What To Serve With Fried Cabbage: 62 Main and Side Dish Recipes

If you’ve never had fried green tomatoes, you are truly missing out! Unripened tangy tomatoes that are coated in perfectly seasoned breading dipped in buttermilk, and fried until golden and crispy, are a classic southern snack or side that is impossible to resist.

Fried shrimp is made with a crispy and delicious coating. Classic southern comfort food for any night of the week. The great side dish is easy to make and will become one of your favorite recipes.

Purple hull peas are a southern favorite, and you'll often find them paired with fried cabbage and a skillet of perfectly fried potatoes with cornbread as a tasty meal. This is one of those family dinners you will fall in love with!

Potato dumplings make for an easy and delicious side dish to serve with fried cabbage. Savory and simple, this is something you and the whole family will enjoy.

Pork belly baked beans, pork, and beans enhanced with a glorious slab of pork belly chunks, rich molasses, chopped onions, bell pepper, and ever so slight sprinkle of red pepper flakes deliver these traditional baked beans to an umami adventure.

Instant Pot chipotle rice is tender rice filled with cilantro and lime flavor. This recipe gives you fluffy rice that bursts with zesty citrus flavor. The recipe goes great with tender cabbage any night of the week.

Old fashioned new potatoes and peas sometimes called southern new potatoes in a white sauce, are the perfect addition to your main meal. There is one thing for sure about this recipe, it has been around for ages, and everyone loves it.

Loaded cheesy potato casserole is made with mashed potatoes, bacon, and cheese. It’s the perfect side for the holidays or any main dish!

Any cabbage recipe goes along great with delicious Italian grilled bruschetta with mozzarella. You can make the appetizer while the cabbage cooks and have a great rounded-out meal.

This easy-grilled asparagus recipe with charred lemon is sure to become your go-to summer side dish. It’s delicious, quick, and uses pantry staple ingredients! Add some fresh cabbage on the side, and you have a great meal.

This quick and easy air fryer broccoli is the absolute best. It’s tossed with olive oil, garlic salt, and nutritional yeast. The vegan-friendly meal only requires a handful of ingredients and is a great recipe.

Traditional Irish soda bread has been transformed into smaller muffins with a zesty, cheesy twist by the addition of cheddar and jalapeños. The recipe is perfect with dinner or lunch recipes.

If you’re looking for the best potato salad recipe, look no further! This potato salad recipe is absolutely delicious, with a secret trick that makes it extra flavorful. You can serve the dish with sautéed cabbage, chopped cabbage, green cabbage, or anything in between.

Jiffy jalapeño cornbread is a super easy side dish to make, is rich with flavor between the combination of cheddar cheese and jalapeños, and stays moist with sour cream. The recipe can be made in a large skillet and tastes great with a little added bacon grease.

Southern homemade butter beans are an easy recipe to make, go along great with any cabbage recipe, and it doesn't take much to get it cooking. Just add the butter beans and some thick cut bacon to the slow cooker, and you'll have a great side in no time.

Jiffy corn pudding is one of those classic family recipes that everyone loves. It is a buttery, moist, sweet, and easy recipe that is delicious enough for the holiday season or any dinner meal and only takes five minutes of prep. And your favorite southern fried cabbage recipe is the perfect addition.

Creamed corn is the perfect side dish, comforting food to eat, and a super-duper easy recipe. It's one of those side dish recipes that you can make ahead of time and heat up when it's dinnertime. You can add a little bit of paprika or some crispy bacon to change things up a little.

Mashed potato cakes are a delicious, mouthwatering side dish that is easy to make and packed full of flavors. Cabbage tastes great as the main dish alongside the potato cakes. All you need is a few ingredients, and a large frying pan, and you're ready to go.

Southern pan-fried potatoes and onions are a tasty side dish and are delicious comfort food for the entire family. The recipe is an easy one to make. Just sprinkle some black pepper on top of the diced onions and potatoes, and add a side of cornbread, and you've got one great meal.

There's nothing like fried cornbread to top off a hearty bowl of chili or soup. Plus, it's incredibly easy to make - just mix together a few simple ingredients, including bacon fat, and fry it up in a hot pan. You can switch it up and add a little Cajun seasoning the next time you make it for some spicy flavoring.

Cabbage and potatoes are like a match made in heaven. Take your potatoes to the next level by making these yummy Kartoffelpuffer pancakes. These potato pancakes compliment the cabbage perfectly.

Made with just peppers, onions, bratwurst, and beer, these slow cooker beer brats are one of the easiest bratwurst recipes around. Serve these tender, juicy brats on a bun with your favorite toppings for an easy dinner, or put out a toppings bar for game day with friends!

One of the things I love about this recipe is how the pork ribs are so tender they just fall apart with a gentle tug. Be sure to hang on to this recipe find.

This pork tenderloin recipe delivers juicy, flavorful meat that goes with a variety of sides, including fried cabbage and most green vegetables. Not only that, but it's very quick and easy to make!

Loaded with flavor, these garlic lemon chicken thighs will quickly become a family favorite! Air fryer chicken thigh recipes are always easy and taste great.

This easy cast-iron skillet buffalo ranch chicken is a flavorful dish that makes an easy one-pan dinner. It's a good choice alongside fried cabbage, and everyone will love it.

The recipe may seem complicated, but it is super easy to make. The skin is super crispy and has a delicious tangy flavor. The recipe is so tasty! If you are looking for a chicken dish that is more than just roasted chicken, this recipe is for you.

Buffalo chicken is a fun and delicious anytime dinner made with just a handful of simple ingredients, including juicy chicken breasts, hot sauce, honey, garlic, and butter. The recipe is ready in under 30 minutes and you can enjoy this low-carb and gluten-free baked buffalo chicken with all your favorite sides.

Brown sugar pork chops are tender, juicy, and full of flavor. It's a quick weeknight dinner that everyone will love.

You only need three ingredients to make these plump, and juicy oven-baked brats, braised in beer and topped with tender onions. This is a fantastic fall recipe to celebrate Oktoberfest, St. Patrick's Day, or to enjoy on any night.

This easy recipe for brown and crispy baked panko chicken can be made with only seven ingredients!

Simple honey sriracha pork loin with optional veggies is cooked to perfection in cast iron. It’s tender and juicy on the inside with a magnificent sweet and spicy honey sriracha sauce glazed crust.

Smothered in spices and perfectly cooked, blackened chicken tenders are quick and simple to prepare and bursting with flavor. Eat them as-is, on salad, or wrapped up in a tortilla! They are perfect alongside fresh or leftover cabbage.

Smoky, tender, juicy, and beefy, there's nothing quite like a smoked rib eye roast. The incredible low-carb dish is a family favorite.

Sheet pan chicken supper is a complete meal cooked in one pan. Preparation is as easy as the cleanup. The possibilities of flavor combinations with chicken and vegetables are endless.

Tuscan braised beef and garlic mascarpone mashed potatoes are one of those comforting dishes that will warm you from the inside out, even on the coldest nights. This rich, hearty dish pairs perfectly with crispy, flavorful fried cabbage.

Crunchy and flavorful sesame-crusted tofu makes a tasty addition to almost any meal. It's soaked in a savory marinade, then coated in a panko-sesame seed mix, and served with a zesty dipping sauce. Each bite contains layers of flavor that you would never get from your usual takeout order.

Crunchy on the outside and juicy within, these are hands down the best crispy air fryer chicken cutlets you’ll ever bite into!

Slow cooker soy-braised chicken and mushrooms are a delicious, easy, any-night-of-the-week meal. Tender chicken chunks cooked together with savory mushrooms in tangy vinegar, soy, and sherry sauce.

Oven-cooked bratwurst is just the thing to pair up with fried cabbage. They come out hot, crispy, and juicy every time with this easy recipe.

Cabbage and corned beef is a match made in heaven. This slow cooker corned beef is an easy recipe that doesn't include any potatoes or vegetables, which makes it ideal for serving with fried cabbage.

Air fryer pork chops are crisp, juicy, and packed with flavor! There's no breading, so they're naturally gluten-free, and they're ready in about 15 minutes!

Crispy salmon cakes with lemon dill sauce are low-carb, grain-free salmon cakes served with a creamy, no mayo lemon dill sauce!

A simple meatloaf that uses oat flour and hidden veggies for extra nutritional value.

Ready in one hour, this seasoned roasted chicken is tender and juicy while being the perfect addition to fried cabbage.

Try this amazing Dutch oven corned beef recipe, which creates beer-braised corned beef that melts in your mouth!

No Peek Chicken is a one-pot dish made with boneless chicken breasts and seasoned wild rice. This easy dinner recipe cooks in less than an hour and is always a family favorite!

Pork chops are a fancy enough dinner recipe, yet, they are easy to cook in your slow cooker. Serve them for any weeknight dinner or even for date night.

Southern-inspired baked lemon chicken is the perfect accompaniment to fried cabbage. The chicken is easy to make and is a hit with everyone.

Crock pot chuck roast or pot roast with roasted potatoes, carrots, and onions, is so juicy, tender, and flavorful, that no one would ever believe how easy it is to make dinner in the slow cooker!

Six ingredient baked chicken dish is incredible both to eat and to smell. What's even more amazing is that it only takes five minutes to put it together!

Learn everything you need to know about how to smoke a whole pork loin-style roast on your grill or smoker! The perfect family-friendly BBQ pork recipe.

Make cooking salmon in an air fryer a breeze with this simple step-by-step recipe! It’s the key to perfectly cooked crispy skin and delicious juicy salmon.

If you’re tired of dry, bland pork chops, look no further. These glazed juicy grilled pork chops are tender, moist, and flavorful. You will be amazed at what a few tips and tricks can do.

Spicy pork roast is the best-roasted pork loin recipe I know. Juicy and tender meat, crusted with an incredible spice mixture.

Perfectly cooked steaks, all done in the air fryer. This is our favorite way to cook a steak! Seared on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside, this air fryer steak recipe is so easy and full of flavor. Hands-off cooking and ready in just 10 minutes.

If you love a takeaway, why not try making these Turkish-style lamb shish kebabs at home? Melt in your mouth tender chunks of Welsh lamb that have been marinated in yogurt, herbs, and spices. A really simple but flavor-packed recipe that is delicious and served with flatbread, salad, and chili sauce.

Elevate your traditional bangers and mash by serving with delicious fried cabbage! This meal is delicious year-round!

Nothing better than fried cabbage and tender smoked brisket from the pellet grill.

This one-skillet shepherd's pie is a meal in itself. Ground beef and veggies are covered with a delicious rich sauce and topped with creamy mashed potatoes. Serve with fried cabbage for a complete and savory meal.

Classic Dutch oven pot roast is a great addition to fried cabbage. There are different variations you can make with the recipe. The hardest thing about it is writing down the ingredient checklist, and that's easy!