If you are wondering what to serve with chicken and dumplings, find the best sides or even what to avoid! Discover what type of vegetables, breads, salads and more goes with dumplings, along with easy recipes and pro tips!

chicken and dumpling side dishes

Homemade creamy chicken and dumplings makes the ultimate comfort food meal, perfect for a hearty dinner. Just like another old fashioned favorite, chicken pot pie, it’s chock full of tender bites of chicken and veggies in a rich, creamy sauce.

Similar to when looking for sides that go with mac and cheese or what to serve with lasagna, it can be difficult to find dishes that don’t overwhelm the main entree. Since it’s such a filling meal on its own, you’ll want to serve complimentary sides as to not put anyone in a food coma!

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Best Sides To Serve With Chicken and Dumplings

Below are the most commonly served sides with chicken and dumplings. The best side dishes compliment the cream sauce and help sop up every last bite and ounce of flavor.

  • Mashed Potatoes
  • Rice
  • Biscuits
  • Cornbread or cornbread muffins
  • Garlic bread
  • Breadsticks
  • Corn Casserole
  • Sandwiches, especially if serving chicken and dumplings soup!
  • Veggies, such as broccoli, roasted potatoes, Brussels sprouts, green beans, peas, or corn

What Not To Serve With It!

Since the dish includes a sauce and dumpling noodles or biscuits, you’ll want to avoid filling dishes that compete.

  1. Soups – Since chicken and dumplings are so saucy, avoid similar texture dishes.
  2. Mac and cheese – Pasta in a cheesy sauce would be comfort food overload.
  3. Pasta – While a plain or buttered short pasta can be used to compliment the sauce, avoid pasta dishes in richly flavored sauces.
  4. Meat – Unless serving a vegetarian dumpling dish, the chicken should be featured as the main protein.
a spoon going into a bowl of chicken soup with one of the dumplings cut open

What Else Goes With It?

If you are still looking for what goes with chicken and dumplings for dinner or for entertaining, below are some of my favorites to serve with it!

Vegetables –  steamed corn, sauteed zucchini and squash, carrots, green beans, corn, broccoli, green peas, zucchini fritters, collard greens, fried green tomatoes

Breads – dinner rolls, bacon cornbread, garlic bread, quick cheese bread, spoon bread, biscuits, or oat flour bread

Salads – fresh green salad, Harvest Salad, coleslaw, broccoli salad, Strawberry Feta Salad

Fruits and Desserts – applesauce, banana pudding, orange jello salad, fruit salad, cream cheese jello salad, chocolate mousse, vanilla ice cream, cinnamon fried apples, brownies, and cookies

More Side Ideas

1. Smashed Potatoes Recipe

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Smashed Potatoes recipe is an easy take on Pioneer Woman’s popular recipe. Creamy red potatoes are crushed, drizzled with a toasted browned butter, and baked up to gloriously crispy and brown in the oven.
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2. Maple Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

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These sticky maple caramelized Brussels sprouts are roasted to perfection with crispy bits of bacon, sweet, juicy apples, and dried cranberries. If you struggle with recipes getting brussels soft and tender while still achieving a crispy crust, check out this easy, unique baking technique.
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3. Creamy, Fluffy Gluten-Free Corn Casserole (Extra Easy)

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Never miss out on your favorite holiday dish again! Gluten-free corn casserole makes a creamy, comforting cornbread pudding casserole with an easy 5-minute prep and no Jiffy mix necessary!
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4. 20 Minute Roasted Zucchini (Not Soggy!)

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Learn how to roast zucchini the best way so it isn't soggy! Roasted Zucchini is an easy, oven baked recipe perfect all year round. Golden, roasted summer squash is flavored with garlic and seasonings for a healthy side dish everyone will devour! 
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5. Seriously, THE BEST Fluffy Gluten-Free Biscuits

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Ready in less than 1-hour, these homemade gluten-free drop biscuits are baked with all-purpose gluten-free flour. Rather than buttermilk, this recipe uses plain yogurt for terrific texture! For best results, once the biscuit dough is ready, cover it in a bowl, and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking.T he biscuits will emerge from the oven soft, tender and oh so fluffy!
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6. Sheet Pan Roasted Green Beans and Potatoes

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Roasted green beans and potatoes with bacon turns a classic southern-style recipe into a sheet pan, hands-off side dish! Fresh green beans, yellow or red baby potatoes, onions and bacon are baked together in the oven until golden, crispy, and absolutely divine.
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7. Moist Gluten-Free Corn Muffins (Easy Recipe!)

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Learn how to make gluten-free corn muffins that are just as easy as Jiffy's cornbread mix! Fluffy cornbread muffins are lightly sweet with crispy, buttery tops, and taste so good no one will know they are gluten-free!
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8. Cheese Grits Casserole

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Easy Cheese Grits Casserole recipe is the perfect comfort side dish for breakfast, brunch, or even a weeknight dinner. Cheesy baked grits can be made ahead as overnight grits casserole for easy entertaining! 
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9. Crispy Oven Roasted Cabbage Steaks

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Oven Roasted Cabbage Steaks make an easy, hands off side dish to compliment any meal! Buttery roasted cabbage slices are baked till golden brown with crispy edges. 
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10. Baked Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole with Cheddar

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Skip the panko, skip the breadcrumbs and skip the crackers because this broccoli cauliflower casserole doesn’t need those toppings. This easy gluten-free side dish can be prepared ahead (instructions provided below) and works wonderfully with fresh or frozen vegetables — I know because I tested both ways for you! Smother the veggies in a homemade cream sauce, top with cheddar cheese, and serve warm.
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