What to Serve with Chicken Casserole: 15 Sides to Touch Up Your Dish

Chicken casserole is synonymous with comfort, don’t you think? You can make this tasty dish work with only chicken, onions, celery, cheese, egg yolk, cream, and seasonings.

Why do we love it?

Because it’s super easy to cook. There are about two dozen ways to make chicken casserole!

You can make it traditional, Mexican, baked, cheesy, creamy, you name it! 

This is crazy:

You can manipulate its flavor to be savory, a bit sweet, zesty, smoked, or chilly!

The fusion of tender chicken and juicy veggies will overwhelm your senses as it melts in your mouth.

So, what to make with chicken casserole?

You can dramatically stretch your lunch table with various yummy sides.

How about flavorful cheesy potatoes, crispy lemon broccoli, or honey butter skillet corn?

Let’s explore the best side dishes that anyone can do!

What Goes with Chicken Casserole: Ideas to Please Your Hearty Appetite

So, these are my recommendations for appetizing chicken casserole sides; each of which will enrich your main course.

1. Cheesy Potatoes Casserole

 

This cheesy potato side, with creamy sauce, will make a perfect companion because the rich and fluffy potatoes will complement a protein-based chicken casserole. 

It’ll also increase the portions when you invite your friends for lunch or dinner.

With hash brown potatoes, cheddar, sour cream, onions, and crunchy cornflakes among the main ingredients, what a comfort!

You can prepare it in advance, without adding the topping, and keep it in the fridge for two days.

2. Crispy Lemon Broccoli

 

This healthy and air-fried dish will add to the variety of veggies in your chicken casserole. With its citrus flavor and outside crisp, it can make an amazing side dish for any meal.

Now:

Chop the broccoli, then add oil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. 

Next: 

Toss everything in the air fryer!

To cook through, you’ll need only 10 minutes. However, you should add 5 more minutes if you’re using frozen broccoli.

Lastly, add the lemon and Parmesan. 

3. Honey Butter Skillet Corn

 

This sweet and salty dish will make a tasty side next to your chicken casserole.

If you’re in a hurry, this is it!

Just mix salted butter, honey, cream cheese, frozen corn, salt, and pepper, and you’re ready to go!

Garnish with parsley, and serve it hot! Can you feel the corn in your mouth bursting with flavor? 

4. Healthy Cucumber Salad

 

Since yogurt and chicken get along well, this inviting cucumber salad makes an awesome side dish for chicken casserole.

It’s creamy yet light and super nutritious. That’s because we’re not going to use mayo. Apart from the cucumber, you’ll only need Greek yogurt, radishes, and dill.

You can prepare this light salad in no time!

For a crunchier feel, mix the ingredients and add salt right before serving. 

5. Garlic Parmesan Pasta

 

This mouth-dripping pasta has a rich flavor you’ll never forget. Plus, it complements the protein in your chicken casserole dish (like when I make ground chicken pasta).

It gets better:

You can make it in one pot, no hassle! 

To lighten up the rich sauce, you can simply use half-skimmed milk and light cream. Slurp, slurp!

6. Flavorful Wild Rice Pilaf

 

This great chicken casserole side dish is definitely worth the time. It’s an easy vegan recipe. However, its color variety and flavor will stun your guests.

Here’s what you need:

Wild rice blend (or brown rice if unavailable), carrots, celery, onion, parsley, olive oil, and vegetable broth.

For the rice to cook well, check the cooking instructions on the package. 

I think I’ll make this flavorsome rice for lunch!

7. Delicious Roasted Carrots

I love quick and tasty side dish recipes! 

Roasting those sweet carrots with fresh thyme, olive oil, and kosher salt is simply epic.

The kosher salt will enhance the flavor of the carrots without making them bitter or too salty.

This recipe works best with fresh, tender carrots.

8. Creamy Grape Salad

 

When it comes to cooking chicken casserole, some prefer to make it using its basic ingredients. If that’s the case for you, let’s enrich it with this creamy and sweet salad!

Warning:

This simple recipe will be one of your family’s favorites.

The creamy dressing mixed with colorful grapes, brown sugar, and pecans will make it hard to get enough of. What a treat!

9. Leafy Green Salad

If you feel the chicken casserole is kind of heavy, lighten things up with this green salad.

Grab some chopped cucumber, onions, lettuce, arugula, green olives, and cherry tomato. Then mix them in a big bowl.

With a zest of lemon or honey mustard dressing, who can resist?

This makes a palatable side dish for chicken casserole packed with antioxidants.

10. Quinoa Fruit Salad

 

This citrus salad is one of the best chicken casserole sides.

With the nutty taste of quinoa, it’ll make your plate much yummier. I promise!

Here’s the trick:

Don’t add your cooked quinoa to your fresh fruits unless they have cooled down.

Drizzle your seasoned dressing and enjoy.

This tangy summer salad is something to fight for. Hey you, that’s mine!

11. Sautéed Asparagus with Cherry Tomatoes

This elegant chicken casserole side dish will make your dining table look fantastic.

You’d best prepare all the ingredients for this one as it cooks very quickly.

Here are the ingredients:

Trimmed asparagus, butter, olive oil, cherry tomato, crushed garlic, chopped shallots, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and lemon juice.

Get everything sizzling, and it’ll cook within minutes.

The crunchy asparagus sour taste will blow your mind!

12. Spicy Sriracha Green Beans

 

If you’d like to spice things up, green beans with spicy sriracha are the answer.

This green bean recipe with sweet chili flavor makes a perfect side dish for chicken casserole.

This is super simple:

With only green beans, garlic, sweet chili sauce, soy sauce, sriracha, sesame seeds, and sesame oil, you’ll juice up your main dish.

Can’t find sriracha paste? No problem! Crushing some red hot peppers will work as an emergency alternative.

13. Lip-smacking Potato Salad

This creamy salad always makes a slightly tangy company for my chicken casserole.

I use boiled and halved small potatoes (or Del Monte canned potatoes in a pinch), chopped scallions, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, parsley, and crunchy dill pickles if I have any.

Mix, mix, mix! And don’t forget the seasoning. 

Within minutes, you’ll make a hit salad with unforgettable taste! 

I’d recommend adding the creamy sauces while the potatoes are still warm for an ideal texture.

14. Southern Fried Apples

 

This sweet contrast will accent your chicken casserole’s savory flavors. Even your picky ones won’t resist its sugary and spicy scrumptious flavors.

What do you need to shop for?

Butter, Granny Smith apples, granulated sugar, brown sugar, lemon juice, ground cinnamon, cornstarch, and apple pie spice.

Did you know that apple cubes will shrink while cooking? Just cut big slices to do the trick!

15. Sautéed Zucchini and Corn

 

This 15-minute side dish will save the day if you need to increase your dinner portions on a last-minute call.

What’s more, it’ll add color and flavoring to your chicken casserole plate.

Have you got these in your kitchen?

Snatch your corn, garlic cloves, onion, zucchini, olive oil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.

Work your magic, top it with Parmesan cheese, and serve.

Quick Wrap-up

Hooray! Now, you know what to serve with chicken casserole.

These finger-licking side dish recipes are worth revisiting every time you can’t find one off the top of your head.