled chicken breast, steaks, or even more grilled veggies.
Sautéed Sugar Snap Peas Sautéed Sugar Snap Peas
This wildly easy vegetable side dish comes together in less than 15 minutes. Pair it with slow cooker brisket and onions for a meal the whole family will love.
Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes
Turn to your air fryer for this impossibly crispy and easy side dish.
Cucumber Salad Cucumber Salad
Serve this bright and tangy salad alongside slow-cooker brisket.
Ginger-Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Potatoes Ginger-Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Potatoes
These roasted butternut squash and sweet potatoes are gingery gems on a plate with classic beef brisket.
Ginger Cabbage Slaw Ginger Cabbage Slaw
Whip up this quick and simple slaw as a bright side to your slow-cooker brisket.
Italian Potato Salad Italian Potato Salad
This mayo-free potato salad is made extra colorful, thanks to green beans, cherry tomatoes, and lots of fresh herbs.
Sautéed Mushrooms Sautéed Mushrooms
Cooking mushrooms concentrates their flavor and brings out notes of sweet earthiness from the Maillard reaction taking place. Here's how to prepare mushrooms on the stovetop so good that you'll want to eat them all on their own.
Grilled Asparagus Grilled Asparagus
Learn the super-simple solution for grilling asparagus that makes them easier to flip and keeps them from falling into the grill: wooden skewers.
Sweet & Smoky Eggplant Spread Sweet & Smoky Eggplant Spread
Roasting the eggplant transforms the texture from spongy to silky, and the smoky-sweet flavor melds perfectly with tender sautéed onions and umami-rich tomato paste.
Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes
It only takes a handful of ingredients to turn this funky-looking root vegetable into a bursting-with-flavor veggie side.
