Are you wondering what to serve with meatballs? You are not alone! Many of us wonder what to serve with meatballs that will make a meatball dinner complete.
Meatballs are hearty and quite filling. Lighter side dishes like roasted asparagus or caesar salad are great choices. A good sauce is always a good idea to pair with a meatball dish.
If your meatballs are slathered in a rich sauce, you may want to pair them with crusty bread to help soak up all that yummy, savory sauce. There are so many great side dish options that you may need help deciding where to begin!
Take a look at our list of meatball side dishes and see which one makes your mouth water.
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What to Eat with Meatballs
We found 15 delicious side dish recipes that will pair well with meatballs. Each one is incredible, so you may want to try them all!
1. Sautéed Brussels Sprouts
Meatballs are very hearty and full of protein. A fresh vegetable will complement the meaty dish perfectly. Our simple sautéed Brussels Sprouts are the ideal side dish to serve with meatballs.
Brussel sprouts are sliced in half and tossed with lime juice, red pepper flakes, garlic coconut oil, and a little salt and pepper. The cooked sprouts are crispy on the outside and tender in the center.
Our zesty Brussels tastes excellent with all kinds of meatballs, from Swedish meatballs to spicy pork meatballs. They are delicious covered in marinara sauce or a creamy sauce from your meatballs.
2. Egg Noodles
Egg noodles are the perfect answer to the question of what to serve with meatballs. You can buy egg noodles in almost any grocery store, or you can make your own.
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This easy recipe from Spend with Pennies is delicious and hearty. To make these incredible egg noodles, flour, salt, eggs, milk, and butter are all you need.
Roll the dough by hand and cut it into thick strips. Boil the egg noodles and top them with tomato sauce or just some melted butter and cheese.
Serve the egg noodles hot along with your favorite meatball recipe. This is a classic meatball meal!
3. Mashed Potatoes
Simply Recipes will show you exactly how to make perfect mashed potatoes. Lots of cream and lots of butter make these potatoes creamy and delicious.
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We love mashed potatoes with Swedish meatballs or any kind of meatball with gravy. The thick gravy is delicious on top of mashed potatoes as well as on meatballs!
Creamy meatballs and creamy mashed potatoes are the perfect pair.
Add some Italian herbs to the mashed potatoes to match them with your Italian meatballs. Some mascarpone cheese blended into the potatoes will make them creamier and rich.
4. Zucchini Noodles
Zucchini noodles are a great side dish for meatballs. They are also low carb making them perfect for anyone on a keto diet.
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Zucchini noodles, also called zoodles, are a great way to add a vegetable to your meatball dinner. This recipe for zoodles from Downshiftology is very easy.
It shows you three different ways to cut zucchini into noodles. The parmesan, garlic, and butter are the perfect toppings. Add some marinara sauce and meatballs, and you have a complete meal!
5. Green Beans
Sauteed green beans are very easy to make with this recipe from Healthy Seasonal Recipes. The tasty, nutritious side dish is perfect to serve with meatballs.
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Green beans are trimmed and added to a hot pan with olive oil. A little garlic, some salt, and pepper are the only spices you need!
Serve green beans with meatballs in the summer when green beans are fresh and in season.
6. Garlic Bread
Homemade garlic bread is definitely the perfect match for meatballs. The bread is delicious on its own and also covered in meatball sauce.
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Use this delicious recipe from The Recipe Critic. Parmesan cheese, herbs, roast garlic, and butter are spread across an Italian bread or a French baguette.
The bread is broiled to melt the cheese and warm up the soft loaf. Garlic bread is great alongside any meatball recipe.
Put the meatballs right on top of the bread for great meatball subs. A garlicky bread meatball sub sounds like quite the tasty meal!
7. Caesar Salad
Caesar salad is often served with Italian foods. It goes great with Italian meatballs!
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Give this caesar salad recipe from Natasha’s Kitchen a try, and you will have a complete Italian meal. Homemade caesar dressing is lighter than any you can get in the store.
The homemade croutons put this salad over the top and make it restaurant quality. The crisp lettuce in the chopped salad is refreshing and flavorful.
8. Udon Noodles
If you are serving Asian meatballs or maybe sweet and sour meatballs, udon noodles may be your best side dish choice. This recipe for stir fry udon noodles from Jo Cooks is fantastic.
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It has tons of teriyaki sauce that can also be used for saucy meatballs! You can find udon dry noodles in the Asian section of your grocery store. It is usually near the soy sauce.
Skip the chicken in this recipe and simply add your favorite Asian meatballs. This is a delicious meal you will surely make all the time!
9. Stir Fry Vegetables
Another great side dish to serve with Asian-inspired meatballs is stir fry vegetables. These easy stir fry veggies from a Couple Cooks are a great side for your meatball dinner.
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Sautéed broccoli, red onion, bell pepper, and portobello mushrooms are all mixed together to make a tasty, crunchy veggie mix.
The veggies only need to cook for a few minutes, or they get too soggy. A quick side dish for meatballs is a great thing!
10. Chopped Greek Salad
A fresh salad is a great, light side dish to serve with hearty meatballs. We love a fresh chopped Greek salad as a side for Greek meatballs.
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This recipe from Cookie and Kate makes a perfectly balanced Greek salad that you will love. Bell pepper, feta cheese, olives, grape tomatoes, and crisp cucumber are just a few of the ingredients in this salad recipe.
The homemade Greek vinaigrette is the perfect dressing for the salad. If you are looking for a great green salad to serve with your meatballs, this is the perfect dish!
11. Cauliflower Rice
Cauliflower rice is a great side to serve with any kind of meatballs. Cauliflower rice is especially good if you need low-carb side dishes.
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Cauliflower has fewer carbs than almost any pasta dish out there! We love this easy cauliflower rice recipe from Minimalist Baker.
Fresh cauliflower is pulsed in a food processor until it resembles grains of rice. Almost any kind of sauce goes well on cauliflower rice.
Serve the rice with a cream sauce, a mushroom sauce, or even a simple marinara. Add some homemade meatballs, and your meal is complete!
12. Corn on the Cob
Corn on the cob is a great side to make when you are serving meatballs. Warm corn is especially good with barbeque meatballs or buffalo meatballs which are both reminiscent of a summer cookout.
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Corn is a summery side! Boiling the corn in milk is the key to this recipe from Spicy Southern Kitchen. It helps make the corn creamy and juicy.
Slather the corn on the cob in butter and salt. You may even want to add some of the sauce from your barbecue meatballs on top of the corn! The more sauce, the better.
13. Baked Potato
Soft, fluffy baked potatoes are a great side for flavorful meatballs. We love this simple recipe from Gimme Some Oven.
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You can completely customize your baked potato to match the flavors of your meatballs. Pour rich gravy over the baked potatoes to go with juicy meatballs.
Add some fresh herbs to bring out the flavor in your meatballs. The traditional flavors of baked potatoes and meatballs are perfect together.
Try using sweet potatoes instead of regular, russet potatoes. This will give your meal a nice, sweet twist.
14. Spaghetti
Traditional spaghetti is the most common side to serve with meatballs. That classic flavor of tomato sauce, meatballs, and pasta just can’t be beaten!
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Try this recipe from Foodie Crush, and you will be making an incredible weeknight meal in no time. A box of spaghetti, a jar of amazing tomato sauce, and some homemade meatballs are all you need!
We love spaghetti with simple ground beef meatballs. Any kind of Italian-inspired meatballs will do!
The Italian seasoning in the meatballs and also in the tomato sauce will blend very well together.
15. Red Roasted Potatoes
Small, red roasted potatoes are the perfect side to serve with meatballs. Roasted potatoes are very easy to make, especially with this recipe from Love and Lemons.
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Red potatoes are cut into quarters then tossed in olive oil, salt, and pepper. Feel free to add some fresh herbs or chopped bell peppers to add even more flavor.
Roasting potatoes in a high-heat oven make them crispy on the outside and creamy in the center. Red roasted potatoes will be one of your favorite sides to serve with meatballs.
They go well with everything from Italian meatballs, barbecue meatballs, and even fruit-glazed meatballs. Hawaiian meatballs with roasted potatoes sound interesting and tasty!
Amazing Sides for Meatballs, from Mashed Potatoes to Egg Noodles or Zucchini Noodles in Tomato Sauce
There are so many great sides on this list that you will never wonder what to serve with meatballs again. Try a few of these side dishes, and let us know your favorite! Enjoy.
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