27 Southern Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Whether you live in the south or just craving some good homemade southern cooking, I have you covered with delicious side dishes sure to please everyone at your holiday gathering.
There’s nothing more comforting than a southern meal. But, of course, everyone knows that the turkey isn’t the star of the Thanksgiving table; it’s the sides. So I’ve put together my top 27 Southern Thanksgiving Side Dishes to help bring some down-home southern cooking to your Thanksgiving table this year.
These wonderful homemade dishes are easy to prepare, and I’m sure there is something here to satisfy everyone, especially those picky eaters.
So whether you grew up eating southern sides or just craving something new this year, you can’t go wrong with any of these southern dishes.
Below you will find recipes for my tried and true Southern Thanksgiving Side Dishes. Enjoy!
Dressing or Stuffing:
Chicken and Dressing
Southern Style Chicken and Dressing
A delicious Cornbread Dressing that has been served in our home for the past 30 years. This dressing will feed a crowd and will have everyone coming back for seconds.
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Cranberry Stuffing
Cranberry Stuffing
This Cranberry Stuffing is as classic as it gets with seasoned sausage, tart apples, and dried cranberries baked to make one delicious side dish for the holidays.
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Potato Side Dishes
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes are a delicious holiday side dish. They are covered in a mixture of butter, sugar, syrup, and vanilla, then caramelized in the oven.
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Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole with Brown Sugar Pecan Topping
Sweet Potato Casserole is creamy, delicious, and melts in your mouth. It has a crunchy brown sugar pecan topping that completes this dish.
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Potato Salad
Southern Creamy Potato Salad
A southern classic potato salad made with simple ingredients and ready in no time. It is full of potatoes, mayonnaise, boiled eggs, sweet pickles, and a little kick of heat.
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Au Gratin Potatoes
Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes (with mushrooms)
Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes with Mushrooms is the perfect recipe that allows you to use your favorite mushrooms. Creamy cheese, fresh rosemary, and mushrooms make this a tasty and delightful side dish.
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Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Garlic Mashed Potatoes make the perfect side dish to any meal. Potatoes, garlic, cream cheese, and butter. Creamy, fluffy, and totally yummy!
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Let not forget about desserts! Be sure to try my No-Bake Pumpkin Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, or Chocolate Cobbler. They are all winners for the holiday table.
Salads and Slaw
Creamy Coleslaw
Creamy Coleslaw
This is The Best and Easiest Creamy Coleslaw for your next cookout, bbq, or get-together. It's deliciously creamy with the perfect balance of flavors.
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Corn Salad
Mexican Corn Salad with Jalapenos
Mexican Corn Salad with Jalapenos is the perfect side dish for any night of the week, holiday, or summertime cookout. This recipe comes together super fast and will be chilling in your refrigerator in no time.
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Bacon and Broccoli Salad
Bacon and Broccoli Salad
It’s perfect served as a side dish for dinner, a cookout, or a holiday celebration. Bacon and Broccoli Salad is a quick summer salad that is sure to please your family and guest and make your taste buds dance.
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Oriental Coleslaw
Easy Oriental Coleslaw with Ramen Noodles
Perfect for a weeknight side dish, cookout, reunion, or tailgating. Ramen noodles, olive oil, slaw mix, green onions, roasted sunflower seeds, sugar, and rice vinegar.
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Southern Cornbread Salad
Southern Cornbread Salad
A crowd pleasing layered salad with bacon, cheese, and cornbread that comes together easily for all of your gatherings. Perfect for any time of the year.
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Tangy Vinegar Coleslaw
Tangy Vinegar Coleslaw
Crunchy cabbage coated in a slightly sweetened vinegar dressing. This slaw is packed with fresh flavors that will wake up your taste buds!
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Carrot Apple Salad
Carrot Apple Salad
Crunchy carrots, sweet apples, pineapple, and raisins make this “easy” salad perfect for any day of the week.
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Macaroni Salad
Classic Macaroni Salad
Classic Macaroni Salad is a staple and perfect side dish for any potluck, tailgate, or barbecue. It's easy to make, and everyone will love it. It takes several ingredients which you probably already have on hand.
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Vegetable Sides:
Corn Casserole
Quick and Easy Corn Casserole
Quick and Easy Corn Casserole is comfort food in every bite. It's simple to make with only a few ingredients. Perfect for holidays, BBQ's, tailgating, and family dinners.
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Green Bean Casserole
Easy Green Bean Casserole with Bacon and Mushrooms
Green Bean Casserole with Bacon and Mushrooms is a holiday classic made with bacon, cheese, onions, green beans and covered in a nice creamy sauce. It's baked in the oven until bubbly and topped with crispy onions
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Honey Butter Corn
Honey Butter Skillet Corn
Honey Butter Skillet Corn is a must-try recipe for any corn lover. It's perfect for a side dish to just about any meal. This recipe only takes minutes to prepare and comes together super fast.
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Southern Collard Greens
Southern Style Collard Greens with Bacon
Southern Collard Greens are simmered with bacon and onion and cooked slow and low until tender. This comfort side dish is down-home southern and quite delicious. If you've never tried collard greens, now is the time.
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Southern Fried Okra
Crispy Southern Fried Okra
Crispy Southern Fried Okra is served as a side dish or appetizer in the south. It's crispy, crunchy and fried till golden brown. Delicious!
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Crock Pot Creamed Corn
Crock Pot Creamed Corn
Crock Pot Creamed Corn is a simple side dish for any night of the week or if you need to feed a crowd. This makes the creamiest creamed corn you have ever eaten. The cream cheese, butter, heavy cream, and sugar come together to make the most delicious cream for this corn.
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Southern Fried Cabbage and Onions
Southern Fried Cabbage and Onion
Fried Cabbage and Onion is something you will find on many tables around the south. It’s just cabbage, and onion sauteed in a little fat and cooked down until tender. Easy and delicious!
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Other Casseroles & Side Dishes:
Pineapple Casserole
The Best Pineapple Casserole
A savory and sweet southern casserole. Only 6 ingredients–Pineapple, butter, sugar, eggs, bread, and milk. Perfect for a side dish but could easily be a dessert. This is truly the Best Pineapple Casserole you will ever taste.
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Deviled Eggs
Southern Deviled Eggs
Southern Deviled Eggs are always a crowd pleaser and a classic for all types of gatherings. Perfect for Easter, Summer Cookouts, and Holidays.
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Rice and Corn Casserole
Yellow Rice and Corn Casserole
Yellow rice and corn casserole is a simple and delicious side dish for any night of the week or holiday meal. Made with only 5 ingredients.
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Broccoli and Cheese Casserole
Creamy Broccoli and Rice Casserole
This Broccoli and Rice Casserole is delicious and makes enough for a crowd. This is an excellent recipe if you have a family gathering, church social, or just need a weeknight side dish.
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Caprese Stacks
Caprese Stacks
Fresh ingredients go into this dish–thick slices of tomatoes, mozzarella, and fresh basil leaves are drizzled with olive oil, lightly dusted with salt and pepper, and finally topped with a balsamic glaze. So simple yet so incredibly perfect for serving your family, friends, or dinner party guest.
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Let’s not forget the Turkey or the Cranberry Sauce.
Be sure to check out:
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Awesome list!! All these look really delish! Thanks for sharing!
What a great list of side dishes for the holidays. It’s going to be very hard to choose which ones to have.
Such a delicious list of recipes, can’t wait to make a few of them this holiday season!
I love all of this dishes! Reminds me of my grandparents house for the holidays!
Great list! Those sweet potatoes are a family favorite!
This is such an amazing list of side dishes and just what I was looking for since I wanted to add some new ones this year! Thanks for this!
Those all look really good! I am most interested in the potato recipes. I try to do two different potato dishes for Thanksgiving and now I have the problem of deciding which one I want to try first!
I love all of these ideas. I grew up in the north east but my mom has roots in Texas so a lot of these ideas are new to me. I love the idea of the cornbread salad and adding coleslaw to the meal for a bit of crunch!
wow this round up of southern meals is perfect !! i’m eyeing that mexican corn salad!
These are all great for side dishes!
Such a lovely post with so many great ideas for thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing. ☺️
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The side dishes are always the best part of Thanksgiving. And many of these dishes sound like ones I’d like to make after that specific day of November is over. I’m especially intrigued by the pineapple casserole. Yum!
this is an amazing list of thanksgiving dishes
So many great recipes! Can’t wait to try a few!
Wow, what a great list! I know my family will love the honey butter skillet corn.
Thanksgiving sides are my favorite part of the entire holiday! 🙂 I can’t wait to try these recipes – the Sweet Potato Casserole with Brown Sugar Pecan Topping is calling my name!
What a great roundup of delicious recipes! Looking forward to giving these a try; definitely adding these to my Thanksgiving menu this year!
Great list! Bookmarking for later. Will definitely make those deviled eggs. Yum!!
southern meals are so comforting. I really love the bold flavours. there are so many great options here. I’m so last minute but this will help!
I would make all of these if I could !
What a great list of side dishes! Saving this to try more
I made so many of these for Thanksgiving, and they were an absolute hit!